Hit The Highway And Drive To Six Of Our Favorite New Tracks
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# Hit The Highway And Drive To Six Of Our Favorite New Tracks
## Daniel Jones: Troller "Torch"
Austin's [Troller][1] have been my go-to
point for stirring, emotional darkwave since I first laid hands on their
self-titled 2012-inch. Their recent *Graphic* LP is fantastic, but it
doesn't quite reach the same heights as cuts like "Tiger" or
"Best"---except at the album's finale. "Torch" burns slowly, emerging
from murky depths to become a full-on electro-goth stomper. Now,
**hitches suspenders**, I'm an old salt, ya know. I've been 'round for a
good while. Even though I love a good goof or a spoof, when I'm cruising
the highways, byways and nearly deserted truck stop bathrooms of the
world, I like some serious vibes hanging over me. Feel-good music makes
me feel bad, ol' sports, so load up the trunk with whiskey and let's get
Doom Generation on that asphalt.
[SoundCloud Track (245674289)][2]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
## Michael Lutz: Jonathan Kusuma "Red Vox"
Jakarta-based [Jonathan Kusuma][3] just
dropped an EP on Cocktail D'Amore, the label-offspring of the much-loved
Berlin party series of the same name. Its opener "Red Vox" features
cosmic synths, trance-fueled tribal grooves, amd a seductive jingling
that evokes memories of that iconic *Super Mario Bros.* coin sound. In
other words, it's just the thing for neon-lit night drives through
winding and dense city streets. Just remember to watch out for
pedestrians.
[SoundCloud Track (266763885)][4]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
## Derek Opperman: A Band Called Flash "Mother Confessor"
I'm from California, and when I think "road
trip music", my memory immediately recalls a soup of melodies heard
while banking down portions of the state's famous Pacific Coast Highway.
It's a long route, and depending on the direction you're driving---and
how much fog there is---it might be more appropriate to put some
additional wear on your [*Live/Dead*][5] tape than it would be to listen
to a Ron Trent-associated nouveau '80s jazz-funk boogie cut like [A Band
Called Flash][6]'s "Mother Confessor".
But with that being said, if your destination
is southbound, in Los Angeles County, then it'd be pretty hard to pick a
new song better suited to soundtrack your journey. So, as you blaze down
the coast with your polarized sunglasses reflecting the Hellenic blue,
palm-speckled beaches of Malibu: Crack open your sunroof, lock in the
cruise control and let the music's hot and loose positivity melt into
the totality of your being like the American cheese on that half-eaten
In-N-Out Double-Double you've almost certainly got clutched in your
off-wheel hand.
Just take care to hold on to that good
feeling while it lasts. Because when the song's done and the beach line
runs out, you'll be in L.A. And Los Angeles is a fucked up place to end
up in. Maybe better to loop the whole EP and keep driving until you
disappear across the border into Mexico.
[SoundCloud Track (221687563)][7]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
## Daniel Hugo: Carlo Maria "Subject to Drift"
[Subject to Drift by Carlo Maria][8]{: target="_blank"}
{: .bandcamp-link}
Writing about the best road trip tracks from
2016 is a pretty thankless task because, let's face it, no track will
ever come even close to touching the pure wheel-to-tarmac heat of every
single cut on Thin Lizzy's 1975 classic [*Fighting*][9]. "Wild One",
"Fighting My Way Back" and "Rosalle" are such impeccable road trip cuts
that we could stop this whole charade right away.
In any case, if you throw away the
Rolling Stone magazine idea of the road trip for a minute, then
you can appreciate the fundamentals of that long haul drive: difference,
repetition and duration. Time's bending under the duress of constant
repetitions, forcing miniscule differences to rise up amongst the
landscape (shifting light, merging perspectives), which in turn brings
you back to the primary metronomic repetition. It's this constant
oscillation between rhythm and molecular difference that induces the
tunnel-visioned psychedelia of the roadtrip. And in this sense, look no
further than Carlo Maria's new cassette, Subject to Drift on SØVN to get
you to that beautiful dissolved state.
Using a TB303 and TB606 through a chain of
digital signal processing, Carlo Maria bends these iconic sounds into
alien sonic bodies. And, under the strain of constant arpeggiation and
looping, these sounds split and shatter into independent spectral
qualities, slowly helixing and slipping away from one another into
intricate polyrhythms and phases. Perfect listening as you shoot through
a forever morphing landscape.
Extremely honourable mention to the brilliant
slow burning psych-country song "[Kansas][10]" by The Garbage and The
Flowers, which would definitely be the next cassette loaded in the tape
deck after Subject To Drift.
