Wednesday, April 13, 2011

aKido

My first thoughts upon hearing Akido’s Gamechanger, was how fresh it sounded. Still, I can’t quite pitch it up against anything similar. It’s electronica, with percussion as sharp as an electronic Caribou, chord changes as addictive as Gold Panda, the playfulness of Hess Is More and Moderat’s heavy rolling dub-step. And to top it off, aKido emits an accessible sound across them all, which will appeal to plenty.

If you listen and think I’m totally off the mark, I probably am. There’s quite a few elements going into these tracks, all of which creep in and out as you would expect from such a varied, yet honed and well produced electronica album.
The upbeat pings and weaving voices of Turnaround, the playful popness of Radium Girls, the looped vocals in Epoch (Get High), the atmospheric dubstep grooves of Carrousel, and gentle guitar & synth combo of title track, Gamechanger. There’s something in here for everyone.
Posted by Lhosreiff at 10:38 PM
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26 comments:

  1. ZombieApril 13, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Fresh indeed!

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  2. AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Hmm, not really my kind of music, my brother liked it though! :D

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  3. ScrogglezApril 14, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    love that music :D

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  4. UnknownApril 14, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    Downloading his album right now, seems like great music.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  5. JayApril 14, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    nice music selection, as usual!

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  6. KanikaApril 14, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    On my list... :)

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  7. Beau ThompsonApril 14, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    I really liked the guitar, the rest was too much for me.

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  8. Living cheapApril 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    downloading! thx!

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  9. R.CApril 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    You know what this reminds me of? For some reason, it reminds me of Phantasy Star Online. It just has that vibe, but I can't explain it...

    I listened to both songs in full, I love it, thanks.

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  10. DerpFilesApril 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    It feels liek there's a lot going on in these songs, it's a bit distracting.

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  11. PotholderzApril 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    The beginning of the first song reminded me a little of dan deacon. Good find.

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  12. JohnApril 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    This a new sound for me, thanks for sharing it.

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  13. Aaron M. GipsonApril 14, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    I liked the first one even though the beginning sounded a little cheesy. But the second one was fantastic, I loved it!

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  14. AlphaApril 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Gamechanger was quite nice.

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  15. JellybroApril 14, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    this music made me laugh, i dont even know why

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  16. izzfoshizzzApril 14, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    SOOO indie

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  17. Our BlogApril 14, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    Good stuff man!

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  18. AdminApril 14, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    Free?! AWESOME.

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  19. AnonymousApril 14, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    chilled.. But im listening to NYan Cat right now!

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  20. XatanaApril 15, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    Love the music

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  21. shibbyApril 15, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    not bad, not bad at all :D

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  22. AnonymousApril 15, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    I love this music, +1 followed!~

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  23. Fred RickersonApril 15, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    I love these! New follower, and I'm downloading that album now!

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  24. AnonymousApril 15, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    I'm liking the mixtures of influences in the first song :D

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  25. AlexandraApril 15, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    hmmm not reall feeling it. but the last one is better than the first in my opinion :-)

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  26. KanikaApril 15, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    Love it. Followed

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