Hello, friends! Welcome to the new iteration of Grace’s Place, new, improved and ready to be even more of a menace than my fifteen year old self was.
A friend of mine recently alerted me to the existence of a genre of music I had never heard of before called phonk, which consists of various sub-genres all revolving around how much you can do with a baseline. I don’t know much about the genre’s history or its current politics, but what I do know is that it’s a vibe, and surprisingly good to have in the background while studying.
Specifically I’ve been introduced to a group called Molchat Doma, started in Belarus and currently existing in Los Angeles. Their songs are incomprehensible to me and sound like what would happen if Pattinson’s Batman had a Gothic architecture phase while living in an abandoned warehouse that got attacked by the personification of soviet brutalism, and it’s awesome.
Here’s a link to their website, where there’s more information. Plus, the graphics over there are really cool. As for music recommendations, I would say try their first album, С крыш наших домов (yes, I know), which will come up if you just type in ‘Molchat Doma first album.’ If you like that, please do give the rest of their stuff a listen.
See you next week!
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