woah, man. it's been a long time since i've posted anything on my blog. and I promised to post up P4k music fest photos but for some reason it took too goddamn long for them to upload onto the site so... i guess i'm just gonna create a flickr account and post a link to the album on the blog.
in the meanwhile, i'll entertain you by sharing with you a couple of things i've been into in the past month...
it's the 10 year anniversary of the techno label Kompakt, based in cologne, germany, and every year they release a compilation of really soothing minimal techno from a bunch of the artists they house. a lot of notable stuff from artists like Gui Boratto, The Field, and Pachanga Boys. so that's kind of what i've been jamming to as of late. i honestly wouldn't buy it... so if i were you i would probably just try to find it on torrents.
orchid is this... idk-- post hardcore? hardcore? screamo? i'm not really sure what the genre would be considered. it's sort of in between hardcore punk because of how stripped down and simple it is... but it's got a lot of post-hardcore tendencies like melodic bridges and what-not. i mention screamo because through research i found that they were sort of the "pioneers" of present day screamo and post-hardcore. so either they're to blame for the amount of really shitty post-hardcore/metal bands that live on Fuse... or they're the ones to thank for taking hardcore punk in the right direction. I guess present day bands sort of lost the idea that orchid introduced. whatever-- i can rant all day about the state of present day post-hardcore but it would only be clouded by bias. Orchid is the truth, though. these guys are brutal and they really have the energy that bands these days should bring to kids. there's a level of violence that is emphasized with this music-- it's kind of refreshing but ultimately sad to see that a band like this didn't flourish. oh well. here's a song of theirs from their LP Chaos Is Me titled "Aesthetic Dialectic"
Underwater Peoples is this label based in Washington, DC. This label is gonna be a major player in the indie-rock scene. I mean they're already getting a lot of buzz with some of the bands they're dishing out like Real Estate, Ducktails, Family Portrait, and Frat Dad (to name a few). To sort of give you an idea of the sound the label tried embellish-- it's definitely hazy, summer, lo-fi indie pock rock. it's summer here in miami and this is the type of music that pairs well with it. The label has been showcased on Pitchfork and Gorilla vs. Bear a lot in the past couple of months. They have this album called the Underwater Peoples Showcase-- this album is a pretty solid compilation of all the artists they release for and it makes for a really sunny summer record.
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