Today we celebrate NES-synth inspired Aussie electro, and do they ever know how to bring it. Crikey.Here's something fun to try: download these next two tracks and mix them together, then listen to the result whilst playing Mega Man II. Can you tell that I'm smart? I said 'whilst'.
This first piece, with its quasi-trance-ish wall of sound, combines the charm of a more innocent era with the bored, glam-trash electro aesthetic a la Fischerspooner, and does so at length. This song makes me think of some hipster coming to after an all-weekend coke binge, throwing a Paul Van Dyk CD in without looking, and remembering that sometimes, when your friends aren't looking, trance can be Cool. Some have probably already heard this: it's Melbourne's own Midnight Juggernauts. It's Road to Recovery, and I am in love with its intervals.
Midnight Juggernauts - Road to Recovery
Midnight Juggernauts on MySpace
This next track is evocative of Bionic Commando and Double Dragon. There's an absolutely gorgeous retro NES anime-rock hook that first hits at 3:11. Straight out of Sydney's considerable electro/"nurave" scene, here's Bag Raiders. Now you're Playing with Power.
Bag Raiders - Fun Punch (Whitenoise remix)
Bag Raiders on Myspace
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