White Noise: Death From Above 1979
March 17, 2008
White Noise is music to shred with!
I find it hard sometimes to view any band labelled as Dance-Punk anything more than a passing fad of a hybrid genre of music. Death From Above 1979 is the exception. With a less generic pop sound typical in the genre, the unique sound is no doubt due to the fact the band refused to hire a lead guitarist, relying only on bass, drums, and a lot of synthesizers. DFA79 sounds a lot more punk based, with elements of drum & bass and a lot of synth sounds.
The Toronto based duo was active from 2001 - 2006. They called it quits after a year of pondering artistic differences. DFA79 never signed with a major label but their studio album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine got some commercial success by being featured in video games like SSX, Tony Hawks, and even being used by Motorola.
You can download a few of their tracks Little Girl and Dead Womb straight off the band’s website deathfromabove1979.com. And their MySpace has the videos Romantic Rights and Blood on Our Hands up for grabs at myspace.come/deathfromabove1979
