Artist Alaska In Winter
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Alaska In Winter
Brandon Bethancourt got a huge boost in profile for his bedroom pop project Alaska In Winter thanks to a guest appearance by Beirut’s Zach Condon, a childhood friend whose unmistakable gypsy airs lent a distinctly Eastern European flair to Bethancourt’s icy, downtempo IDM on the knowingly named Dance Party In The Balkans. Last year’s follow-up, Holiday, is the sound of Bethancourt both asserting his individuality and immersing himself in a grand tradition of German motorik (reflecting his new home in Berlin), creating a streamlined vision of softly glowing neon and vocoder-smoothed seduction.
Updated 11/03/2009
