05/13/08
Text: Bryan Hood, Chau Tu, Nik Mercer
Anthem's Web crew is pleased to present you Part II of our online edition of Future Sound. Check out the first Internet installment and, of course, pick up Issue #34 of the magazine to read the other half of our feature on 2008's Bands to Watch!
As usual, each page corresponds to a different group and two of them include free MP3s (which you can also stream in the media player to the right).
Pink Skull
Naming your debut album Zeppelin 3 isn’t the most simple or modest thing to do (Zeppelin III is arguably considered Led Zeppelin’s groundbreaking album), but Pink Skull definitely has some cred to back it all up. The kraut-rock techno group started out as a DJ/producer duo in 2004 featuring Philadelphia dance scene mainstays Justin Geller and Julian Grefe, who each have a slew of collaborations including MSTRKRFT, Spank Rock and Architecture in Helsinki. But it was Pink Skull that gave the two, and the rest of the band who was added in 2006, total musical freedom. “We do whatever we feel like with Pink Skull…9 minute ambient song? Yes. Free jazz song? Yes. Minimal house? Yes. 150 BPM space rock? Yes.” And that’s what Zeppelin 3 is all about: a mixture of danceable beats with remnants of 90s acid rock, psychedelia and jazz. As for the name, Grefe said he saw the difference of styles in the record being reminiscent of the exploration in the famous Led Zeppelin record, “kinda all over the place stylistically, but still obviously us…plus, it's a pretty rad name, no? I mean, if you had a kid, you'd want to give him/her a cool name, right? Can't get much cooler than Zeppelin 3.” C. T.
Pink Skull - Bubblelog Aftermath
