As the leaves change color and the eventual chill ever-so-capriciously sets in, you may find yourself craving some sweet beats alongside your leftover Halloween candy. In that case, you’re in luck, as many of WKNC’s favorite electronic artists have recently put out new work.
The New Tunes
bye2, a jungle and breakcore artist from the UK known for her album “Teeth Restoration,” just dropped a new album at the beginning of October called My Wife Is Drink Paint.”
Its frantic breaks interspersed with deeper subterranean-sounding instrumentation and patches of coarse noise make for some cool tracks.
It’s a little tale of love and digestion that should be fun for anyone who enjoys breakcore or jungle. You can even download it completely for free on Bandcamp right now.
Another big release is Machine Girl’s new album “MG Ultra,” which came out Oct. 18. The New York electronic duo continues their tradition of hard-hitting sound that crosses into industrial and results in a kind of electronic hardcore.
This noisy vibrancy is boosted by founding member Matt Stephenson’s howling vocals and drummer Sean Kelly’s relentless hammering. “MG Ultra” features plenty of tracks that fans will enjoy; my personal favorite is probably the catchy “Psychic Attack.”
Heading in a calmer direction, the artist TURQUOISEDEATH released their new album “Kaleidoscope” on Oct. 11.
TURQUOISEDEATH has an interesting discography, spanning atmospheric drum and bass, breakcore, breakbeat, dark ambient and even some emo, post-rock and shoegaze.
On the album “Se Bueno,” they collaborated with Korean indie flagships Asian Glow, Parannoul and BrokenTeeth to produce a unique blend of these genres.
“Kaleidoscope,” meanwhile, is firmly on the electronic side of things, but it still implements newer sounds for TURQUOISEDEATH like IDM and trance.
I’m personally partial to trance, and find some of the tracks very pretty. “Kaleidoscope” is a smooth listen that can be downloaded for free off of the artist’s Bandcamp page.
Also, WKNC now has music from all of the above releases in our Afterhours automatic rotation, and there’s more to come.
Tune in from 6pm to 5am on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights for a chance to hear some cool new electronic stuff on the radio waves. (Provided that a DJ isn’t on air, of course—but then you get to listen to their awesome music instead.)
-DJ Tullykinesis
