Suggested Track: "American Beauty"
Based out of Tappahannock, VA, Flo Motive Beats provides intoxicatingly intricate beats paired with some fantastic ambient backdrops. His style is unique to be sure, and his songs constantly shift and evolve from one section to the next. Just brilliant composition and enjoyable music overall. His remixes also deserve special note and are definitely worth a listen, it's very interesting to hear the way in which he infuses his own particular style into each track.
Suggested Tracks: "FlowRaw", "Precious Energy"
As I was sifting through the thousands upon thousands of artists on ReverbNation, this page caught my eye. Artist, painter, jazz guitarist: this could either be really cool or completely horrible. Gladly, this fell heavily into the cool side of the spectrum. Many other unfortunate forays into this genre of music seem at times to be nothing more than a series of notes randomly flung against the listener's eardrums to see what sticks. Weiss's music, on the other hand, feels like a living, breathing organism seeping through the speakers. Each piece has a deep sense of meaning and direction to it, and it's sensational to sit back and let it whirl around you and draw you in.
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Suggested Track: "Wannabeez"
This dynamic rap trio out of Naugatuck, CT boasts an unbelievably rich and full sound. I was at least halfway through listening to Wannabeez before I realized that the whole track is just bass, drums, and vocals. They break hiphop down to its most basic and crucial elements, and the music suffers nothing for its simplicity. Instead, the sound comes across as refreshingly bold against the backdrop of a genre increasingly obsessed with autotune, recycled beats, and heavily compressed tracks often overlayered into insensibility. The best part? They sound just as good live, and they're consistently playing dates all over CT.
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