Algiers Manipulates Sound Worlds in Furiously Exhilarating Fashion
The Atlanta-born quartet Algiers mixes post-punk guitars, gospel vocal harmonies, hip hop sampling, chopped and screwed production techniques, and pointed social commentary in a revolutionary way that is dark, urgent, angry, and utterly exhilarating. Their most recent record, Shook, has Algiers\u2019 signature fury and weight,\xa0features a multiplicity of voices, and is the result of the creative energy\xa0released\xa0into the space and time generated by the enforced pause on touring. As\xa0Frankie Fisher says in a Bandcamp interview, "Algiers\u2019s ethos, philosophy, and politics are about inclusivity and people generally on the margins", and in keeping with that, multiple guest artists from within the community contributed to this rich and complex sound, and the collaborative conversation even took on a new New York feel after the Shook\xa0stems were shared and manipulated into a\xa0separate\xa0companion soundworld.\xa0Algiers plays music from Shook, as a trio, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik
\nSet list: \u201cIrreversible Damage\u201d, \u201cBite Back\u201d, \u201cGreen Iris\u201d
\nWatch \u201cIrreversible Damage\u201d:
\nWatch \u201cBite Back":
\nWatch \u201cGreen Iris\u201d: