Hey! Thnx for making it, this is part II of the Q&A sesh with Ibi Ego. This time around You, David, and Gabriel get into their music making process, talk about chippytunes, videogames, and 80’s synth, and get real deep about their local indie scene. As promised, here it is: Roddy: What’s Ibi Ego’s dynamic like
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Ibi Ego is so chill: Ibi Ego – Muerete @ All My Friends 2010 And after Sweetest Drip chilled suppa hard at their December gig we reached out to this fantastic 3 piece indie band from Baja, CA and kept bugging them for a lil’ Q&A sesh… They kept it profreshional and indulged us with
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Meet Montevideo, a 4 piece band from Brussels, Belgium — fronted by Jean Waterlot (vocals, keys), Manu Simonis (guitar, strings), Gabriel Reding (bass), and Pierre Waterlot (drums). The band, named after the capital of Uruguay, formed sometime in 2001 and has been active in the Belgian and European Indie music scenes since. They say that
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Indie Music, Lana Del Rey, Old People, and the Indiesphere (you) Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Joris Voorn Edit) It’s always kinda bizarre when a mainstream outlet dips in and takes a jab at the Indie Music Complex — it’s like the mainstream seeks some sort of validation or cred raking by pretending to
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Kindness – Gee Up Lo-Fi and You Lo-Fi was first used to describe a certain music aesthetic (read: poor quality), eventually transforming into a full-on musical form that grew and became a long established and appreciated way of delivering audio (think Dylan’s The Basement Tapes). In our post-post-anything world, Lo-Fi, or at least the Lo-Fi aesthetic, has more
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Still mopping around due to Valentine’s Day blues? It’s all good, let Bufi slay them damn blues by putting on some smooth grooves to pimp out your S.A.D. life: Bufi – Happy Robot Bufi is Mateo González Bufi, a chill half French half Mexican bro (Frexican?), born in the cosmopolitan Mexico City. A brilliant dance music producer,
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Last Night I Bro’ed out It was a typical weekday night Just doin’ mah Facebook stalking while listening to some indiscriminate rap My circle of chillbros hit me up There was an event at the “local indie venue” where some Frenchbros were gonna play all night I wasn’t necessarily feeling it but I said “all
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Let’s start off with some Debonair swag: Debonair – Gimme Your Dub From House to Hip-Hop, to some tropi-cool vibes with Disco swag, Debonair stands out from the rest by creating suave, quality tracks while making it seem easy. WAY easy. The aptly named Debonair comes thru lookin’ clean with a elegant, nonchalant sound that transforms
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Shantelle: (emerging) Indie Powerhouse Shantelle – Unamonos Shantelle is not just another Shoegaze band. From the vibrant but somewhat-under-the-radar Tijuana scene, Shantelle has captured a loyal following and they’re coming to greater recognition in the indie-sphere. Shantelle originated about 10 years ago as Eric Curiel’s solo project . In 2003 he was joined by Julio
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Alexandre Louvré is making new classics Alexandre Louvré – Just For You Marko De’Rangel A.K.A. Alexandre Louvré started putting out quality funky, fresh feelin’, up-beat, French-House-influenced tracks about a year ago and he has already skyrocketed to everyone’s most-played lists. In today’s over-saturated DJ/Bedroom Producer market, it is incrementally difficult to gain recognition and garner a
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Hemingway may be considered a veteran from the Electro Wars era: Pelifics – Forever (Hemingway Remix) He was making chill waves before chillwave became the genre du jour, and his sound has this tropical vibe to it – before it became the thing to do for other dj’s/remixers, and yet he remains in relative obscurity
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So many drugs to chose from but not sure which one(s) compliment your alternative lifestyle… Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You As you probably know, having an alternative lifestyle makes your choices a bit more tricky. Your indie-ntity needs constant pruning/reinforcement in order to stay relevant. From curating your indie playlist to cherry
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Pyramid is making all of us look bad. Because the 20-something chill Frenchbro manages to go to school, live his pretty chill life, and be French while producing fantastic indie-electro remixes that top hypem charts: Daft Punk – Something About Us (Pyramid Rmx) Pyramid has kept a somewhat low-key profile on the interwebz, but his work
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There’s this supah chill festival: Occupy Wall Street One of the biggest and hardest quests for all chill bros and broettes is to find the perfect alternative community. As pursuers of an alternative lifestyle you´re, always looking for that ultimate alternative experience to validate and reinforce your perceived indie-ntity. I think I found it y’all.
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Did you have the Sweetest Drip @ Posada All My Friends 2011? Roddy: This past weekend Sweetest Drip chilled supra hard in Tijuana at Posada AMF 2011. . The big name of the night was [supposed to
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Ibi Ego is probably the best “new” band that’s not on your indie playlist. Yet. If you’re one of the many/few chill bros/broettes truly into an alternative lifestyle, then Ibi Ego is a must have to enhance your alternative brand. With so many irrelevant options floating around on the indiesphere it’s hard to cherry pick a worthy
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Solar Bears have become a bit of a manic obsession of mine. I like what they’re doing overall so much that it has made it very difficult for me to put the following into words: Their songs are extremely addictive. There’s a TREMENDOUS amount of craft and mad skills put into their songs. You should
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This is about alternative lifestyle. This is about you. This song is about pursuing (indie) dreams + putting up with the mainstream world. Here are the most relevant parts of the lyrics from zany Aussiebro band Theatre of Disco‘s Disco Donnie (picked the rmx instead of the OG, via the better rmx theory): My name it like “not!”
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Alésia by Housse de Racket is the band’s latest, masterfully crafted full length release via French taste/buzzmaker Kitsuné. I didn’t really pick up on Housse de Racket as a band but as a string of delicious, infectious remixes/ remixers popping up here and there. This was during the electro scene heydays of 2007s – yeah, sOo
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‘Indie bands, I listen to indie bands’ ‘…Indie bands?’ ‘Yeah, ya know, stuff that’s not on the top 40, REAL music’ ‘… Oh, you mean like The Kings of Lions kinda bands? CoOl! I luvv listening to indie bands too!’ ‘ -__- ‘ Hi. Many of you have already experienced this sort of scenario and the
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‘Indie bands, I listen to indie bands’ ‘…Indie bands?’ ‘Yeah, ya know, stuff that’s not on the top 40, REAL music’ ‘… Oh, you mean like The Kings of Lions kinda bands? CoOl! I luvv listening to indie bands too!’ ‘ -__- ‘ Hi. Many of you have already experienced this sort of scenario and the
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