New Music From Micachu and The Shapes
Michachu tries to compose the future of pop.
Aside from having a name that rhymes with a seemingly heavily medicated Japanese cartoon character, East London based songwriter Micachu has a sound that might come off just as medicated. Micachu (Mica Levi) was born into a classical upbringing, playing violin and viola beginning at the age of four. Her training and unorthodox approach earned her a chance this past April to compose music for the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Micachu and her backing band, The Shapes, formed in 2007 and have already made waves at this year’s V Festival and Glastonbury in the UK. The group's live experience is said to be a stripped down with drums, keyboards, homemade instruments and Micachu's vast library of minidisk acquired noises. The "everything but the kitchen sink" approach carries the frenzied beats of Aphex Twin and Autechre, while her vocal melodies take on an almost child-like wonderment of the scatterbrained world she's created.
Unconventional but never boring; Micachu's latest single "Golden Phone" gives us hints to a future of truly self-made mania. Expect the debut album in October of this year, and be sure to head over to her Myspace page for a free mix-tape download.
Posted by Joe Roth on Aug 20, 2008 @ 7:00 am