Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2016 Thread

uptempo confident epic synth pop from London duo Avec Sans

riyl: Chvrches

Avec Sans - Heartbreak Hi
https://soundcloud.com/avecsans/avec-sans-heartbreak-hi
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EASghXeRDnfOakTcGT35t

this track was previously available om soundcloud a few years back in demo format, but released for this time in 2016.

groovy electronic pop from Finland, luv the sequenced synths on this track.

Solano + Profettes - Like This
https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/solano-profettes-like-this-first-single-from-the-upcoming-debut-ep
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0L3dpDh9Jz3lDNczw0Jtyn

characterful songwriting, with a strong sense of vocal harmonies. Monotonic beat loops, echoing layers of synthesizers and four talented singers make the music dark but susceptible pop with a light and airy avantgarde grip.

self described as "50% Scott Walker & ABBA, 50% Enya & Giorgio Moroder"

this track blends well with the Solano + Profettes track

dreamy experimental hypnagogic electronic pop, with male & female vocal harmonies and a strong crisp rhythmic feel

Junk Son - Fool
https://soundcloud.com/junk_son/fool

more info:

Premiere: Junk Son - Fool
http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/premiere-junk-son-fool

Junk Son is the moniker of London-based John Dunk,

“I was trying to incorporate rhythmic aspects of trip-hop without using a loop - the beat has the groove and tempo of a trip-hop track, but is sampled from single hits, rather than a pre-made drum track.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_Rxijnvew

this is a song by my friend hana, has opened for grimes and purity ring on tour, often works with the producer bloodpop (née blood diamonds) who produced bieber "sorry" and some charli stuff

riyl: that drake song with a chantal krieviazuk feature, the idea of noah shebib producing sarah mclachlan

from youtube: Shot by James Brooks at O2 Academy in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on March 7th, 2016

quick editing work!

Hana was featured on last year's thread, indeed I posted her debut track, Clay back in May 2015. So, will be tracking her progress this year.

Note, Hana is yet another LA artist featured on this 2016 thread.

Here is a track the follows nicely on from Hana, by Minneapolis duo, Fraea both share similar aesthetics with clarity and purity of vocals over dreamy ambient electronics.

Fraea - Criminal
https://soundcloud.com/fraeafraea
https://open.spotify.com/track/1a26t3GRUGpF1IUnEUi7WA

hypnagogic electronic pop or "Shadow Pop" as self described

Fraea is the Minneapolis-based duo of Jessie Daley and Drew Preiner who together combined to create musing, hypnotic shadow pop. Fraea—a stylized take on Freyja, the goddess of beauty, love and sex, but also death, war and the underworld—encapsulates the idea of opposites coming together to create beauty, compassion and catharsis.

djmartian, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest stuff - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average spotify highlights or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

― sean gramophone, Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:22 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sean, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest comments - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average ILM toxicity or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

djmartian, keep doing exactly what you want to do.

― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I intended that as a humorous demonstration of the point, but maybe I just contributed to the toxicity.

To say it more productively: "Greatest" is subjective, so if djmartian eliminated 4/5 of his posts, I have no reason to think the 1/5 that remained would be the ones that match my or your tastes. From my point of view, djmartian posts at a perfectly acceptable and helpful rate.

― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:13 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok, fair enough!

― sean gramophone, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:36 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I actually kind of with sean g here. I don't even drop in this thread that often anymore because I have to wade through a bunch of middling junk to get to an occasional winner, which is why I didn't attach my own name to it this year because I saw this coming. martian, your services are valuable in some ways, but a lot of what you consider "shambhala" is not what's traditionally been the focus of the thread/concept. But whatevs, you do you sir. I'll just drop in occasionally when I come across something worth everyone else's time.

2015: "If you come across something you think fits, then share it. We trust you."

2016: "fuck off with your junk"

Ha! Yeah, I know it sounds every bit as bad as you make it sound. I actually wrote a follow-up post last night and was ready to submit, but my internet dropped out and I had to reboot my computer. :(

The short of it was something like..."Part of it is that what I originally thought of as "shambhala" has either been done to death at this point or it's morphed into something I'm not really into, and that feeling is reinforced listening to all these things martian posts that don't move me at all. iow, get at me when the new Niki & The Dove album drops."

tbh I'm just listening to less of this because it's begun eating itself.

So this thing that doesn't even have a real name yet, of which there are so few examples that even with lots of wrong ones they still all fit in one thread, has now been "done to death", and you can lament a lost "tradition"? Jeezo, man. Nobody makes good moustache wax any more, either.

