{"id":707,"date":"2007-07-12T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T19:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2024-02-15T03:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T03:18:07","slug":"dandi-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/dandi-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Dandi Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Unlike the majority of the bands featured in Systems of Romance thus far, today’s band is very much alive and well, keeping mutant synthpunk alive in a new era. Hailing from Canada, this band seems to make little sense at first glance…piercing high pitched synth notes at obscene levels, harsh yet thin electro-beats pulsing like broken machinery, and a female vocalist laced with in-the-red distortion shrieks and screams a strange combination of what sounds like nursery rhymes certain times, biblical passages at others. This band is frantic, but beneath all the chaos lies an incredibly catchy simplicity, a controlled medium in which this band thrives perfectly.<\/p>\n

I had the pleasure of catching this band in the flesh just about a week ago, and in person they are easily just as frantic and chaotic- perhaps even more so. A tarted up duo (there was once a live drummer in the band, but no more); one sat behind a rack of keyboards and drum machines controlling the sounds, while the singer provided a spastic full-cardio workout in a blue sequined dance suit, complete with twirling faux-fur props. She swung the microphone to dizzying heights, twirled and broke lit candles from the wall, and thrashed around in the audience, not missing a single beat. I haven’t felt so threatened, yet so compelled to dance at a show in a very long time…<\/p>\n

Dandi Wind has one album and one EP under their belt, with plans to release their sophomore effort later in the year. For today’s consumption, I’ve uploaded a track from their first record, entitled Concrete Igloo<\/em>, as well as the first single from its soon-to-be-released follow up, Yolk of the Golden Egg<\/em>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

download Dandi Wind- ‘Utopia Now’<\/a>
\ndownload Dandi Wind- ‘Adolescent’<\/a><\/p>\n

For some visual accompaniment, here’s the video for “Decontaminate:”<\/p>\n