Gouseion
Casiocity beats make me feel so pretty
My good friend, long time music collaborator, and electro/idm king of Portland Cassidy Demarco AKA Gouseion just sent me some new tracks to share with you. I originally met Cassidy through his hip-hop group Brokaw which was MC Colin Jones on the vocals and Cassidy on all the music. Brokaw is no longer playing together (RIP), but as long as I’ve known Cassidy he’s always been unbelievably prolific. I’m not sure how many different projects he’s had since I’ve known him but I can think of about ten off the top of my head. These days most of his energy is focused into his main project: Gouseion. This project seemed to surface after a trip to Japan a few years back, where his first record was created. The music is grounded in krunky hip-hop, fucked up IDM, and trashy electro, with elements of teeny bopper pop culture thrown in for good measure. Gouseion now has two full length albums, two EP’s, and five remix mixtapes all released on the label RunRiot. His newest EP titled More Friends For The Fire was just released digitally last week. Here’s a track from that release, this shit goes hard:
I highly recommend you buy this EP.
Buy Gouseion - More Friends For The Fire EP on ITUNES
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Here are a few bonus tracks that Cassidy sent me. First, an unreleased track that was used for live performance, most likely only once or twice. This one is very catchy and has some nice 8-bit synths as well as vocal samples of Hannah Montana or some shit:
Here is an out-take from his latest full length release, Nijikon. This track features very moody synth work and rapid fire IDM sequencing.
Lastly here’s a nice little bouncy percussive piece which is also an out-take from Nijikon:
For more information on Gouseion and to purchase his music check out his website:
Big up Cassidy and keep it digital gangsta!
Date: April 7, 2009