## Sven von Thülen: Omar-S -- "Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!"
The association might be a bit tired after
all these years, but since we're talking about road trips, I'll say it
one more time: A lot of electronic music from Detroit is almost custom
built for automobiles. Just imagine driving through a deserted city or
down a dimly lit country road in the wee hours of the morning, listening
to the chilly synths and majestic bass-led funk of "Take Ya Pik,
Nik!!!!!". It's a track off [Omar S][11]'s latest and arguably best
album so far, fittingly titled, *The Best*.
As you glide through the twilight zone
between night and day, between bittersweet melancholy and shy optimisim,
you come to realize that the track deserves every exclamation mark it
holds in its title. And you wonder: Did Nik ever take his pick? We'll
never know.
[Omar-S - Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!][12]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
[1]: https://soundcloud.com/trolleratx
[2]: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245674289
[3]: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-kusuma
[4]: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/266763885
[5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POEw-2vAojk
[6]: https://soundcloud.com/abandcalledflash
[7]: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221687563
[8]: http://sovnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/subject-to-drift
[9]: https://www.discogs.com/de/Thin-Lizzy-Fighting/release/777107
[10]: http://(https://paradisedaily.bandcamp.com/track/kansas)
[11]: http://www.omarsdetroit.us/
[12]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvJZ835J3Q4
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<h2>Daniel Jones: Troller “Torch”</h2><p><span class="message_body">Austin’s <a href="https://soundcloud.com/trolleratx">Troller</a> have been my go-to point for stirring, emotional darkwave since I first laid hands on their self-titled 2012-inch. Their recent <em>Graphic</em> LP is fantastic, but it doesn’t quite reach the same heights as cuts like “Tiger” or “Best”—except at the album’s finale. “Torch” burns slowly, emerging from murky depths to become a full-on electro-goth stomper. Now, </span><span class="message_body"><b>hitches suspenders</b></span><span class="message_body">, I’m an old salt, ya know. I’ve been ’round for a good while. Even though I love a good goof or a spoof, when I’m cruising the highways, byways and nearly deserted truck stop bathrooms of the world, I like some serious vibes hanging over me. Feel-good music makes me feel bad, ol’ sports, so load up the trunk with whiskey and let’s get Doom Generation on that asphalt. </span></p><p><a href="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245674289" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SoundCloud Track (245674289)</a></p><h2>Michael Lutz: Jonathan Kusuma “Red Vox”</h2><p><span class="message_body">Jakarta-based <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-kusuma">Jonathan Kusuma</a> just dropped an EP on Cocktail D’Amore, the label-offspring of the much-loved Berlin party series of the same name. Its opener “Red Vox” features cosmic synths, trance-fueled tribal grooves, amd a seductive jingling that evokes memories of that iconic <em>Super Mario Bros.</em> coin sound. In other words, it’s just the thing for neon-lit night drives through winding and dense city streets. Just remember to watch out for pedestrians.<br>
</span></p><p><a href="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/266763885" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SoundCloud Track (266763885)</a></p><h2>Derek Opperman: A Band Called Flash “Mother Confessor”</h2><p><span class="message_body">I’m from California, and when I think “road trip music”, my memory immediately recalls a soup of melodies heard while banking down portions of the state’s famous Pacific Coast Highway. It’s a long route, and depending on the direction you’re driving—and how much fog there is—it might be more appropriate to put some additional wear on your <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POEw-2vAojk"><em>Live/Dead</em></a> tape than it would be to listen to a Ron Trent-associated nouveau ’80s jazz-funk boogie cut like <a href="https://soundcloud.com/abandcalledflash">A Band Called Flash</a>‘s “Mother Confessor”. </span></p><p><span class="message_body">But with that being said, if your destination is southbound, in Los Angeles County, then it’d be pretty hard to pick a new song better suited to soundtrack your journey. So, as you blaze down the coast with your polarized sunglasses reflecting the Hellenic blue, palm-speckled beaches of Malibu: Crack open your sunroof, lock in the cruise control and let the music’s hot and loose positivity melt into the totality of your being like the American cheese on that half-eaten In-N-Out Double-Double you’ve almost certainly got clutched in your off-wheel hand.</span></p><p><span class="message_body">Just take care to hold on to that good feeling while it lasts. Because when the song’s done and the beach line runs out, you’ll be in L.A. And Los Angeles is a fucked up place to end up in. Maybe better to loop the whole EP and keep driving until you disappear across the border into Mexico. </span></p><p><a href="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/221687563" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SoundCloud Track (221687563)</a></p><h2>Daniel Hugo: Carlo Maria “Subject to Drift”</h2><p class="bandcamp-link"><a href="http://sovnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/subject-to-drift" target="_blank">Subject to Drift by Carlo Maria</a></p><p><span class="message_body">Writing about the best road trip tracks from 2016 is a pretty thankless task because, let’s face it, no track will ever come even close to touching the pure wheel-to-tarmac heat of every single cut on Thin Lizzy’s 1975 classic <a href="https://www.discogs.com/de/Thin-Lizzy-Fighting/release/777107"><em>Fighting</em></a>. “Wild One”, “Fighting My Way Back” and “Rosalle” are such impeccable road trip cuts that we could stop this whole charade right away.