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.
