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The Real Estate Agents - The combined duo of Sibot and Markus Wormstorm makes up this South African music group. The music is electric, intense and bound to get you moving to the beat. This is what happens when you create good hiphop music live in an electronic environment if you've ever wondered. Not only does it involve turntablism, but the guys sample and use a whole lot of other nifty tricks to create a unique hip hop sound unlike any other. This is definitely one of the possible futures of the music industry, wait, it is one of the...
Freestate is a band from Melbourne, Victoria that formed in 2002. The combination of raw power and melody make for a powerful beast and Melbourne's Freestate launched their debut album with enough raw power and melody to quickly scale the heights of the Australian heavy rock scene. With integrity and musical abilities akin to The Butterfly Effect and Karnivool and riffs that would make any Wolfmother proud, Freestate bring a presence which bridges the gap between the underground and the commercial, and pushes the boundaries of rock music genres. Forming as Freestate in Melbourne in 2002, selecting a name that...
We are simultaneously shaped by absence and presence. People, memories, experiences…all are molded by items both here and not. Bands are the same way. Lyrics form via the things that happen and the people that depart, for one reason or another. Melodies emerge from everything heard before and the desire to create something never heard before. And even a band’s name can come from leaving out a single character and leaving in the inspiration it brings. Absence and presence have aligned to bring us Samestate. “Within the five guys in the band, there’s such a wide range of life experiences,”...
Real Estate is a band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, now based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The band has roots in the Garden State and they’re led by singer/guitarist Martin Courtney and feature guitarist Matthew Mondanile (the latter known to some for his work in Ducktails, Predator Vision, and The Parasails) as well as Alex Bleeker (side project: Alex Bleeker And The Freaks) on bass and Etienne Duguay (also of Predator Vision) on the drums. They started in 2009 and in 2011 Jackson Pollis replaced Etienne on drums and Jonah Maurer joined the band on keys and guitar. In 2013,...
Sestatee (b. Sebastian Swigon, Germany), is a musician who had the misfortune to grow up in the rather grim surroundings of post-modernist prefab estates. But when it comes to his own music, these memories have not translated into melancholy or darkness - with grace, humour and subtlety Sestatee skilfully twists timeless easy listening grooves and current beats into a tricky, laid-back big band sound. Above and beyond his many releases, awards for short film scores and compositions for other bands this media-shy all-rounder has already supported a number of well known acts (like Massive Attack) and fosters young, unknown artists....