Frequency Of The Week No. 2: Cheshire

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2014 in Editorials, Featured, Latest, Reads | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

Electronic music’s explosive expansion seems to have hit Australia and New Zealand harder than almost anywhere else in recent memory. The meteoric rise of artists like Flume has been coupled with the emergence of a plethora of smaller artists with huge potential. The region has become a hotbed for glitch producers in particular; Opiuo just embarked on his first full-fledged world tour, and labels like Adapted Records have begun to curate some of the most promising up-and-coming talent. That’s where we find Cheshire, the man who’s redefining glitch-funk with his blend of uplifting melodies, non-traditional instrumentation, and deceptively heavy breakdowns.

In Case You Missed It: Jazzsteppa’s Hyper-Eclectic “Hyper Nomads”

Posted by admin on Jul 31, 2014 in Editorials, Featured, Reads, Uncategorized | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

Hi all. This is the first in a recurring series we’re calling “In Case You Missed It,” where we’ll feature non-new music we feel went unnoticed, as well as music that may have been somewhat popular but has since faded from the consciousness of the general population. Alert us to any music you feel fits this description by emailing contact@thealternatefrequency.com;  we love to hear music for the first time and we’re certainly not infallible.

If you put a couple of dudes on Mars with some production equipment, some Red Bull, a twelve-piece brass section and a sheet of LSD, you may just recreate the conditions I imagine were necessary to concoct an album as sporadic and multi-faceted as Jazzsteppa’s “Hyper Nomads.”

Review: Branx Brings The Funk On Debut EP “Look But Don’t Touch”

Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2014 in Editorials, Featured, Latest, Reads, Reviews | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

When foraying into the ever widening future-funk landscape, it’s good to have two things: serious talent and serious friends. Branx (formerly DCarls) has more than enough of the former to not even need the latter, but it doesn’t hurt when everyone from Gramatik to Opiuo is singing your praises. Case in point: the producer’s debut EP under his current moniker, Look But Don’t Touch. Over five tracks he pilots the listener on a funk-fueled odyssey, often changing the tempo but never straying from the crisp basslines and shimmering synths that shape the album tonally.

Review: On Being The Old Guy At Warped Tour, And Why That Might Not Be So Bad

Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2014 in Editorials, Featured, Latest, Reads | 0 comments

–Words by Kevin Madert

The following took place between the hours of 11:00 am and 10:00 pm on July 22, 2014. The following is a firsthand account. The following is a true story.

Traffic. This being my fourth Warped I should have expected such a thing. The thruways around Merriweather Post Pavilion aren’t expressly equipped to handle such a single-day influx. Predictable as the predicament is, it’s no less brow furrowing. I bet the pioneers didn’t have to deal with covered wagon backups on the old dusty trail. Then again, they didn’t have a nation-touring 70+ band all day experience to enjoy either. A few moments pass wherein I contemplate Warped Tour circa 1868. Gives brand new meaning to the term “bandwagon,” eh?

Quick Six: The Best of Glitch-Hop 2014

Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2014 in Editorials, Featured, Reads | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

I know we’re only a little over halfway through 2014, but the amount of quality music that’s already been released is – to quote a close friend – “fucking bonkers.” It’d be a hell of a task to catalog it all for you at once, so I’ll break it down into loose genre categories, starting here today with music under the broken beat umbrella.