my learned friend in texas has put me onto yet more new music i was not aware of. seriously, it's hard to feel at all up-to-date when he's all "do you know about skweee music?"
come again? skweee-wah? sounds pretty 8-bit to me. according to wikipedia:
"Skweee is a musical style, with origin in Nordic countries Sweden and Finland... combines simple synth leads and basslines with funk, r'n'b or soul-like rhythms, overall rendering a stripped-down funky sound. The tracks are mostly entirely instrumental, though there are exceptions.
The current producers are both newcomers and old, experienced producers from the Scandinavian Electro and electronica environment. The major outlets of skweee music are the Swedish record label Flogsta Danshall and Finnish record label Harmönia."
it took a bit of digging around but i managed to unearth a couple of records worth hearing, one in particular is a compilation from said swedes, flogsta danshall who appear to be at the forefront of all this skweeelling (btw, that's a verb i've just made up. pioneer-stylee) and another by a finnish chap called eero johannes, who's taken it to the next level by having it come out on the planet µ (planet mu) label (next up: pitchfork hyperbole?)
anyway hit me up if you want to hear some. or check out the following sites for all your skweeeing needs:
+ nation of skweee
+ eero johannes
+ claws costeau (another artist)
+ flogsta danshall
+ harmonia myspace
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