Well here’s a new music discovery just in time to become your next definite summer jam. Meet Oakland based producer Broke For Free. Tom Cascino makes pleasantly chill, instrumental focused, sun dappled tunes in a similar vein to fellow California artist Monster Rally. That’s not to say that Broke For Free is at all reductive of Monster Rally, rather it’s nice to have a welcome addition to the style of tunefully melodic electronic music.
“Summer Spliffs”, from Cascino’s recently released album Petal is a delightful display of layering prowess and drawing songcraft. A guitar makes itself known almost immediately before jumpstarting the deluge of electronic sounds. It’s a song that expands rather quickly and for the track’s duration, Cascino fiddles around with the addition/reduction of its various parts all without betraying a sense of free flowing effortless ease.
Broke For Free’s latest record Petal is out now and available to stream/download at his Bandcamp.
