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Sounds like:
column,
Connan Mockasin,
Ceefax,
Men I Trust
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Sep 25, 2017
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Infinite Bisous has the ability to break barriers and limitations with his fearless approach to experimental synth pop.
"life + you" is the perfect example of genre bending when it comes to a psychedelic and electropop marriage. There's also a tinge...
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2

Sounds like:
Phantogram,
Massive Attack,
Xenoula
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Sep 25, 2017
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Turtle's single, "Blood Type" is a dizzying and dazzling composition of lush synths and loops.
Its dark and heavy bass are balanced out by Eliza Shaddad's shimmering vocals. Its ambient composition paired with the melancholic chords provides an atmo...
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3

Sounds like:
Chymes,
Angus & Julia Stone,
Cari Cari
By
Tobias Handke
on
Sep 24, 2017
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Having known each other for close to a decade, the timing is finally right for Daniel James and Courtney Paynter to unleash their music onto the world. Under the alias Upstairs Open the two are intent on producing genre-defying soundscapes that infil...
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4

Sounds like:
Com Truise,
Machinedrum
By
Molly O'Mera
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Sep 2, 2017
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A music professor told me once that a good rule of thumb in recording is to not mix digital midi instrumentals with real, acoustic sounds.
It might be a hard trick to get right, but if there was one to do it, it’d be Lone. The unofficial master of m...
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5

Sounds like:
Glass Animals,
The Killers,
Penguin Prison
By
Cyrus Pavel
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Sep 1, 2017
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If you've followed my writing over the last decade then you know how much I love #NYFW. My favorite season of them all has always been Autumn, so it's no wonder that this sonic gem of smoothness right here caught my attention, reminding me of those t...
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6

Sounds like:
Nils Frahm,
Disasterpeace,
Steve Reich
By
Almond Ivan
on
Aug 30, 2017
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Ryuichi Sakamoto pulled in Oneohtrix Point Never to rework a composition off of his new album ASYNC, creating a further textured, poetic revision of an already wonderful piece. There hasn't been a release from either artist that struck me as an egreg...
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7

Sounds like:
Burial,
Lone,
Actress,
Ross From Friends
By
Molly O'Mera
on
Aug 27, 2017
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Have we reached a consensus yet on sitar samples? Like or dislike? Corny or actually creative?
I’m normally wary of Eastern instruments sampled in Western music, often used just to evoke a cheesy, hollow sense of exoticism. But after hearing Four Te...
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8

Sounds like:
The Avalanches,
Mild High Club,
Madlib
By
Molly O'Mera
on
Aug 20, 2017
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Do you ever hear a song with an appeal almost too simple to categorize? Like those random gems you discover deep into a YouTube hole, that might sound even better because you know nothing about the track's artist or genre.
"Sugar" is a song with ea...
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