First, an apology: in my infancy as a music blog I’ve already become strangely lax about updating – I guess this falls into “tree falls in the woods” territory, as I’m sure none of my single digit readership went and slit your wrists over my absence. But I wanted to offer a brief (and alluring, ho ho!) explanation: I wanted alphamale dictaphone to present something different, and while the music on here has been and will continue to be fresh, I’m not convinced a left-field music blog counts as “something different.” I’ve been throwing a video idea into the dirt, pushing it around with a stick, and now I’m starting to see an intriguing design to emerge. Point is, I don’t want to get too heavy into the music scene, if my ultimate purpose for AMD ends up veering off into a more cinematic direction. Stay tuned for that I guess – I’m in the process of editing together a pitch. (It’d be a mini-documentary series, and it involves how awesome people can be. Aside from that my lips are sealed.)

Now, to contradict myself entirely (Whitman would be proud), here’s an artist I’ve been sitting on for weeks. Six days out of seven I advocate subtlety, complexity and detail in music. On the seventh day there is Bankai. And though all of that shit is present in Bankai’s jams, the difference is they take a backseat to genuine, relentless, old-fashioned ass-kickery. Yep, this is the type of shit you dance to so hard you wake up in the morning with a hangover and a self-inflicted concussion. “PARTY HARDER” is club-ready, start to end, from the thwomping kick drum to the absolutely unchained repletion of “raaaaaaaave oooooooon!” – screamed and glitched out (in that order) on the tail end of the track. Everything he pushes out is extraordinary psych-up music. I’d have the discussion with you about how incredibly technical and complex his production is, but fuck, when have you ever been good at dancing and carrying a conversation at the same time? I thought so.

Bankai – PARTY HARDER

Bankai – Strut

For more Bankai (there is tons – don’t miss “Faun”), check this.
Bankai is running an incredibly innovative, awesome croudsourced tour. Check it out.