Dame Area is the industrial synth-punk duo of Silvia Konstance and Viktor Lux Crux.Based in Barcelona and hailing from both Catalan and Italian roots, the pair stumble through an anarchic industrial wasteland. The whole truth about the Dame areaa departure from its more melodic predecessor, which nevertheless promises a nightmarish good time. “One of our biggest influences is what our influences won’t do,” says the musicians’ press materials. Influenced by 60s experimental pop, heavy metal or modern electronic music.”
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Nidia and Valentina. highways [Latency]
highways brings together Principe mainstay Nidia with chameleon multi-instrumentalist Valentina Magaletti, whose past collaborators range from Sampa to Nicolas Jaar and Jandek.Produced by Tom Halstead of Raime and Moin’s post-apocalyptic dubstep outfit, the new album is simultaneously dark and tropical, interweaving a percussive instruments, marimbas and scattered synth melodies in a hothouse of danceable energy.
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Mermaid Chunky. Slif Slaf Slof [DFA]
Mermaid Chunky bounced around England’s underground jazz and experimental scenes for years before landing on DFA Records after LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy heard them play ‘Friends’ in a Brooklyn cafe.Gloucestershire and London formed in between, the duo presents synth-pop odysseys, lumbering fantasy and ritual folk a set of jiggers somewhere between a sleazy club dance floor and Stonehenge.
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