Let's keep this thread civilised and constructive, Johnny Fever does have a point.

I have reflected on previous years "not pop, not indie" shambhala threads and agree that some of the Hauntology Pop / Hypnagogic Pop / Dreamwave Pop I have been posting this year has been a departure from the original concept. These tracks have been too unstructured / esoteric / abstract compared to the structured songs based approach of most shambhala.

"not Pop not indie" shambhala was itself started as an interzone concept thread.

Pop thread: "that's indie" (this has happened)
Indie thread: "that's pop" (this actually has never happened)

What a dilemma! But I find it happens frequently, so here is a save haven to enjoy songs that straddle the fence.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, May 13, 2012
Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala: 2012 ed.

The second annual edition of this thread wherein JF and 3 or 4 other people mindmeld on the usually girl-led, mostly synth-driven, pop-not-pop music we like.
(Johnny Fever), Monday, July 8, 2013

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2013

Even I don't know what belongs here, but if it would feel weird putting it in rolling pop or rolling indie and it seems like something that would appeal to both, then share it here.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 24, 2014 10:39 PM (2 years ago)

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2014

What is Shambhala? It's hard to say. This is the fourth consecutive year I've started this thread and there's still no clear definition. Often it concerns songs with a pop bent that would never in a million years touch the pop charts, but songs that are still too clean and unscuzzy enough to be ignored by the likes of Pitchfork or Stereogum. It's a largely female dominated category—at least as far as my own listening goes—but it doesn't have to be. There are usually synths, layered vocals, and drum machines. Sometimes the sounds are bright and sometimes they're icy cold. If you come across something you think fits, then share it. We trust you.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 7:20 AM

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

traditionally this thread is dedicated to mostly electronic, low to mid-tempo pop...Coincidentally (or perhaps not) a lot of it tends to be by new-ish Scandinavian artists… also, more often than not, it's sung by women.
― daavid, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:41 AM

That's turned out to be mostly true. I'm sure there are other sounds that qualify as "not pop not indie," but we all seem to gravitate towards much the same thing.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:45 AM (1 year ago

over the years the bulk of tracks posted

- have been various shades of electronic pop / synth pop with mostly female vocals (particularly of the scandi pop variety) mostly mid tempo
also:
- dark synth pop / minimal synth pop
- balearic electronic pop
- sensual slow placed shambhala (e.g shura / Blooms)
- alt R&B / electronic pop crossover

Using Glenn's Every Noise genre-clusters / The Sounds of Spotify

http://everynoise.com/everynoise1d.cgi?scope=all

analysing Big Tent: Not Pop / Not Indie including Borderline and Outlier Genre Clusters, note Glenn splits Electronic Pop into numerous clusters

From most popular to most obscure, some of these are core to this thread, others are peripheral / adjacent / borderline genre clusters. I have ignored geographic / country clusters.

The Sounds of Spotify

Synth Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/71wpwg8KzRxx240DcJx2EE
Indie R&B: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2xblssDewgd1AA5R7Lap6w
Indietronica: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/0yqVOsxA2U4P260ad60QuU
Alternative Dance: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5LwcdWTCx2JoWeVVWOYsGj
Dance-Punk: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6c6EDGbcWdOSUvTaaUENyg
New Rave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3ZlEqn2WSADG2wVMPhKHsd
Nu-Gaze: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2gUFVgxO2AeWSFSmg2kQvl
Trip Hop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2wrc23l7JdQVcpPIcDGaed
Chill Out: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3LYkOCbYOfNbUgyz9DyThk
Downtempo: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5zxj55xrB53As97uvt5x8x
Dream Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2A5zN7OTP4n64gEtsFEO2Z
Chillwave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5pDD5tz9aQULzowpuKMSep
Shimmer Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1HxlHisjJGDQLJzg35NVIy
Electrofox: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3oBf8kc02esfPC3PUuSZks
Shiver Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1FcWxTM72potsWHiPQKmZC
Alternative R&B: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/0Hwb2a9DJdom4yoe5V41K9
Grave Wave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2Ndvcc1Qz9mNbQemnforB5
Hauntology: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/7yKED2Klt77liZOLVAwzma
Balearic: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3FDQXSzsETVYzbrfOEEJnQ
Shimmer Psych: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1Q4lGxGOt6A6K9CdELz8jG
Metropolis: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/70z5dMlsS9fPudWdQ9ebqP
Vaporwave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6R9NIMDGt0sK7k1EggBAhj
Minimal Wave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/61AMB6Oddyl1hEUBd9A9sc
popgaze: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/30FpFGBFN7Jlu4ElSv5vTE
Etherpop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3eoGAwNztSSx7Pi6dC6GFn
Gauze Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6gaLUOiIgrnSFt2qmmUIMr

