Even without the outstanding video treatment for the song, “The Remakes” by Michael VQ has a tonal resonance and immediacy of production that holds your attention from the beginning. It’s style is a bit like if Aphex Twin and say JPEGMAFIA or Aesop Rock collaborated on a track that was too weird to be the kind of hip-hop many people think when that expectation is set and too hip-hop for whatever genre tags one might want to apply to the work of Richard D. James. Voices are layered in the track to form rhythm and melody alongside the programming giving the whole affair an organic quality that is intimate while the processed beats lend it the aspect of a dance track for a more forward thinking modern rave event. The music video has vivid images mirrored in quadrants and constant motion and imaginative color palettes like an Edgar Wright film and the procession of figures hits like an experimental horror film minus the fear. The net effect will be reminiscent for those that remember of a time in the late 90s at night on MTV when some of the most forward thinking electronic music of the 90s found a place to be broadcast to people who might otherwise have never heard much less seen visuals for that music for years without being in the places where it came from. The imagery and the music together feels like a well kept secret that won’t be for long. Watch the video for “The Remakes” on YouTube. Look for Michael VQ’s album 4U&URMØN$TER out soon on Tanoshi Crime School Records. Connect with the artist at the links below.
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