Named after one of the first successful color processes in photographic history (Kodachrome – with an h – is the term Kodak originated form), Brooklyn-based Kodacrome‘s first video ("Strike the Gold") soundtracks a young female riding horseback in half-speed, matching each step with a kind of dreaminess that defies modern digital rapidity, even as it embraces its cool. Recalling ’90s band Everything But the Girl, whose lazy house music backdrop gave techno something of a folk air, Kodachrome employs all the twitchiness of dubstep without losing any of the casual elements that Elissa Pociask’s vocals so boldly evoke. Five-song "Perla" EP dropped in ’13 to similarly stunning results – check out opener "The Bug," also streaming here. – Brian Chidester
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