New Florida Discoveries 2010

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I thought it would be interesting to keep a sort of open journal of the new Florida-based electronic/experimental musicians I come across. These are necessarily "new" musicians by any means... just new to me. I happen upon at least one or two every week, primarily via myspace. Rarely are they live performers, with most being bedroom composers. I actually take the time to listen to all of their songs, read through their blogs, watch how they promote themselves, view their photos, read their bulletins, and occasionally maintain contact with them.

There are definitely some gems, and obviously some duds. If you come across any that aren't already included within the "Musicians" list on the ESS page, please post them here as well. Make sure to check back as I'm adding and re-adding new musicians throughout the week as I come across them.

Previous archives can be found here:

New Florida Discoveries 2009
New Florida Discoveries 2008
New Florida Discoveries 2007

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Chill Wizard
Gainesville
(short melodic downtempo IDM experimentations)

Father Finger
Tampa
(bouncey distorto-beats, guitar, and distorto vocals - solo female musician)

Push Button Press
Tampa
(post-wave trio with danceable basslines and dark-ish male vocals - new project from Jim of Culture Of Greed)

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highfructose
Pensacola
(highly refreshing distorto-beats and weirdoid overprocessed male vocals)

MillionYoung
Miami
(dancey chillwave)



The Real Sun
West Palm Beach
(collaboration between Get and sumsun)



Emily Reo
Orlando
(lo-fi guitar, beat machine, keys, cassette samplings, and sonic noodlings from lead singer of now-defunct Palindrone)



sumsun
West Palm Beach
(solo project from Judson Rogers of The Real Sun)

Transfer Case
Pensacola
(creepy experimentalisms)

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Azure Floret
Lake Worth
(edgy synthpop duo with female vocals)

Empakt
Tampa
(dark hard psytrance with modulated male EBM vocals)

ORangEsoiL MARS
Key West
(audio experimentation - possibly via vinyl manipulation?)

Romattics
Orlando
(solo electronic dance project from member of Wheels Above)

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Pizza Fish
Gainesville
(collaborative project between Chris of Public Service Announcement, and Daniel Lilly of Vagitron)

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Prestonious Rex
Tallahassee
(experimental collaborative project from The Get)

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Chromatic Flights
St. Petersburg
(dreamy melodic lo-fi solo project from Kyle, of Blind Man's Colour)

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CyberChime
Ft. Meyers
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Despondent Mass Atrophy
Orlando
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Megacunt
Miami
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N A M E S
St. Petersburg
(collaborative project between Devices Disguised and Woven Tales]

Torsion Effect
Orlando
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Brett Moots!
Winter Haven
(GameBoy chiptune)

DjPatrone
Winter Haven
(hi-nrg technotune)

Kontinuum
Jacksonville
(harsh beats and experimental drill 'n bass - aka prag.Modul)

prag.Modul
Jacksonville
(serious blasters-charged 8-bit - aka Kontinuum)

Runagate
Orlando
(groovin' tech-club)

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BitCrux
Clearwater
(experimental chiptune project from Rest In Satin Silence - member of domovi)

Mark Castle
Clearwater
(post-AutoTune dancefloor synthdisco)



Contaminature
St. Petersburg
(dark IDM post-DnB dubstep chillout)

domovi
Clearwater
(experimental electroacoustic ambient chiptune collaboration between BitCrux and DJ Hollow Life)

Dub Theorist
Orlando
(dubstep-influenced experimental electronic dance music)

Grayboy
Tampa
(disjointed experimental chiptune)

iSeeDeadPixels
Miami
(chiptune)

Kitsune Soundsystem
Tampa
(chip n breaks)

Mine Canary
Sarasota
(experimental electronic noise gabber-set duo)

organicArma
Miami
(minimalist techno/psy conceptual light and audio trio featuring dark electro with dubstep and trance elements, male and female vocals in Spanish and English)



Rush Coil
Jacksonville
(chiptune)

Suitcases Of Sound
St. Petersburg
(experimental beats and samples with spoken word - female electronic musician)

Telekinetic Walrus And The Pride Of Ions
Miami
(weirdoid nerdtronic trio with bassoon, male vocals with odd-tempo beaty synthwork)

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Bermuda Sloop
Ft. Lauderdale
(solo vocal-driven synth-songwriter project from member of Life of Seals)

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TUMBLEWEAVE
West Palm Beach
(rough spazztronics in the vein of Yip-Yip)

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aquaculture
Miami
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Invisible Pilgrim
St. Augustine
(instrumental psytrance)

theosis
Hollywood
(cold psychedelectronics)

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Bright Orange
Jacksonville
(melodica, noisy low-fi melodies, blown-out preset drumbeats, and distorted male vocals - previously known as Orange Bears, Orangeb/Ears)