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Neon Indian’s ‘VEGA INTL. Night School’

  • October 12, 2015
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Texas-based electronic artist Neon Indian’s (aka Alan Palomo) new record VEGA (previous recording moniker) INTL. Night School is a cohesive blend of synth-funk-chill/lo-fi genres will make the hairs on your ears standup and cause your eyebrows to raise a few times. Further, part of you will be completely mesmerized by the sounds while the other part of you will be wondering how this artist known for his lo-fi production was able to cohesively blend lo-fi and dance beats into one. However, Palomo has created his best work yet with his follow-up to Era Extrana.

We kick-off the album with “Annie”, which sounds like a collaboration between 80s Phil Collins and Ariel Pink. The tropical beats mixed with new wave and underwater-like speakers make for Palomo’s most ambitious effort yet. While tracks like “Street Level” and “The Glitzy Hive” have heavy 80s new wave street cred graffitied all over them. “The Glitzy Hive” has an 80s beat even Olivia Newton-John would die for. Palomo loops “Move Ya Body” over and over on this incredibly catchy track that will appeal to dancers and new wave fans alike.

“Dear Skorpio Magazine” has a very paranoid-underwater feel again and the feel is a bit more closely-aligned with Psychic Chasms. In the paranoid love song Palomo exclaims “feel a certain way/when she looks this way.” Then “Slumlord” brings us into a darkened corner of a nightclub and yanks us out a few seconds in back onto the dance floor.

“Never coming home again/till they see the world as I see you” is the chorus of the chill wave jam “Baby’s Eyes.” The song is a bit spliced up but you almost can’t tell as it smoothly transitions into an angsty ballad. “61 Cygni Ave” picks up the weird again with a funky, new wave vibe that sounds like a futuristic song of the 80s.

VEGA ends with “News From The Sun”, which is a a very upbeat track that ties the feel of the album together with its chill-wave/new-wave/lo-fi vibe. Palomo allows you to dance, lounge, and break dance on this record and he does it in a way that few can with fresh sounds, funky new beats and new sounds.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

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Chris Ryan is an accomplished promoter, event planner, producer, activist, counselor, poet and blogger. Within the course of two and a half years Chris Ryan has worked with some of NYC's most established promoters/event planners, been named 2007′s GaySocialite of the year, granted a promoter of the year award from NYC's most famous gay establishment, Splash. He's worked in some of NYC's top venues including; Avalon, Capitale, Cipriani, Cielo, Pacha, Element, Le Poisson Rouge, XL, G Lounge, Plumm, Hilton Hotel, Indigo Hotel, Spirit, Myst/Quo, Splash, The Ritz, Vlada, Roseland Ballroom, Heaven, etc. In 2008, Chris Ryan has begun to unveil some of the most innovative & unique parties New York City has ever seen. The Fusion events "fuse" together all disciplines of art into an event that remains diverse yet cohesive at the same time. ChrisRyanNYC.com won best gay promotions website from NYC Event Patrons in 2008 & he was granted an award from the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Gov. Patterson & Michelle Clunie (QAF) saluting him for his hard work in nightlife. Chris Ryan has also begun working with many renown companies, including; doctors, lawyers, physicians, modeling agencies & more. Chris Ryan has been responsible for wide-scale promotions for all these companies & generating tremendous business. Chris Ryan has even started to become National with events taking place in LA & Miami this year. In May of 2009 Chris Ryan received the very prestigious honor of being named a "40 Under 40″ Gays in America by the Advocate Magazine. He also created three successful parties that generated over 1,500 patrons each. In January of 2010 Chris Ryan was featured as one of the top promoters to look out for in Noize Magazine Chris Ryan joined forces with legendary promoter/event producer, Lee Chappell and created one of the most talked about events of all 2010, Desire @ Capitale. Chris Ryan and Lee featured one of the most outstanding artists NYC has ever seen, "Oh Land." Her performance coupled with an exquisite and unforgettable set design added to this extravagant event that held over 1,000 patrons in one of NYC's most successful PRIDE events! Chris Ryan then joined forces with legendary Pacha promoter, Rob Fernandez in addition to Jake Resnicow and Tommy Marinelli to bring one of the largest and most successful parties worldwide to NYC, MATINEE. The event on Governor's Island saw over 2,000+ attendees and one of the most ambitious productions ever. In 2011 Chris Ryan started Emerge Music Promotions with business partner Darren Melchiorre. Emerge Music promotions began signing artists with plans to develop and market the artists to the community at large. Emerge Music promotions has big events planned for 2012 and 2013. Chris Ryan debuted the IMAGE events which took place on top of two of NYC's most beautiful rooftop venues, Rare View and Indigo Hotel. The events were blogged everywhere and featured the fashion designs of several clothing designers, artists and photographers. Chris Ryan felt that fashion and art should be displayed at every event and attracted the likes of Malan Breton, Calvin Klein and even Katy Perry. Chris Ryan began an extremely successful event which incorporated the concept of a house party into a nightclub atmosphere. The event Twist'D at G Lounge has been one of the most talked about events in NYC and allows it's audience to play nearly-naked Twister, beer pong, flip cup & more with other attendees. Chris Ryan was granted an excellence in volunteering award from AVP (Anti-Violence Project) for all his efforts in supporting the organization. 2013 has a very promising landscape on the horizon and Chris Ryan is complacent in saying "you haven't seen anything yet!"

1 Comment

  • Great review, looking forward to the release!

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