British producer Burial is prophetic. Coming out of the Bush-Blair years and into the Obama-Brown years the world seemed, maybe, a little hopeful for a sliver of time when Burial droppedUntrue, an album of dystopian gray concrete dubstep and UK garage pierced with disembodied and distorted gho...
and Rico Nasty put ppcocaine on a remix. Chester Watson and Kent Loon are not part of the herd. Watson may have risen first, but Loon is no mime or follower. Ezra Pound’s “make it new” ethos is embedded in their crew name: Nu Age. Loon and...
Neo-disco dance music was an ironically popular trend this year among pop musicians including Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Roisin Murphy, and even The Weeknd, who surely wouldn’t be booked for the 2021 Super Bowl if he hadn’t added more and more neon to his sound since House of Balloons. Bu...