regarding when I post on other threads:

for the more glossy / commercial pop - i post on the pop thread

i have posted the more abstract electronic experimental pop, including vaporwave on imago's time travel, e.g Track of the year so far in terms of arty electronics - minimal experimental-techno meets spoken word Propaganda type female vocals - 11 minutes track Astronomy Domine - Black Flowers

― djmartian, Friday, February 5, 2016 8:33 PM on
No thread for 2016 -> 4032 -> 8064 -> 16132? Surely some time travel mistake!

for the more traditional dream pop / shoegazer - I post on the indie thread

most of the balearic tracks - i post on the balearic thread, however the more electronic pop croosover balearic tracks i post on this thread

returning to...

the Hauntology Pop / Hypnagogic Pop / Dreamwave Pop of 2016
is a developing interzone between art pop, ambient pop, balearic pop, hazy chillwave, electronic pop, glitch pop, electronic dream pop / Nu gaze and indietronica.

key characteristics: Unstructured approach / hazy / dreamy / atmospheric / ghosting / drifting / esoteric / exotic / different.

these tracks would come under the broader framework of "not Pop not indie" but due to the unstructured / esoteric / abstract approach it's a separate conceptual aesthetic.

So from now on it's probably best if i create my own separate public spotify playlist for these niche genre-clusters and mention this also on imago's 2016 Time Travel multi themed experimental thread. I'll sort a spotify playlist sometime next week. If there is enough interest maybe start a new thread? as Imago's time travel deals with numerous art / experimental genres.

I will carry on posting on this thread with the more core shambhala synth / electronic pop re: "Sometimes the sounds are bright and sometimes they're icy cold."

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings, honestly. Like I said, it's mostly me not being as much into the latest wave of this stuff.

Return of the real Shambhala:

Stockholm:

Soldier's Hearth - Randy (spotify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSepGZDr_w

Tromsø:

Synne Sanden - the pilot (spotify)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i793qejEp6A

A long way from Dum Dum Girls (lots of love for New Order here):

Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate (spotify)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrAfGtpLiQ4

Ha! I was just wondering yesterday when something from Kristin Kontrol was going to come out...except I couldn't remember what name Dee Dee was using now! This is good.

i was going to post that Kristin Kontrol track, now for a another comeback...

new Ladyhawke track

Ladyhawke - Sweet Fascination, Taken from Ladyhawke's third album, Wild Things, released 3rd June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_sbMRkYetY

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1mHKaMKIKZ5n5MihLhOjjI

London based artist Kelly Lee Owens (who previously has done vocals with Daniel Avery)

groovy electronic balearic pop, ethereal vocals, swooshing icy synths, there is a controlled calmness to this track.

riyl: Fever Ray

Kelly Lee Owens - 1 of 3
https://soundcloud.com/kellyleeowens/1-of-3
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/47AnYWgB690DkRHHBQM5my

good review @ http://highclouds.org/kelly-lee-owens-1-of-3/

Sanpaku's last post is so essential

electronic pop from South African artist now based in London, Gina Kushka

luv the vocal versatility on this track

including at times the booming vocals with an intense cinematic vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBCxEOoXGnk

Gina Kushka - Hurtproof
https://soundcloud.com/ginakushka/gina-kushka-hurtproof-prod-jay-weathers
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3auXEcbn7G1ahcdeSnrgan

Amatorski - Hear Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odlxvhYj_ik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFAqiW7yyg

Really enjoying Teen's Love Yes. Amazingly fun 80s synth-worship. The album starts strong (Tokyo and All About Us are great) and continues stronger (Free Time (above), Superhuman, Noise Shift), interspersed with sweet little saxophone intros. They are the band I wanted Haim to be.

one of my fav tracks of 2016

electronic pop from Melbourne's Evangeline

the remix by William Black (Los Angeles, California) adds a bouncy-groove to the track, evangeline's vocals are sublime

Evangeline - My Kingdom (William Black Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/williamblack/evangeline-my-kingdom-william-black-remixnest-hq-premiere
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/25r8S6C8mwHquIouFObEXh

