Tiki Obmar
Back from Beijing with some Communist wares and armed with a new "take the toboggan" philosophy culled from an unforgettable slide down a mountain side from a peak point of the Great Wall. Sure, I can get into the details of the trip, but that's not why you all come here. So that said, let's get down to the music. I have a solid 2 weeks of brand new, unreleased magic from all across the spectrum but will start the return of scissorkick with a post that was suggested in the comments by our UK pal Luke. See, leave comments, they help us all and make the world a better place.
Tiki Obmar is a band that you have to check out if you have ever been inclined to purchase anything instrumental, anything with groove and anything that blurs the line between rock and electronica to such a point it becomes barely visible. Like Secret Frequency Crew and ROM, they are a group whose main objective appears to be to provide the soundtrack for my life circa late 2004 and for that I am endeared to spread the praise. You all know that tortoises (and Tortoise) live long lives yet lay many eggs, and finally we are starting to see the legitimate hatchlings of a post-rock/electronic movement whose dormant incubation seems to finally be at its end. Although they seem to prefer anonymity, I will out the members of Tiki Obmar -- Brett, Chris and Graham -- because the trio communicate the type of live energy and machine funk that Red Snapper hypnotized me with almost a decade earlier. Solid programming, solid playing, and destined to be overlooked and underappreciated. Another quality release from the crew over at Merck, who earlier this year released the sick new Machine Drum record. The MP3 posted today is from Tiki Obmar's new "Seasons" EP which features three new tracks and eleven remixes from artists from the Merck family including Proem, Deceptikon, Miles Tilmann and Machine Drum. If you like this the trio have also released a six song long player, High School Confidential available from Merck.
Tiki Obmar :: "Some Kids Like Cartoons"
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