Not necessarily... Hefty is kind of all over the place. They definitely have
an interesting blend of "traditional" instrumentation and very glitchy
and/or clean electronics. I think that Telefon Telaviv and S+S both capture
this well in varying proportions. Slicker (aka John Hughes, who runs the
label) takes that combination into a more tech-house sort of vein, but
rather relying on the dancefloor conventions that characterize a lot of the
European stuff (most of which I totally love, but there is something
slightly different between Slicker and this stuff). The Aluminum Group is
more of a pop sound, with a bit of David Bowie, Belle & Sebastian and
Stereolab influence tossed into the mix (and some occasionally weird R&B
moments). Beneath Autumn Sky is more of a downtempo sound.... Twine is
glitchy, dark, soundtrackish ambient stuff (and more)... and honestly I
haven't heard much of the remainder of their roster.
hope this helps
quoted 6 lines Ok... so today I picked up the Telefon Tel Aviv album everyone is
>Ok... so today I picked up the Telefon Tel Aviv album everyone is
>raving about. I'm happy to say that it does live up to all the stuff
>I'd heard and I really like it. Especially that second track (am I
>right?)! Its very good. Kind reminds me of parts of Savath & Savalas
>except better (and I liked S&S). So is all the stuff on Hefty all
>pretty and rhodesy like S&S and TT?
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