JULY 24TH: Open The Door, Become Infinite
TEENGIRL FANTASY
http://www.myspace.com/teengirlfantasy
Oberlin’s house heroes Teengirl Fantasy are currently coming off a
huge year, one which has seen them release their long-awaited debut LP
“7AM” to widespread critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic,
with everyone from Pitchfork and The Fader to Dazed and Confused and
DJ Magazine becoming entranced by their beguilingly off-kilter vein of
sprawling, throbbing electronica. The album ended up on more year-end
lists than can be counted, with Time Out even naming them one of 5
bands to watch in 2011, and the likes of the Guardian, FACT, Juno and
XLR8R selecting their genre-defying, breakthrough anthem “Cheaters” as
one of the best tracks of the year. Just as the album is one of the
most beautiful and unusual things you’re likely to hear, so their
shows are also truly unmissable events, and rare opportunities to see
the pair play their music where it truly belongs – in a live setting,
on a dance floor.
PICTUREPLANE
http://www.myspace.com/pictureplane
24-year-old weirdo performance artist Travis Egedy, a.k.a. Pictureplane, obsesses over the cosmos, 90s house music, collective consciousness, and mind-altering chemicals you’ve never heard of. Much like his interests, Pictureplane’s music is strange and boundless and totally righteous.
Grimy synths, broken beats, and bucolic vocals collide somewhere between early 90s house music and the gnarly soundscapes of Black Dice to forge a sound that’s wholly unique and endlessly exciting. It’s exceedlingly rare to find dance music that transcends the cold and robotic, but on Dark Rift Pictureplane does just that: churning out intricate electronic jams out of his near-legendary Denver warehouse space Rhinoceropolis. The music feels at once personal and cosmically expansive.
GATEKEEPER
http://aarondavidross.com/wordpress/music/gatekeeper/
Gatekeeper’s music has a decidedly spooky aesthetic, and it’s one that can be traced back to members Aaron David Ross’ and Matthew Arkell’s Chicago art-school days. The pair met in 2005, and found inspiration in a YouTube video of electronic music pioneer Mark Shreeve covering John Carpenter. After that, the duo set about combining techno, Chicago house, Italo, and a heavy dose of industrial into a dark-yet-dancefloor-friendly brew.