</span></p><p><span class="message_body"> In any case, if you throw away the <em>Rolling Stone </em>magazine idea of the road trip for a minute, then you can appreciate the fundamentals of that long haul drive: difference, repetition and duration. Time’s bending under the duress of constant repetitions, forcing miniscule differences to rise up amongst the landscape (shifting light, merging perspectives), which in turn brings you back to the primary metronomic repetition. It’s this constant oscillation between rhythm and molecular difference that induces the tunnel-visioned psychedelia of the roadtrip. And in this sense, look no further than Carlo Maria’s new cassette, Subject to Drift on SØVN to get you to that beautiful dissolved state. </span></p><p><span class="message_body">Using a TB303 and TB606 through a chain of digital signal processing, Carlo Maria bends these iconic sounds into alien sonic bodies. And, under the strain of constant arpeggiation and looping, these sounds split and shatter into independent spectral qualities, slowly helixing and slipping away from one another into intricate polyrhythms and phases. Perfect listening as you shoot through a forever morphing landscape.</span></p><p><span class="message_body">Extremely honourable mention to the brilliant slow burning psych-country song “<a href="http://(https://paradisedaily.bandcamp.com/track/kansas)">Kansas</a>” by The Garbage and The Flowers, which would definitely be the next cassette loaded in the tape deck after Subject To Drift.</span></p><h2>Sven von Thülen: Omar-S – “Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!”</h2><p><span class="message_body">The association might be a bit tired after all these years, but since we’re talking about road trips, I’ll say it one more time: A lot of electronic music from Detroit is almost custom built for automobiles. Just imagine driving through a deserted city or down a dimly lit country road in the wee hours of the morning, listening to the chilly synths and majestic bass-led funk of “Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!”. It’s a track off <a href="http://www.omarsdetroit.us/">Omar S</a>’s latest and arguably best album so far, fittingly titled, <em>The Best</em>. </span></p><p><span class="message_body">As you glide through the twilight zone between night and day, between bittersweet melancholy and shy optimisim, you come to realize that the track deserves every exclamation mark it holds in its title. And you wonder: Did Nik ever take his pick? We’ll never know. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvJZ835J3Q4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Omar-S - Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!</a></p>
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# Hit The Highway And Drive To Six Of Our Favorite New Tracks . ## Daniel Jones: Troller "Torch" Austin's [Troller][1] have been my go-to point for stirring, emotional darkwave since I first laid hands on their self-titled 2012-inch. Their recent *Graphic* LP is fantastic, but it doesn't quite ...
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Feel-good music makes me feel bad, ol' sports, so load up the trunk with whiskey and let's get Doom Generation on that asphalt. [SoundCloud Track (245674289)][2]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} . ## Michael Lutz: Jonathan Kusuma "Red Vox" Jakarta-based [Jonathan Kusuma][3] just dro...
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Just remember to watch out for pedestrians. [SoundCloud Track (266763885)][4]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} . ## Derek Opperman: A Band Called Flash "Mother Confessor" I'm from California, and when I think "road trip music", my memory immediately recalls a soup of melodies heard ...
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But with that being said, if your destination is southbound, in Los Angeles County, then it'd be pretty hard to pick a new song better suited to soundtrack your journey. So, as you blaze down the coast with your polarized sunglasses reflecting the Hellenic blue, palm-speckled beaches of Malibu: C...
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Maybe better to loop the whole EP and keep driving until you disappear across the border into Mexico. [SoundCloud Track (221687563)][7]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} . ## Daniel Hugo: Carlo Maria "Subject to Drift" [Subject to Drift by Carlo Maria][8]{: target="_blank"} {: .bandc...
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It's this constant oscillation between rhythm and molecular difference that induces the tunnel-visioned psychedelia of the roadtrip. And in this sense, look no further than Carlo Maria's new cassette, Subject to Drift on SØVN to get you to that beautiful dissolved state. Using a TB303 and TB606 t...
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Perfect listening as you shoot through a forever morphing landscape. Extremely honourable mention to the brilliant slow burning psych-country song "[Kansas][10]" by The Garbage and The Flowers, which would definitely be the next cassette loaded in the tape deck after Subject To Drift. ## Sven von...
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We'll never know. [Omar-S - Take Ya Pik, Nik!!!!!][12]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} . [1]: https://soundcloud.com/trolleratx [2]: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/245674289 [3]: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-kusuma [4]: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/266763885 [5]: https://...