An electronic indie dream pop album fusing classical folk melodies with field recordings and electronic backgrounds, Dance Party in the Balkans is essentially a one-man project of Brandon Bethancourt. The story goes like this -- the 22-year-old Bethancourt leaves his native New Mexico for Alaska with a laptop and a Dostoyevsky novel, recording a few pieces in the sublime surroundings of nowhere. The pieces are then mixed with trumpet, viola, and vocals upon his return back home. The inspiration...   [ read more ]

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