Six years ago, Anders Trentemøller played a show at a midtown New York venue that doesn’t exist any more. He had just released his second album, Into the Great Wide Yonder, developing upon the melancholic electronic melodies of his debut, The Last Resort.
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The Black Angels are keeping psychedelic music alive. Their groove-based brand of brooding psych rock spans across four LPs and several side projects. The band also started Austin’s annual Levitation Festival (formerly Psych Fest), a showcase for contemporary psych bands.
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The world of Prince Rama is one heck of a ride. Sisters Nimai and Taraka Larson crank their affection for the eighties into a frenzied, neon mix of nostalgia contoured through their blend of dance music. Their flirtations with both experimental and pop forms are but one part of an interdisciplinary artistic practice.
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Witch house is a hybrid genre that was most prominent between 2010 and 2013. It integrates influences from goth, shoegaze, industrial, chopped and screwed hip hop, trap, and aggressive rave styles to comprise its sound. Often, tracks contain chilling synth lines overwhelming the mix; mangled, slowed, or incomprehensible vocals; and cold, electronic percussion.
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Starkey is a native Philadelphian who has been crafting dubstep/grime tracks for years. His first album, Ephemeral Exhibits (2008), was a revelation, blending dubstep with ambient and melodic electronics. Last year’s The Transponder Orchestra found him further stretching the boundaries between melodic synths and epic bass blasts.
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