The Internal Tulips

This is the new side-project for Planet Mu vets, Brad Laner and Alex Graham. While they’ve each made their living as pure electronic musicians, as The Internal Tulips they make music that can aptly be described as a mixture of The Beach Boys and The Beatles with a robust modern production.

Though the electronics are still there, they’re suited up with lush instrumentation and a substantial amount of depth. Not only is the music very dreamlike but it’s overall calm demeanor is only better fitted with an aesthetic that is all about concentrating on the intrigue of it all. The album is Mislead into a Field by a Deformed Deer and it’s a terrific release; below are the two of the videos created specifically to help promote album. – Bryan

Happy Easter!/ Starkey

Happy Easter everyone!

I’ve got a few brief minutes before leaving to a family cookout and wanted to definitely share some awesome music. Lately, I’ve been really into Starkey’s new one, Ear Drums and Black Holes. The Philadelphia producer has created a varied blend of dubstep, hip-hop, street bass (as he likes to call it) all into one absolute beast of an album. It’s the kind of album you can get lost to in so many different ways and on headphones, it’s utter bliss. He’s an unfamiliar electronic musician that is not too well known outside his genre’s table but don’t be fooled, this is some of the best music I have heard the entire year.

Here are a couple of awesome videos I found to two of the songs on the album, “OK Luv” and “Stars,” with the latter featuring a gorgeous vocal by Anneka; the album is out in a couple of weeks and it’s on the outstanding Planet Mu label. – Bryan