At this point we know what Claude Vonstroke is all about. A leading purveyor of dirty house, this San Francisco native capitalizes on the dark and ominous, stretching and warping menacing sounds against skeletal beats. Take the now omnipresent “Who’s Afraid of Detroit” ... Continue Reading
A couple of weeks back I was having a drink with a friend of mine at the Soho Grand Hotel in NYC. While ordering myself a Hendrick’s and tonic the DJ dropped Aeroplane’s fantastic remix of the track “Paris” by the Friendly Fires. While the original is innocent, ... Continue Reading
Listening to the opening track of Little Dragon’s excellent sophomore release, Machine Dreams, I was immediately reminded of another Swedish electronic artist, Karin Dreijer Andersson (of Knife and Fever Ray fame). Much like Ms. Andersson, vocalist Yukimi Nagano has a voice that c ... Continue Reading
Photo courtesy of www.24hourservicestation.com Recently I had a phone conversation with electronic music artist Richard Jankovich, who has gained some notoriety through his remix work with artists such as Beck, Radiohead, Of Montreal and Cat Power, as well as fronting the Burnside Project ... Continue Reading
