Presenting you today : RÜFÜS. Two dudes from Australia, here is what they have to say:
From across a vast galaxy of musical taste, two young Sydney vagabonds with Scandinavian roots have collided to form RÜFÜS – a dancefolkpopindienuchillwave silenced explosion. Their healthy combination of live instruments and electronica ignite – forming moments of dance floor euphoria, stomping vocal driven breakdowns and roaming lo-fi grooves. In the last few months, the duo behind RÜFÜS have been recording, producing and mixing their el sonido nuevo which they’ll bottle in an upcoming EP before letting it leak out everywhere in there live show.
Their combustible fusion of dance and chill will soon begin warming people’s laid back Sunday afternoons and heating their Saturday nights.
Very much so. ‘Trent’s A Mess’ is a reinterpretation of Trentemoller’s I Miss You and Gotye’s Your Heart’s A Mess. Déguste ici :
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She’s swedish. Obviously.
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Must be something in the baby food they got in Sweden that lets them maintain their ridiculously high brilliant-pop-songs per capita ratio.
Freya Adele and Nathaniel Morse hide behind the moniker ‘Our Husband’. Nathaniel is from Melbourne but the band is now based in Adelaide due to the better meteorological conditions. Together they strive for an “abrasive pop songs with country and soft rock influence”-approach to the “doe eyed” genre of folk. On ‘Villages’ they achieve that goal stunningly well :
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/goldhenne/our-husband-villages”]
The folks over at Dark Entries Records have posted an ultra-rare Synth-Pop compilation from 1982 entitled Synthetic Romance. From the back of the album :
“(..) The groups are varied, from all parts of the country and all walks of life, with one thing in common – the synthesizer – perhaps the most sophisticated instrument of our century.
This album is intended to promote the best new groups performing their own material. It also demonstrates the imagination and foresight of these yet little known musicians.”
A synthesizer-glorifying compilation from the early 80s : is there anything better than that? Unlikely. As expected, there are some pretty cool tracks on the compilation but most notably the authentic 1982 avant-garde vibe is really unbeatable.
Dark Entries have digitalized the whole thing and you can download it for free on their website.
In the Poule’s corner of the world, summer has already bid farewell .. luckily L.A. Thomas from Canberra stands ready to provide hazy summer vibes on his new EP Milky Way : 16 minutes of soothing instrumental surf pop available for free on Dream Damage.
(via Rose Quartz)
