DYNATRON MAKES MAGIC WITH THROTTLE UP!

NewRetroWave — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:56:00 +0000

First impressions:

There is an icy thickness to the opening track of Dynatron’s EP Throttle Up. In an effort to make tracks sound spacey and nostalgic, rookie musicians wind up making their mixes sound empty and thin. Dynatron isn’t a rookie. The way that the initial synths eventually get submerged beneath layers of melody while maintaining a minor presence is really excellent.

“Rise to the Stars” is the track that follows. It opens with audio of a spaceship about to take off. From that moment I have mixed feelings about the track. For one, the trend “3-2-1-Blast-off!” and its variants in even remotely spacey or astral sounding electronic tracks is just very overdone. The drums start out basic, though they work within context. Eventually a distracting percussive sound begins repeating and it really takes away from a song that has excellent synth tones and entertaining melodies. You really wind up getting lost in it.

And then you get punched in the face. “37 Million Horsepower” is definitely a surprising outlier. The guitar thumps along and coordinates with the synth in a manner reminiscent to “Separate Ways” by Journey. Don’t let that confuse you. Synth is still the main focus and aural star of this song. The instruments all harmonize and contribute to an overall sense of cohesiveness. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Album closers are tricky things. The closer of Throttle Up, “Intergalactic Highway” ends up getting it right. For lack of a better word, the song grows. When music is mostly instrumental, it is infinitely important that progression and melodies are treated with absolute care. Every element of “Intergalactic Highway” is one which sounds as though it took a great deal of time and effort to figure out melody, tone, and volume in the mix. The drop halfway through the song is what solidifies this. Of all the EP’s tracks, this is the one I found myself listening to the most.

There is a difficulty with sounding confident through electronic music. Throttle Up shows that this is not an issue for Dynatron. The melodies and synth riffs saunter throughout the entire EP with charisma, which is one of the most important and least describable traits for music in general. It is clear from this EP’s title and artwork that Dynatron was trying to evoke an urgent sense of motion. In every track, the beats are what drive (ha!) this point home. The destination is a consistent and unique album with a notably strong closing track.

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Throttle Up by Dynatron

– Joey Edsall

KUNG FURY RELEASE DATE TO BE PUSHED BACK TO 2015!

NewRetroWave — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:59:00 +0000

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Due to an extremely high demand for an epic movie, the guys over at Laser Unicorns have decided to push “Kung Fury” back for a 2015 release rather than the originally planned November 2014 release date.

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We respect the creation process! We all want an EPIC movie and that is what David Sandberg will give us. No questions about that!

Our top predictions for the movie…

It will be a full length 90 + mins movie with a killer script.
There will be a star in this movie. Elijah Wood is our bet!
The movie may lead to another project/ spin off series for YouTube.

Hacker-Man Concept art by Dan Luvisi

To find out more on this update , please check out the Kung Fury Kick Starter update

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kungfury/kung-fury/posts/987807

We cannot wait until this movie drops folks!

Here is looking forward to a GREAT movie

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NewRetroWave — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:53:00 +0000

NONE OTHER THAN

HEVIOSO

THIS TRACK IS BANANAA PEOPLE!! BUT…..

IS THIS A COM TRUISE SOUND?!

ENJOY!!

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DYNATRON MAKES MAGIC WITH THROTTLE UP!

KUNG FURY RELEASE DATE TO BE PUSHED BACK TO 2015!

THIS WEEKS EPIC LISTEN IS…