Machinedrum - 3FOR82 (Vinyl + Zine)

Machinedrum - 3FOR82 (Vinyl + Zine)While he found his footing touting a strain of downtempo IDM in the early 2000s, Machinedrum has veered more accessible over the years. His new album, 3FOR82, might be his bubbliest release to date. Spanning everything from jungle to left field beatmaking, the record features vocal performances from the likes of Deem Spencer, Mick Jenkins, and Tinashe. It flips between both sides of the Machinedrum coin, as a relatively challenging artist who has

whom the band recorded with at his studio in Brooklyn

becoming one of the most in-demand electronic musicians and DJs in the world

and without the blues

Never flashy or glamorous

Pharmakon is here imagining a path where the final act is to give back what was received from creation

" of Montreal's breakthrough album Satanic Panic in the Attic marked a slight departure from the band’s previous sound due to influences ranging from 1970's Afro beat to 80's New Wave

''We might have a vocal melody that sounds like the lead steel guitar from Santo & Johnny

the dreamy

Like Jennyanykind

offering what may be the purest version of their perverse punk-pop

all the while steeped in the greats like Stevie Wonder or The Four Seasons

not as individual songs