Evangeline
http://www.evangelinemusic.net/
https://soundcloud.com/evangelinemusic

The Teen album is great

this track at times reminds me of Liz Fraser and Massive Attack, from Swedish artist Adiam

Adiam - Runaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FALOp2DJ47Y

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4AFyNdKvJBUUkC3C1kTmpz

interview: http://www.loveispop.com/interviews/an-exclusive-interview-with-swedens-adiam/

Sweden’s Adiam makes delicous, dark pop that splits the difference between Lykki Li and Marina and The Diamonds, having the starkness of the former and the insanely catchy beats of the latter. Or perhaps she’s better described as Fiona Apple meets Little Boots, melding Fiona’s tormented and vengeful lyrics with Boots’ irresistible electronic textures. There are several artists you could compare Adiam’s songs to, but you can never pin her down to just one artist. There simply isn’t anyone whose songs she mirrors exactly. Even comparing her to all of the above artists doesn’t quite do her justice. She’s truly an original, thanks to her lyrics, which are both deeply personal and open to interpretation, and her music, all of which thus far has been produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek

note, Adiam previously recorded as Adiam Dymott, and JF mentioned her on ILM back in 2009!

Just listened to the Teen album again in full...it is seriously brilliant. Will stop spamming about it (maybe), but the opening track gives a really good measure of their whole vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJM6VTUpKGw

Teen's "Better", from their last record, is one of the best songs of the past five years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjLGlG68oh8

weirdly, I much prefer the new stuff. this is a bit repetitive for me

I absolutely adore this track, both the production and vocals, multiple repeat plays

Future Bass pop from Wet Paint (Halifax, Canada)

Wet Paint - Setting the Stage
https://soundcloud.com/wet-paint/setting-the-stage

uptempo confident future bass gliding zesty electronic pop, who is the mystery female vocalist? what a voice, dynamic swooping velvet vocals.

via: PressPlayok http://pressplayok.com/blog/2016/03/16/wet-paint-setting-the-stage/

On Setting The Stage the Halifax boys enlist a mystery vocalist for something that sounds like the title track for the sci-fi film of our dreams – it’s zippy, exciting, and great fun to listen to.

Rooxx from Finland, the female vocalist on the track is Ringa Manner

ethereal Cocteau Twins circa Heaven or Las Vegas meets ABBA harmonies / melodies meets modern scandi synthpop, however in the context of 2016 it does have distinctive memorable charm

ROOXX - Moving On
https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/rooxx-moving-on
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gVPddTMs5GSxjiEtOa3UT

Glenn Mcdonald described the track as "Stately ABBA-esque synth-pop power-ballad." on his weekly new particles playlist earlier this month
http://www.furia.com/newparticles/2016-03-11.html

ROOXX
http://solinarecords.com/rooxx/
ROOXX aka Jori Sjöroos is a Finnish musician and producer. He is well known for being the composer and producer for the Finnish band PMMP and the core behind bands like Magenta Skycode, Fu-Tourist, This Empty Flow and Thergothon.

Debut Rooxx album due in the Autumn.

I'm anti-Wet Paint for stealing the name from a superior 00s band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcL0lkcvv0g

*note to forks: this^ doesn't get added the shambhala playlist

heaven forfend

Loving the Kristin Kontrol track! Is any of the Dum Dum Girls stuff anything like it. I've never paid attention to them.

DDG are great, but sound nothing like this.

London based trip-hop / dark electronic pop band HÆLOS have just released their debut album: Full Circle. This is the current single, Separate Lives that has lots of atmospheric layering.

HÆLOS - Separate Lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY0JVKORfR4

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oPe6k9KWO72G5WMcVvnxq

"X-Communicate" reminds me of the tracks Sophie Ellis Bextor did with Freemasons a circa 2010.

