Balearic Beat, or Chillwave, has overwhelmed my ears for the past 2 years. There is a great new "wave" of musicians employing this tropical-noise-meets-electronic bliss and it seems we cannot get enough. Groups/musicians include the likes of Air France, jj, boat club, Washed Out, Universal Studios Florida, Neon Indian, Toro y Moi, and Memory Tapes/Memory Cassette/Weird Tapes. They all employ an atmosphere rather than force a derivative pretense on the listener, escapism at its finest. A simple formula yields strong results: beach + emotions x haze / spot-on production = chillwave. And it's way less serious than shoegaze. Some mp3's for ya'll:
St. Etienne - Spring (Air France remix)
Washed Out - You'll See It
boat club - Warmer Climes
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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