There is an intriguingly vintage quality to the synth driven sound of Brooklyn’s Twintapes, a NYC electro pop trio brainchild of Pavel Rarera (pictured) that – without any support from the major music blogs – has recently gone viral on Youtube with a few videos. Triggering devices that reference electronic pioneers Kraftwerk all the way up to current trendsetters The Knife, the duo finds a perfect balance between groove and chill. Their vocals are delivered with a more soulful approach however, positioning their sound closer to dance than the harsher textures of industrial. Augmenting the band’s live impact is a percussionist who incorporates traditional drum set pieces like snare drum and hi hat cymbals alongside electronic beats, giving the band a welcome element of humanity in the rhythm section. The next opportunity to catch their live show is November 14 at The Rock Shop. – Dave Cromwell

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best electro songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

While traversing the musical landscape, one is virtually assaulted with pre-packaged material, structured compositions and no room to breath let alone evolve. Enter Sannhet, a 3-piece tour de force of universally inspiring sounds that paint darkened scenery amidst their omnipresent spirit. Based out of Brooklyn, the trio evokes a mysterious madness with a very heavy metal attitude that’s far more empowering than imposing. ‘Known Flood’ – released in February 2013 – unleashes the listener into a vast space of orchestrated heaviness. A great kick off for what we hope becomes an evolving soundscape worthy of future visits and subsequent returns. Sannhet is currently working on a follow up EP to be released later this year. Earlier in 2013 the owners of Brooklyn’s St. Vitus signed Sannhet to their record label Sacrament Music. – Joey Fish

As you all know here at The Deli we love genres and merciless musical categories (most musicians hate them). But the truth is that the artists we love the most are the ones we have a hard time categorizing – not just because they have an original sound, but also because they allow us to be creative by coining new genres and new labels! Brooklyn based Cloud Becomes Your Hand plays some kind of insane, mostly instrumental, lo-fi, psychedelic synth pop with carousel music influences (or something). This earns them the imaginative label PSYNTH-CARNIVAL-POP. This stuff is truly out there, but very musical, very well produced – a truly exciting find. They released two records so far, and, since the last one is from 2011, are hopefully due for a new one . They’ll be playing Secret Project Robot tonight opening for Zula, who will be celebrating their CD release party. Do not miss.

Brooklyn electro pop masters Small Black will perform at this year’s Deli curated night of music at Brooklyn Bazaar on December 12. If you don’t know what that is, just… go, because it’s a super fun (and humongous) indoors market featuring small business, independent boutiques, artist shops, and – of course – a lot of great food trucks. On the bill also amazing two other amazing NYC electronic bands: Brothertiger (they pulled off one of the best shows we saw in a while at our electro CMJ show) and Party Supplies. Check out Small Black’s latest video for "Breathless. Full Brooklyn Bazaar calendar here.

Young NYC boy/girl duo The Henry Millers have picked up their synthesizers and novels yet again, spinning a new yarn that’ll keep you guessing where their ideas keep coming from, while humming its bizarrely catchy hook at the same time. Channeling an almost Arcade Fire-like concern for familial ties, Singer/songwriters John MacCallum and Katie Schecter with latest single ‘Children’ take on issues unlike anything I’ve yet heard from them. Taken from forthcoming LP ‘Posies,’ the song eschews the band’s usual flair for literary sexiness. Instead, it issues a warning to prospective parents that’s one part good advice, one part hopeless nostalgia. A beautiful sentiment, listen below and get excited for what might herald a new direction for this indie pop group. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)

ESOPUS is a gorgeous looking semiannual arts publication based in NYC, and each issue contains a themed audio CD compilation – how vintage! For their 20th issue they asked musicians to write a song inspired by one of their personal belongings. Brooklyn singer-songwriter Cassandra Jenkins – with the help of Celestial Shore’s Sam Owens – created this song inspired by a taxidermied pet rabbit belonging to good friends of hers. Considering the subject, this couldn’t possibly be a happy song.

Musical instability in rock music is not appreciated by all, but if you caught that bug – say – from Syd Barret’s solo records, or from The Pixies (like we did) it’s then very very hard not to embrace it. In their bizarre and (in most cases) gently noisy new album "Breaking Mirrors," Brooklyn duo/quartet Blanche Blanche Blanche cultivates music instability – together with a few other sonic ideas, like a certain angularity that has nothing to do with squares and rectangles, but rather with weirdly shaped polygons. The songs in "Breaking Mirrors" are actually very poppy, they feature simple melodies and structures, but (like all our favorite records) they sound nothing like pop. Sarah Smith’s dead pan vocals and ambivalent lirycs double the feeling of estrangedness, and numb alienation created by arrangements that sound like geometry lessons disturbed by radio interferences. Somewhat reminiscent of Suicide and early Wire, but playing their electric instruments with an even more mechanical approach through bit crunching effects and fidelity disintegrating devices, Blanche Blanche Blanche pull off an imaginative hybrid of lo-fi, math rock, goth, noise rock and industrial, that shies away from all current trends, and sounds as fresh and challenging as it sounds, well… depressing. Which is something that’s actually making us quite happy right now!

The guys in Hospitality are some of the finest pop songwriters Brookyn has. Their debut album was one of the most consistenly catchy things we heard in a while, and it’s great to know they will be back soon with a new record. Check out the new single "I Miss your Bones" (streaming) from upcoming LP "Trouble" out January 28.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Since the explosion of MS MR, the Brooklyn scene has been producing a series of quality, dreamy electro-soul acts, and Puerto Rican/American songwriter Angélica Marie’s project My Midnight Heart inserts itself in this intriguing new wave, which includes, among others, stand out acts Empress Of and Wet. Sounding in single "Chest of Hearts" (streaming) like a more soulful version of Cocteau Twins, the band released her debut EP ‘Chest of Hearts’ last night at Glasslands, and is scheduled to play at Ace Hotel on November 10.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Speaking of James Levy (see previous post)… he is also involved in a new NYC electro-soul project that can definitely be labeled with the "supergroup" tag. The band is led by Zoe Kravitz, i.e. Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet’s daughter, which is something that by itself gives it a buzz status. Curious music lovers can see them live later this week on 11.07 at Mercury, when they’ll be playing with Reputante (read post below about them). Check out the band’s only track available so far, entitled "Drive" below.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best electronic songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

We did see James Levy (ex Levy and J. Levy & the Blood Rose) at Pianos the night of our CMJ show and were wondering what he was up to musically. His new band Reputante a few weeks back signed with Julian Casablanca’s Cult Records and is releasing their debut EP on November 11. The preview singles "Safe’n’Sound" (streaming) and "Lock Me Up" confirm James Levi’s elegant songwriting, and a dark and rather mellow aura that was also evident in The Blood Rose’s material. What’s new here is a rather lo fi bedroom pop approach in the arrangement department, in conjunction with uptempo chilled songs slightly reminiscent of The Strokes and Magnetic Fields at once. See Reputante live at Mercury on 11.07. More news about James Levy in the next post.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best NYC songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

Aggressively edgy bands like KNTRLR are desperately needed today, in a Brooklyn scene that – after the big orgy of sound led by Animal Collective – appears to be progressively mellowing down. KNTRLR’s noir, electro post-punk, with its pop openings and epic moments, develops art-rock tendencies in new directions. The band just unveilied the video for new single CCA – check it out below.