TELEPATHE (USA)

"Brooklyn banshees with a brand new beat, Telepathe stand out from the NY district's vacuum of avant-garde...[they] have a newfound focus as Hot 97 hip-hop and totemic drone experimentalism collide." Drowned in Sound.

Melissa Livaudais and Busy Ganges make up the experimental pop girl duo Telepathe. They create avante garde ethereal music that transcends musical genres. You can't put Telepathe into a category. Their music explores territories of pop, hip-hop, shoegaze, electronic, and psychedelic music just to name a few. Listening to them feels like you're in a lush dreamscape trapped between the sleeping world and waking reality. The girls started out in rock bands and slowly fused together making music that they deem futuristic, and like their NME review says their music "doesn't sound like anything else that's come before it."

Date performing: 31 December 2009
Stage: The Lyrebird

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