Heavy on guitars, featuring a megaphone-like crunch delivery and a beautiful chord progression, James E. Gray explores the simulation hypothesis. From Plato’s Allegory of the Cave to Bostrom’s trilemma: Are we living? Are we breathing?
Category: Interviews
‘Genre blending electronica’ | Interview with LateNightBeatFeast
Tonight’s feature moves straight into the shadows. LateNightBeatFeast is showcasing Thursday, a deeply melancholic track with sweeping, cinematic strings over an organic trip-hop infused groove. Read our discussion below!
‘Dark Experimental Heavy’ | Interview with I Tend the Light
I Tend the Light breaks down “One Need Not be a Chamber,” exploring how 19th-century poetry, creepy YouTube archive footage, and EVPs fueled the sinister, slow-burn doomgaze sound.
‘Cathode ray Netflix’ | Interview with Secret Bad Boy
Secret Bad Boy is back to build a universe where music and visual art completely collide. Synth rigs, alter egos, and the art of crafting songs for the imagination.
‘Dynamic, minimalistic, electronic.’ | Interview with Rinalds Maksimovs
Forward-thinking electronica with cinematic layers, organic keys and a very carefully curated drum layer, all crafted by the Rinalds Maksimovs.
‘Corrupted. Synthetic. Human.’ | Interview with Signal Decay
Welcome to a cyberpunk world where darkness is the new norm.
‘Melodic. Honest. Psychedelic.’ | Interview with Date of Birth
Seashell Eyes introduced their debut album with “Sunshine Girl”, a track blending lovely orchestral psychedelia, dreamy vocals, and a surprise Radiohead-esque intro.
‘Cinematic. Ethereal. Industrial.’ | Interview with Kai Moa
Kai Moa delivers a powerful second single with “L = ∅.” A cinematic track packed with gritty textures, massive energy, and epic, wall-of-sound synths.
‘Questioning, Feeling, Exploring’ | Interview with Ōkubi x Cholly
Gritty, distorted sounds collide with 1980s aesthetics synth arpeggios and manipulated vocals which capture that “everything is falling apart” feeling. Beauty and decay coexist.
‘Lo-fi psychedelic vaporwave’ | Interview with Sionnul
With a Ludwig Pocket Kit, a handful of Stratocasters, and a collection of old-school synths, Sionnul is serving up the ultimate lo-fi aesthetic