Monday, April 11, 2011

Estonian Complextro

I fall in love with anew EDM artist every month. Currently i'm obssessed with this 20 year old estonian kid who is reshaping the electro dance genre with his "complextro" style. He goes by the name Mord Fustang, seriously. His style takes typical electro house rhythms and beats and replaces them with 20 different synthetic sounds that make an extremely complex drop. A few other artists, like skrillex and wolfgang gartner have done similar type styles, but Mords style is by far the funkiest and absolutely moves the listener. I find Mord an interesting case in terms of dance for two reasons: First off, his perspective on what makes people move is extremely progressive. The sounds that he builds for his drops get at the core elements of typical dance music instruments - low basses, a pulsating kick, and unforgettable melodies. Also, I think it is incredible that a kid of his age, from such an obscure part of the world can think up a style this complex that still connects with mainstream electro listeners. I feel like it totally redefines the concept of unity behind dance when someone from a completely different part of the world can create something that my friends fall in love with. Anyway, if this interests you, please take listen:

http://soundcloud.com/mordfustang/lick-the-rainbow

1 comment:

  1. That...was lovely. A lot of stuff out there seems to sacrifice melody for bass and noteless squelches--as if they're mutually exclusive of each other or something. It's so nice to hear some choon-driven electro. And I never get sick of a swirling synth arpeggiation or chopped-up, manipulated vocal sample. Already blew through his four songs...

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