Grimes
Some of the artists I love also include electronic music artists, such as Grimes.
Grimes (Claire Boucher) takes inspiration from a variety of genres, including industrial, electronic/pop/hip-hop and medieval music. Her vocals are exhilarating! Visions, Boucher’s most recent album, is actually stunning.
Grimes is from Vancouver, and she directs her own music videos. I thought it was interesting that she went to school to study Russian literature and later, neuroscience.
My favorite songs from Visions are “Oblivion”, “Genesis”, “Circumambient” and “Be a Body”.
Watch “Genesis”, which plays with Medieval/Catholic imagery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH-q0I1fJY?rel=
Watch “Oblivion”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE?rel=
Another neat artist is Lemonade, originally from San Francisco, CA (now residing in Brooklyn, NY). Their music is influenced by everything from dubstep to Caribbean! “Neptune” is really cool. Hear it below:
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