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Junk Culture - West Coast

Review by Guy Baillie-Grohman

Mantena’s ability to coalesce such an extensive sonic palette into an all-embracing spirit of foot-tapping nonchalance rids the EP of any latent aspects of overkill – a trap befallen by many notable contemporaries. »

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the newest signee to the illegal art label (home to girl talk, steinski, the bran flakes, etc.), deepak mantena's junk culture is pure high-bit-low-fi-grit-pop beauty. constructed with compelling samples and the tastiest of beats via a cheap zoom h2 field recorder, deepak says he doesn't worry so much about fidelity as he does evoking certain moods and feelings. and feeling is exactly what junk culture's illegal art debut, 'west coast', is overflowing with. but don't let the talk of lo-fidelity fool you, junk culture's recordings sound amazing! from the first chick-chick-chick-chicks to the very last mumbling voice, 'west coast' is warm and friendly and absolutely breathtaking. deepak has been producing music, programming, performing and making short films for eight years, and under the banner of junk culture it is all coming together. re-worked for the live shows, junk culture's material is energetic and raw. junk culture's performances feature live percussion, vocals and projected visuals all snuggled up with a blanket of sampled textures.
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