Mixtape presents Telefon Tel Aviv /Aqua Dominatrix /Ape Machines

Telefon Tel Aviv:

Telefon Tel Aviv is the musical project of Joshua Eustis, who is trying very hard to make music as a way to sweat out all the nasty things. Formed in 1999, Telefon Tel Aviv started off as an experimental electronic duo by two New Orleans high school friends, Joshua and Charles Cooper.

 The duo was responsible for one of the noughties’ most memorable albums with the classic debut ‘Fahrenheit Fair Enough’ on the Chicago-based Hefty Records in 2001, surged with intricate electro-rhythms, shimmering guitars and warm analog instrumentation.

Telefon Tel Aviv’s tracks are delightfully subtle – lulling sounds combined at times with heavy synth that reflects their emotions in a way that exposes their mastery of ambient electronic music.

Aqua Dominatrix:

Aqua Dominatrix is producer Akshay Rajpurohit’s pseudonym for an electronic avatar comprising of free floating Synth-Pop, verging on Techno. Akshay is also a part of popular metal bands Scribe and Pangea. Aqua Dominatrix sees him leap out of his comfort zone into a world of analog synthesis.

Ape Machines: 

Ape Machines is the Frankensteinian brainchild of Bombay-based producers and multi-instrumentalists, Nirmit Shah and Sid Shirodkar. Alternately moving through territories influenced by crossover-jazz, electronica, noise, hip-hop, prog-rock, funk, and soul, Ape Machines forms a sonically and emotionally varied palette.

The producer pair frequently combines traditional acoustic and electronic instrumentation with more raw or experimental elements, weaving together an immersive musical narrative.