- Kaylee Johnston* - Getting Over You
- Animalia feat. Josh Korody* - This is Real
- Dralms* - Domino House
- You Say Party* - 112
- Kongos - Take it From Me
- Fantasma - Eye of the Sun
- Beat Spacek - I Wanna Know
- Krewella feat. Travis Barker & Patrick Stump - Dancing with the Devil
- Madeon feat. Mark Foster - Nonsense
- Justice - Brianvision MMXIII
- ttwwrrss* - Strut
- Tiga* - 3 Rules
- Quadron - Hey Love
- Blood & Glass* - Bad Dreams
- Sohn - Artifice
- Krazy Baldhead - My Soul is Like a Tree
- Couteau Papillon* - Minuit Mortel
I've been getting more into radio-oriented alternative (rock) music lately, so I've chosen a couple alternative-influenced electronic tracks.
Kaylee Johnston is a Vancouverite electropop artist who has opened for the Radio Radio concert that took place at Vancouver not too long ago, and she's got a sweet break-up anthem 'Getting Over You' to open up tonight's set. Animalia darkens up the set a bit with 'This is Real', a dark electropop track written in response to the not guilty verdict of the Jian Ghomeshi trial that's happened not too long ago.
BC's Dralms (Vancouver) and You Say Party (Abbotsford) follow with more alternative rock-influenced electronic tracks.
Kongos's alt-rock jam 'Take it from Me' follows!! I've loved Kongos since 2014, they're masters of combining disparate influences from alternative rock to 60s pop (think the Beatles) to South African Kwaito to South Asian Qawwali music...and this time they've also thrown in some electronic influences. In a way they seem to have taken influences from stuff I've listened to growing up so far, especially with my background in Africa.
Fantasma follows, another South African act that blends multiple styles masterfully. One of the members is the critically acclaimed music artist Spoek Mathambo (who actually did a dark township house cover of Joy Division's 'She's Lost Control'), which makes it even more awesome.
Some bass music follow, starting with UK-based Ninja Tune artist Beat Spacek, followed by a drum-and-bass/dubstep banger from Krewella, Patrick Stump (of Fall Out Boy) and Travis Barker (from blink-182). Krewella actually has a new EP, Ammunition, coming out later this year! Will the heavier dubstep sounds that were big in the early 2010s make a comeback in today's more trap-driven pop/electronic scene? Only time will tell.
Continuing on with the alt-rock influences is a track by French producer Madeon and Foster the People's Mark Foster. Justice, one of French electronic label Ed Banger's biggest producers, follow. I've played 2 tracks from the Ed Rec vol. X 10th anniversary compilation - one by Justice, and the other by Krazy Baldhead - as well as talk a bit about one of Uffie's return to music. Do you remember Uffie from the MySpace days? She's an electro-rap artist originally signed to Ed Banger Records, but has since moved to the LA and will be releasing music on Next Wave Records.
ttwwrrss and Tiga follow with the more production-oriented tracks, before diving into the more pop-oriented tracks from Quadron, Blood & Glass, and Sohn. Couteau Papillon from Quebec close the set with the folktronica-themed 'Minuit Mortel'.
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