New Friend - "Doki"

Friend is the London-based remixing songwriter Jesse Kanda. He blends traditional-sounding Asian music with Tropicália, a more electro R&B dance-floor streak, and elements from the chanty indie-rock sphere. It's kind of tapping into a Lucky Dragons/Rainbow Arabia/El Guincho vibe, but with more mysterious graphic design and a stripped-down Caribou-esque psychedelia. See, for instance, "Doki" a track from the forthcoming Shima EP. The images in the video might look familiar if you've watched films by Wong Kar-Wai. That said, it's more about the orange and blue processed hues. That, and the waterfalls and palm trees.

Friend - "Doki" (MP3)
(Both via The Fader)

You'll find other songs and remixes at his MySpace, according to which he's unsigned.

Posted at 12:57 PM by brandon in MP3, Video
Tags: Friend

2 Comments

hate to be 'that' guy, but don't you mean Caribou?

Posted by: wandering ghost at 05/21/09 1:18 PM  | Reply
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I hate to be the guy who adds extra "s''s to words, so we're even. Fixed.

Posted by: brandon  in reply to wandering ghost's comment at 05/21/09 1:21 PM  | Reply
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