Blog: benperry.net

Brandon Bethancourt has a story compelling enough-he left sunny New Mexico to spend months in a frigid cabin in the middle of Alaska, making music to stave off frostbite and insanity-to warrant his musical rubric. Then there's the connection with Zach Condon of Beirut, who helped make 2007's Dance Party in the Balkans a critical fave. Now he's moved Berlin and spends his time listening to house music, making melancholy synth-pop tunes (below) as well as funny faux interview videos , pretending to be a serious Russian artiste (that's not a fake German accent, as [...]

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