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Single Review: AI - Vincent Dylan (2021)

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Picture Credit: AI AI - Vincent Dylan Release Date: September 21, 2021 Length: 03:48 Genre:  Synthwave  /  Indie Rock Origin:  Austin ,  TX ,  USA Arent't human emotions something weird and fascinating at the same time? Polar opposites can be so close to each other, only thin lines divide them. And often, several emotions can appear simultaneously and create a colourful and savage tohuwabohu that affects feelings and moods. These phenomena are dealt with in AI's single 'Vincent Dylan'. The Texan duo hereby pays tribute to the beautiful chaos that human emotions can be. This thrilling Indie and Synth Rock anthem is defined by asynchronous movements of rhythm section and riffs. Dream Pop, Indie Rock, and Wave create a powerful vortex that musicks the clash of several emotions. This allows the listeners to read positive and negative emotive states from the soundscape, or to focus their hearing on one of them. Music from every post will stay in the  MangoR...

Single Review: AI - Prosper Park (2020)

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Picture Credit: AI   AI - Prosper Park Release Date: August 08, 2020 Length: 03:22 Genre: Synthwave / Post Punk Origin: Austin , TX , USA Recently, two of the latest releases by Austin's Synthwave duo AI were presented and reviewed. Find all posts on AI here . Today, we are taking a look back into last summer - the first (Nothern hemisphere) summer of the coronacene. In August 2020, Liz Feezor  and Bobby Cheatham  released their most successful single so far, the summer anthem 'Prosper Park'. Contrary to what one might assume, this summer song that was out during the times of lockdowns, dirty election campaigns, and a period of time defined by uncertainty, 'Prosper Park' is as hot and colourful as a sunny sky reflecting on the waves of a gorgeous swimming pool. AI have created a synth-driven Post Punk hymn moved forward by a Fischer-Z-like Post Punk guitar riff and dreamy Indie and Synthwave. AI's 'Prosper Park' is the soundtrack of youth, long summer d...

Single Review: AI - 76 (2021)

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Picture Credit: AI   AI - 76 Release Date: July 26, 2021 Length: 03:53 Genre:  Synthwave  /  Indie Rock Origin:  Austin ,  TX ,  USA Liz Feezor  and Bobby Cheatham , also known as AI, had their first appearance on MangoWave in May 2021, when their single 'Don't you (get carried away)' was reviewed. Click here to read the article . In late July, the Texan duo has released a new song in which they express their fascination for the complexity of the dynamics and interferences of human interaction. Indie Rock and Synthwave merge into a fuzzy, gloomy, and bubbly sound in AI's new track. Certain elements of Dream Pop and Post Punk complete this stunning soundscape that feels like a blurry fog of misunderstandings and pretending to be somebody else to please another human being. Thus, the chorus 'I don't fit into your picture' is a mix of relief and desolation. AI bring the sound of 1980s Synth Rock back and present it in a contemporary thrilling way. Mu...

News: AI - Don't You (Get Carried Away) (2021)

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Picture Credit: AI   AI - Don't You (Get Carried Away) Release Date: April 15, 2021 Length: 04:00 Genre: Synthwave / Indie Rock Origin: Austin , Texas , USA Bobby and Liz  from Austin, Texas are AI. Together they create synthetic dance sounds. For their newest single "Don't  You (Get Carried Away)" the duo received musical support by guitar player Rick Gonzalez  who helped make this song become a powerful clash of Synthwave, Indie Rock, and some gloomy Alternative Rock atmosphere. It is thus a tune that allows to dance, or to sit down and have a drin while letting the thrilling vocals work, likewise. The stunning and atmospheric Synth Indie Rock anthem deals with an issue that is very serious these days. AI concern the destructive and divisive power of conspiracy theories and so-called alternative facts these days. As people get carried away by following charlatans or having themselves indoctrinated via targeted misinformation, friendships or families are endangered...