The mark of a truly great song is when it can withstand the repetition onslaught on my ipod and still be enjoyable for the months that follow. Some might call this an affliction, others may dub it my obsession. But, one thing is for sure. These tuned torpedos will shake dance floors around the globe with spring in our sights.
I don't know what's in the water down in Australia but someone needs to bottle it up and share it with the rest of humanity. As far as I can tell, every group to emerge from the Land Down under arrives with a superhuman ability to turn simple rhythms into hypercharged, gravity-defying megabeats.
Even this undersells Dr. Don Don. Neo-disco, hip-hop, and wrenching emotion tend to fall into mutually exclusive camps, but the doctor stunningly blows apart this divide. Don had me questioning every law of dance I've taken for granted my whole life.
Iceland's Apparat is the only organ quartet in the world with five members. Their strangely unique and modern sound is entirely hand played on an "extensive collection of Jurassic analog machinery". On February 27th, the group released their second album, Pólyfónía, and included a remix from Montreal-based Robotaki, who needs no introduction. The melodic piano riffs and uplifting bouncy synths compliment the original organ work well and represents a shift from Robotaki's usual funk style.
Give them more than one listen if it tickles your fancy.
At last, music leaking out of windows on Mayflower Hill can be heard across the world.
Panhandlers, squeegee men, chelsea boys, korean grocers, mobsters, wall street brokers, puerto ricans, russians, upper east side wives, louisville sluggers, uptown brothers, corrupt cops, and vagabonds... There finally might be a few anthems worth sharing.
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