Ohlayindigo Norwegian artist now based San Francisco

strong vocals on this electronic pop track:

Ohlayindigo - Golden Chains
https://soundcloud.com/ohlayindigo/ohlayindigo-golden-chains
https://open.spotify.com/track/7INjGfp8PYqIIxWeuRHTu3

gauzey electronic pop from new brother and sister duo Follin

this track reminds me of Sky Ferreira

Follin - Memories
https://soundcloud.com/follinofficial/memories
https://open.spotify.com/track/12Lv5SHoJBHJWjP2119hWt

"Cults frontwoman Madeline Follin and her brother, Richie Follin of Guards (and Willowz) formed a new band recently named Follin. " http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/listen_follin_memories/

Follin
https://soundcloud.com/follinofficial

With this project, Madeline and Richie wanted to do something different than they had ever done before. Inspired by distorted synthesizers, drum machines, samples, harmonizers, tape effects and atmospheric sounds, they experimented with new instruments and different vocal styles. Having come to music through the same bloodline, they share a musical voice that made their writing process second nature and continues to shape the way in which they write and record. The songs were recorded at Stockholm Syndrome Sound studios in Bushwick and in their mother’s living room in NYC.

keep listening to this addictive quirky rhythmic art-pop Prince Rama track on repeat, there is a Kate Bush vibe to the vocals.

Prince Rama - Fantasy
https://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/prince-rama-fantasy
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ajaVZz2y5yD9uKd0kldcA

Described aptly by Glenn Mcdonald as
Ceaseless-energy mosaic-pop made of broken bits of St. Vincent, Devo, Kate Bush and Propaganda.
http://www.furia.com/newparticles/2016-03-04.html

chilled and groovy electronic pop track from Ardency (LA based duo) with the dreamy Canadian vocalist Icelandia

love the fresh and crisp production sound that glides along throughout the track

Ardency ft. Icelandia - Crystals
https://soundcloud.com/ardency/crystals-feat-icelandia
https://open.spotify.com/track/7xKv3G2lzB9V0X3C1OT1MW

Playlist is updated for March

ILM's Rolling Shambhala Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Roniia from Minneapolis, Minnesota

dark mysterious electronic pop ala The Knife with Liz Fraser song to the siren ethereal inspired vocals

Roniia - Run
https://soundcloud.com/tgnp/roniia-run

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4gThvGgb9VsDbzupYPRQjR

part of the
Roniia - Sisters ep
http://roniia.com/album/sisters-ep

RONiiA (pronounced Row-nee-a) is Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark), Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads) and Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE). Together they produce a mysterious world full of departure, rejection, and love made from dark beats and scuffed up synths. Electronic music that is stripped of its gloss, as wildly innovative as it is original.

Cool

That Teen album is quickly becoming one of my favourites of the whole year, it's so great

Yeah, just yesterday I fully immersed myself in the Teen album and it is luscious.

dramatic expansive dark electronic pop from Plaitum (Colchester, England)

the dense forceful swirling production combines with the ethereal vocals of Abi Dersiley

Plaitum - Jagwa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YYdJfHtCE

https://open.spotify.com/track/31YXTQI7xrw906QdwmOJ2A

Yeah, just yesterday I fully immersed myself in the Teen album and it is luscious.

Yay! Really hoping this takes off on here. I'm listening to it every day at the moment.

keep listening to this addictive quirky rhythmic art-pop Prince Rama track on repeat, there is a Kate Bush vibe to the vocals.

This is also great. Same label too (Carpark)

Rivrs, London based electronic pop band signed to Charli XCX's Vroom Vroom label

luv the flow to this track, chilled vibes, sensual vocals, bubbly synths

RIVRS - Friend Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sLYwpAdSc

https://open.spotify.com/track/2fqQ3AWZdJT6BUboN8md2W

Prince Rama were one of my favorite accidental discoveries at SXSW last year!

RONiiA (pronounced Row-nee-a) is Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark), Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads) and Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE). Together they produce a mysterious world full of departure, rejection, and love made from dark beats and scuffed up synths. Electronic music that is stripped of its gloss, as wildly innovative as it is original.

― djmartian, Saturday, 2 April 2016 14:44 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is dead good

icy Electronic Pop from Sweden by Raindear (Rebecca Bergcrantz)

Raindear - I'm the Ice
https://soundcloud.com/raindearmusic/im-the-ice-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CMNzqoAiHBYMaNll76Sj6

the return of LA's Nite Jewel

Nite Jewel - Boo Hoo
https://soundcloud.com/nite-jewel/boo-hoo-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7wUKpTK2TH1cxWXSnfKHUu

via: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/nite-jewel-boo-hoo

Doing my part to keep Shambhala is up to date:

La Femme - Sphynx (spotify)
The video, like other La Femme imagery, might not be safe for work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOic6pVAN30

White Sea - Arcadia (spotify) (Morgan Kibbey of Ths Romanovs and M83's Saturdays = Youth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vfQ0EFPhQ

ARO - Cocaine Style (spotify)
I'm usually not one to ogle, but this woman is achingly beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gxrnoCg3I