Chicago’s Mamby on the Beach music festival is July 02-03rd this year on Oakwood Beach. It’s a lovely festival of electronic dance music, electro, and even a bit of psychedelia. I won’t be surprised if there are more additions before the festival gets here, but I’d love to see Tycho, Santigold, and Derrick Carter for starters.
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Electro master and multiple music award-winner Caribou will be closing the Levitation Tent at Levitation Austin on May 1st. I’ve been keen on checking him out live since I heard a few snippets of his material and learned his album Our Love was considered among the best of 2014. I think his set will be a great way to close the festival.
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Austin’s own Roger Sellers, otherwise known as Bayonne, creates great electro dream pop all by himself. He’s the type of guy who makes me think I could create electro music if I made the time and bought even discounted gear at a pawn shop. He’s inspiring, and I’m sure his set on April 30th at Levitation Austin will be, too.
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Chilean-born and NYC-based composer and electronic music maker Nicolas Jaar will be performing at Levitation Austin on April 29th. Mr. Jaar produces spacey, dreamy electronic music that mixes jazz touches, Euro lounge, and South American flair. I think it will be an interesting set.
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Swiss electro / house duo Klaus Johann Grobe create an interesting mix of stuff I can best describe as “electro-lounge.” They sample a lot of Euro sounds and lay down some good dance beats.
Levitation Austin is bringing in a lot of electro, synth, and techno acts this year. There are a few I want to see and these two cats are one of them.
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Canadian psych-rockers Suuns have started a PledgeMusic campaign and a Bandcamp page for their upcoming album Hold / Still. The first two released tracks, “Translate” and “Paralyzer,” are good cuts that lace their weird psychedelic sound with electro touches. Hold / Still is sure to be a good record if the rest of the tracks are as good as these.
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Natural Information Society is a Chicago jazz collective led by Joshua Abrams. Bitchin’ Bajas are a Chicago-based kraut-rock band. They’re two great tastes that taste great together on their collaboration that blends world music funk, jazz, electro, and synth-wave.
It’s nice to see Levitation Chicago bringing in local acts, especially this team-up that should bring a meditative feel to their March 12th performance.
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Blanck Mass is a one-man electro powerhouse – Benjamin John Power. Mr. Power was one half of Fuck Buttons and is now making his own stunning dark electro. His material is full of heavy bass, horror movie synths, and exciting beats. I’ve wanting to see him for a couple years now, so I’m glad to have the opportunity at Levitation Chicago on March 11th.
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The lovely Brazilian singer Ceu‘s new album Tropix will be out March 25, 2016. You can see the video for the first excellent single, “Perfume Do Invisivel,” below. It’s a beautiful single combining bossa nova with electro as Ceu does better than most.
You can pre-order Tropix on Ceu’s Bandcamp page.
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Brother-sister duo Afterdawn (Hannah and Daniel Evans) has come together to create a brilliant three-song EP of electro music that’s as bright as their namesake – Midnight (a clever name for a record by a band named “Afterdawn.”).
“Blank Page” opens the EP like the burst of a sunrise, and Hannah Evans’ vocals mix very well with the dazzling synths behind her. The title cut is perfect chill-out music for the car ride between parties and sounds like something the Cranberries wish they could make. The keyboards and precision drum machines mesh well with the secretly sad reverbed vocals. “Scream” has touches of Portishead (the synths), Everything But the Girl (the vocals), and M83 (the beats).
This is one of the most impressive debuts I’ve heard in a while, and you can get it for free (although I hope you’ll tip at least the recommended two bucks – They have to eat, you know.). I hope Afterdawn gives us a full album soon.
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