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Pictureplane + Nick Nicely

10 August

On last year’sThee Physical, Pictureplane’s Travis Egedy introduced the world to what he termed ‘new forms of techno fetish in a world with no true physical limits’. Lyrically, the album focused on themes of transcending gender and embracing sexuality. Sonically, you could call it synthwave or a sort of industrial-pop which intermingles ’90s diva-sounding vocal samples and Egedy’s breathy vocals with buzzing synths and pounding beats. While Egedy’s mission to open up queer culture to the outside world got…

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Pictureplane:

On last year’sThee Physical, Pictureplane’s Travis Egedy introduced the world to what he termed ‘new forms of techno fetish in a world with no true physical limits’. Lyrically, the album focused on themes of transcending gender and embracing sexuality. Sonically, you could call it synthwave or a sort of industrial-pop which intermingles ’90s diva-sounding vocal samples and Egedy’s breathy vocals with buzzing synths and pounding beats. While Egedy’s mission to open up queer culture to the outside world got some drag queens’ panties in a bunch, his music’s viscerally-pleasing blend of the rough with the pretty and overall danceability had this old hetero feeling more trancegendered than usual. Let’s get post-physical!

 

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Nick Nicely:

British psych-synth oddball and tortured cult-hero Nick Nicely bum-rushed the early ’80s with the two meticulously-crafted singles, ‘D.C.T. Dreams’ and ‘Hilly Fields (1892)’. Then, disillusioned about the music business, he faded into obscurity, not releasing anything for over two decades. Now he’s back with his goals slightly altered and doing it just for the sake of doing it. Captured Tracks recently released some of his most important work with Elegant Daze: Songs from 1979-1986, a 13-song compilation that captures nick nicely’s knack for cold futurism and hummable hooks.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qydYO9QUchg

Mineral Beings:

Self-proclaimed “now-wave” band Mineral Beings is the brainchild of songwriter Merinde. Performing with beatmaker Sonam, the pair specializes in chilled-out synth-pop.

 

 

 

 

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