I know - it's a creepy cover. Skull plus alien computerised landscape. But it works.
This is a new EP out right now, and probably the best record of the year so far to feature a skull on its cover. Gatekeeper's Giza EP is the sort of cross over between Derrick May and the Streets of Rage soundtrack that the world has been crying out for. And we here at electronixxx like that kind of thing. It carries on where the 16 bit movement left off - recreating those teenage experiences from the 80s and 90s, when it was just you and your console, destroying universes before dinner. Pitchfork pick up on the retro vibe, saying in their review:
"The vibe of Giza is pure suburban hoodrat thrills, over-amped electronic music made for teenage metalheads playing coin-op games in grotty strip mall arcades."
They report that the band are also releasing an accompanying VHS to go along with this EP, which sort of tells you where Gatekeeper are coming from.
The release comes out on the Marek label, which has put out music in the last year or two from big names such as Salem, Crystal Castles and Titus Andronicus - as well as the marvellous Active Child.
All in all, Giza is an intriguing listen. As one post on youtube describes things, this is Super Mario gone wrong.
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