Our buds at Groupie Mag take us through their new electro music discoveries for the month. Engage:
Banjo Or Freakout
Banjo Or Freakout
is an Italian gent living in London that
makes the kind of dreamy, wispy sample-based pop that makes perfect
sense in a post Go Team/Animal Collective/The Tough Alliance world.
Impressing the pants off media and fans alike with a continual stream
of releases through his
blog that includes some colourful
interpretations of modern classics and his own original material, Banjo
Or Freakout will like find a home and a major release very soon.
www.myspace.com/banjoorfreakout
Softwar
Straight outta Sydney but sounding more like a French production outfit with a NY disco fixation, info on
Softwar
is nothing if not scarce. With tracks like the Kano-sampling 'Paris
Knights' sounding more than dancefloor ready and sharing an agent with
Mock N Toof, The Studio and Quiet Village, it’s unlikely they can
keep up the façade of mystery for long.
www.myspace.com/hellosoftwar
Crocodiles
Crocodiles are a US duo taking the foundations laid by
the likes of The Jesus & Mary Chain, Suicide and Black Rebel
Motorcycle, that be some very melodic, noisy foundations, and flipping
it out with a nice layer or synthesiser in the mix. Recently signed to
Fat Possum in the US, home to Wavves and R.L. Burnside amongst others,
they’re due to release a joyous explosion of a record before the years
out.
www.myspace.com/crocodilescrocodilescrocodiles
Dollskabeat
Optimo have made a name for themselves through having a
long-running, top quality weekly night running in Glasgow and their
exquisitely broad taste in excellent music, so when they get to
starting a record label you know its one worth watching.
Dollskabeat
is a new act to come under their roof, with her
Zodiac Rising EP coming
in May. A mixture of the icy synthscapes of Glass Candy and Chromatics
with a nod to Kate Bush in the vocal harmonies, Dollskabeat is
Glasgow’s futurist banshee shining light.
www.myspace.com/dollskabeat
Den Haan
Also from Glasgow and on the Optimo Music label,
Den Haan
are orbiting in a similar lunar loop to London duo Heartbreak, making
the kind of pumping Italo-disco that walks that very fine line between
Cerrone and cheese with aplomb. It’s a very danceable, catchy beast and
one that’s bound to find fans from Hackney to Hobart.
www.myspace.com/denhaan
Glen Goetze from Groupie.com.au