One of the truly great developments in music over the past couple of decades has been the digital revolution and advances in technology that have made it much easier for people to have access to recording equipment and bypass the need for expensive studio time in favour of a laptop and GarageBand or similar software. It's given budding musicians who don't have the cash or the contacts a much better shot at getting the sounds in their head out into the open, and with vastly improved internet speeds and services, this music can be distributed around the world in seconds. Of course the downside to all this is that there's just so much music around it's impossible to keep track of it, plus half of it is by clueless buffoons who've managed to lay down a beat and put some noises on top of it and are trying to pass it off as "techno" or "EDM" when really it's just cack. Cack that floods our inbox on a daily basis.
Thankfully there are folk like Portugal's Mirror People out there who are capable of making retro sounding electronica that's simple but effective. Folk who actually have a clue how things should sound and aren't just going on guesswork. Their new single 'Kaleidoscope' is heaps of fun, all built around a simple beat and some vintage synth sounds that then changes tack slightly in the middle for some kaleidoscopic noodlings, so at least they've named the tune well too. There's nothing particularly original here and nothing that can't be created with the basic software that so many people have access to. If Mirror People are capable of making something this bright and playful then why can't the rest of them? Still, trawling that inbox daily is all worth it when a tune like this pops up and makes you smile, and the sins of the digital revolution are forgiven once again.
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