[mpFree] Computer Magic’s Hiding From Our Time EP

Tropicrunk. Wizardwave. Post-Acidglow. Narniapop. Scâ–²recrow.house. Whatevercore. Making up genre names is easy, and it’s even easier to apply these names to bands instead of thinking of legit and interesting ways of describing their music. Maybe some of them want to be associated with chillwave or witch house because that’s the name of the game these days, and that’s fine. But no one should want to be in a chillwave band, or to be a chillwave artist. Artists and musicians should really aspire not to fall into easily identifiable, bite-sized genre categories… at the very least they should make it difficult for journalists and bloggers to do their jobs.

[MP3] Computer Magic – Electronic Fences

It’s nice to see that Computer Magic doesn’t pimp herself as a chillwaver. Nor does she try to be witch housey, even though the intro melody of the EP’s title track is scarier and more witchy than anything from the witch house ¢®∑\/√. Danz (as she’s known) seems to make music using all sorts of found sounds and samples, basically anything she can turn into a beat. Her vocals are a bit apathetic but the distant reverb doesn’t help make her sound any more present. This doesn’t take away from her charm, though, which still manages to permeate from beneath the dense electronics on each of the EP’s seven songs.

If you like what you hear you can download the full EP for free here.