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The problem with excelling at something, be it music, art or designing garden gnomes, is maintaining the levels you’ve set for yourself. This is the position producer Andrew Field-Pickering finds himself in. Under the Maxmillion Dunbar guise, he’s spent the last few years perfecting a glistening, synth-laden sound that’s simultaneously gorgeously optimistic and strangely melancholic. After first impressing with a series of electronica experiments on Ramp, he’s shown himself to be a rather accomplished maker of vintage sounding, near kaleidoscopic dancefloor tracks that sit somewhere between woozy nu-disco, futuristic Balaearica and spacey deep house. “Polo”, in particular – a track so good it was re-released by Live At Robert Johnson earlier this year – was near perfect; a modern-day electronic classic that’s almost guaranteed to have the hairs on the back of your neck straining to keep upright.
Daniel Lopatin, Laurel Halo and more feature on new FRKWYS
by Juno Plus on 29.06.2011 at 10:29am
The seventh edition of RVNG’s essential FRKWYS series sees a collaboration between synth botherers David Borden, James Ferraro, Samuel Godin, Laurel Halo and Daniel Lopatin.
Video: Allez Allez – Weird Science
by Juno Plus on 25.05.2010 at 11:23amIn a match made in oddball heaven, London lab tech duo Allez Allez will team up with boutique NYC imprint Rvng for their next EP, Hideous Racket.
Interview: Pink Skull
by Juno Plus on 24.11.2009 at 10:15am
Interview – Pink Skull
Pink Skull’s debut longplayer Zeppelin 3 blasted through the Philadelphia duo’s love of 60s psychedelia, 70s kraut Kosmische and 90s bleep rave – amongst other things. With Endless Bummer, their sophomore effort released on boutique New York label RVNG, their sound has matured, relying less on scattergun processed MPC beats. This is in part due to the original core duo of Julian Grefe and Justin Geller adding a drummer (Jeremy Gewertz), bassist (Mike Hammel) and guitarist (Sam Murphy) to the Pink Skull ensemble.
The resulting album is one of 2009′s pleasant surprises (check out our full review here). Disco pogo workouts like “Chicken Dream Inside Egg” and “Oh Monorail” bring to mind The Emperor Machine in their pomp, whilst tracks such as “When Falling Straight Through A Goat” and “Wheet” hint at the ambience of Eno and The Orb.
Julian spoke to Juno Plus about Krautrock, mediocrity and, erm, ruptured testicles.
Review: Pink Skull – Endless Bummer
by Juno Plus on 03.11.2009 at 16:10pm
Artist: Pink Skull
Title: Endless Bummer
Label: RVNG Intl
Genre: Disco/Nu-Disco
Format: Digital (Juno Exclusive)
Buy From: Juno Download
Philly dudes Pink Skull scored one of last years more under rated albums with their debut longplayer Zeppelin 3. Blasting through the duos love of all 60s psychedelia, 70s kraut cosmiche and 90s bleep rave accompanied by deranged song titles, it was something of a breath of fresh air amidst the sea of electro house, 2008’s most prevalent sound.
With Endless Bummer, their sophomore effort released on the awesome NYC boutique label RVNG, Pink Skull’s sound has matured, relying less on scattergun processed MPC beats, with the core duo of Julian Grefe and Justin Geller adding a bass player, guitarist and drummer to their line-up.
Disco pogo workouts like “Chicken Dream Inside Egg” and “Oh Monorail” bring to mind The Emperor Machine in their pomp, whilst tracks such as “When Falling Straight Through A Goat” and “Wheet” hint at the ambience of Eno and The Orb.
Review: Tony Poland
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