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DL No More Lies by George & Jonathan

If it ever feels cloudy outside, throw on this track and let its super-bright chip chords blast rainbows out of everything onto everything else. Just listening to this makes me feel like the colors of world have suddenly become over-saturated, full of super-bright neon glows and eye-burning intensity. And that’s just the background chords. It’s joined by an ultra-funky bassline and an incredibly catchy melody. Everything about this is just so incredibly happy and upbeat.

George & Jonathan make music using pixel’s Piston Collage. Not a real sound chip, but an incredible simulation. Kinda like those classic modules, but made with a piano roll instead of a tracker. They jam a lot of stuff into their songs. You should check out their album. This is the quintessential George & Jonathan song, and the rest of the album (aptly titled “The Best Music”) follows in the same vein, more or less. That’s not to say every song sounds the same, it’s saying that every song is awesome.

Disclaimer: I’m not posting this because George gave me a shout-out during a show on the UCLA radio station earlier this year. I’m posting this because the song is awesome.

If you happen to be in the Rochester area on Monday, you might find this show interesting. George & Jonathan are DJ’ing between sets, and if their prior shows are any indication, it’s going to be awesome. (Take that show, but imagine the crowd is going as nuts as I am.)