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Strange Powers

Rank #20 Denver, CO Other / Okkvlt / Dark Electro Pop / Noise...

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Members: strange powers

Label: unsigned

Manager: need management asap!

Bio: Strange had a musical ear before he could say musical ear, writing tunes on multiple instruments by age 9. Songs ranging from Apocalyptic Hip Hop to Okkvlt, Dirty/Dark Electro to Noise. Powers has played along side Kool Keith, Pictureplane,The Flobots, Modern Witch, Ceschi Ramos, Sole & Skyrider ... See Full Bio

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: Not seeing any world changing shit here so far. I hope I do tho.

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“With song titles evoking images of alchemy and the occult, Josh Powers seems to have tapped directly into hermetic knowledge, creating tones that get under your skin in the same way that Skinny Puppy's "Smothered Hope" does. "Character Map" sounds like a peek into Innsmouth after the introduction of futuristic technology — as if Aleister Crowley and H.P. Lovecraft had made music for a bleaker than black collaborative novel with the assistance of Goblin, especially on the caustic yet hypnotic "Skeleton Key" and the twisted abstraction of "The Vision." This is music that might have been inspired by a reading of The King in Yellow, Abdul Alhazred's nefarious tome, alongside Neuromancer. If you kind of wished Jack Dangers would break even more sinister, you should seek this out immediately.”

— Thomas Murphy, The Westword

“Earlier this year, Powers impressed many with the Mmmmmmmm EP he released on AMDISCS. His new EP on Tundra Dubs, Genetisis actually turns up the Screw, by fusing Strange Powers’ pernicious synth with an ample amount of promethazine pitched hip hop samples. Tracks like “After the Gold Rush” sweat an odd mixture of absinthe and codeine, as industrial sounds are assaulted by some of the most minimal post-Screw that has ever been recorded. As I mentioned in my first article about Strange Powers, he is no stranger to the boom bip, and developed his sound making his bones on the underground hip hop scene.”

— Nattymari, Mishka Bloglin

“Hailing from Denver, this former science fiction b-boy weaves a macabre fabric that oozes the same primordial lustmord as friend and fellow Denver natives Modern Witch. One of the things that sets the music of Strange Powers apart is that it is obvious that Josh has been at it for a long time. His music show a maturity that sets it far apart from the usual REASONably FRUITY LOOPed beats and softsynths that pass for the new industrial dance. Tracks like “The Circle” are closer to Simonetti’s Goblin than just about any other of the recent artists that conjure the genre Giallo in the titles of their tracks. What makes it that much better, is that there are also hints of old school Ninjatune (particularly Neotropic and DJ Food) thrown in, indicating a full knowledge of the passage of ideas that has reared this most bastard of pop music that baffles bloggers and fans alike. To put it bluntly, Strange Powers knows his shit.”

— Nattymari, Mishka Bloglin

“Inspired in part by Graham Hancock, Jose Arguelles, Terrance McKenna and Carl Sagan, the track ("Magnet") was written verse by verse, says Strange, and centers on some heady sci-fi theories that Strange has followed since his first UFO sighting at age nine.”

— Dave Herrera, The Westword - Freeloader Blog

“Powers uses clashing sounds, 8-bit aesthetics and an unapologetically nerdy intellect to challenge assumptions about music, art and, well, extraterrestrial life.”

— Eryc Eyl, Denver Post REVERB Blog

“Powers is slowly getting back into the fold after working in the background with a variety of artists”

— Quibian Salazar Moreno, The Westword

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NOAH 23, ECID, JORDAN MICHE AND STRANGE POWERS
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Mar 26

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Denver, CO, US | 9:00pm
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Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:00pm
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Free Hip hop show with Strange Powers, Middle Men, and more TBA

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Rob ina Hood
You got mad skills on the dark beats. Rob ina Hood
fatima lily
I love your music yo!
fatima lily
totally rad. good work!
fatima lily
very nice new tunes that you have up here... your style is very interesting and unique.. kudos
Da Chill Spot
we like...
fatima lily
good work, i like it