Dust off your beanie and Adidas kicks, B-boys and B-Girls! DJ and ARCADEGLITCH host Miles Matrix is issuing a call-out to the old-school crowd, will you rise up to the challenge. For his fourth album, the Viennese producer has made a radical but refreshing stylistic move from eighties retrowave synth music to fly NY-style electro-funk. Where most Retrowave albums rely on cinematic ambience, LA BOUM throws your right into the heat of the action amongst the bustling New York B-Boy scene when funky tunes were spelt out in 808s’, 909s’ and Vocoder ad-libs.
The album strikes a clean balance between old-school Breakdance-oriented Electro-Funk and Club-oriented Dance beats and makes a strong case for one of the eighties’ more underappreciated subcultures, where style and attitude were the name of the game. Whether you’re into flashy sportscars or have a serious (borderline psychotic) fixation on cupcakes, ‘LA BOUM’ has got you covered.
If your strain of eighties nostalgia includes memories of Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock’, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC and Captain Rock, LA BOUM is most definitely the throwback party you’ve been waiting for. Standing still isn’t an option.
Favorite Tracks: KID MIDI, COMPUTERMUSIC
Miles Matrix ‘La BOUM’ is out now via Bandcamp and will be released on Spotify in December.
