It's surprising how struck I can be by music over-wrought with familiarity. On the surface, 18-year-old Galapagos isn't doing anything wholly new. Alvin-esque pitch-shifting? Heard it. R&B sampling? Been there. Chopped vocals and beats? Oh, please. Still, there's something I find infectious about his songs and structures, particularly "Feel Things Inside."
Surely, its wrong to think of ProTools or Logic as anything other than stringed instruments. If songwriters can produce a dearth of material using the same guitar chords, why can't laptop auteurs do the same with software tricks? Maybe that's just my cognitive dissonance coming out, but one's ability to make an IDM-pop song out of a Jennifer Hudson track should always earn mention.
While the young Phoenician is for now treading in the wake of acts like Gold Panda, there's some solid kernels of promise in his output so far.
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