EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Pictureplane - New Mind
Poptimism writ in large, neon, flashing lights, it was around this time last year that Denver rave nymph Travis Egedy - AKA Pictureplane - published this essay discussing the imminent arrival of a leisure-fuelled utopia. Entitled 'Cultural Revolution as Pop Possibility' and inspired by Madonna's "Holiday", it's an example of the way Egedy puts cliched pop cultural motifs to new uses; delivering a dance heavy in rave paraphernalia (sirens; crudely cut diva vocals; thrusting, synthetic horns) but with emotional priority reclaimed from the machines, Egedy whispering coy promises in the midst of the mix. Striking out on his own work after remixing the likes of Crystal Castles and HEALTH, Pictureplane's debut 7" "Trance Doll" arrives courtesy of Lovepump United on March 10th - below is the B-side, the whole thing here.
Sounds Like: Depeche Mode x Culture Club, '90s house, These New Puritans
