PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Son Step



With their unique setup, Son Step assembles twisted percussive layers and electric textures that build upon each other, resembling a game of Jenga on the brink of collapse. Maintaining a firm pop sensibility, complex rhythmic backbone and affinity for natural sounds, Son Step weave repeated vocal phrases and colorful, unpredictable instrumentation into a beautiful, cacophonous collage — eliciting feelings of keen awareness and wild bliss.



Swoll

facebook.com/Swollmusic

swoll.bandcamp.com/releases



Swoll is the minimal bass-centric electronic project of Matt Dowling 
(The Effects, Paperhaus, Deleted Scenes). After the dissolution of Dowling's previous project Deleted Scenes, Matt started working with Benjamin Schurr(Br'er/Blight Records) on a series of sparse, melancholic yet hooky new songs. Utilizing limitations as a compositional tool, the duo focused on a spare sonic palate of old drum machines, bass, mellotrons and haunting synths. Stylistically Swoll marries elements of pop, electro, rock and trap with major emphasis on low end grooves. Dowling's falsetto floats atop chugging bass lines as a stark contrast to the dark growling beats, giving the music both an intimate and powerful presence.



Near Northeast

guitar-bass-drum-violin outfit making a mix of melodic-ambient-folky-rock sounds in Washington D.C.



Links:

https://nearnortheast.bandcamp.com/

https://www.etxerecords.com/near-northeast