Listening to music with Sizarr

Listening to music with Sizarr

The style of the band Sizarr is hard to define. Their  music is a combination of indie rock, world music, hip hop, r’n’b and electronica. The results are polyrhythmic songs full of harmony: There is a little bit of David Bowie, some Sufjan Stevens, but also Björk and even Jay-Z in it. This might sounds awkward, but Sizarr combine all these different styles and influences in the most harmonious way.

In our interview with Sizarr we talked about music by James Ferraro, Peter Gabriel, Wamdue Project, Kate Bush, Shlohmo and Nicolas Jaar. More after the jump.

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Mercy Street

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The crazy monkey up there does not bear much resemblance to extraordinary Karin Dreijer Andersson off-of Fever Ray. But it’s her anyway and it’s the teaser image for her upcoming release. It is a cover of Peter Gabriel’s Mercy Street that she has already performed live a couple of times. It drops supposedly today. After the jump a nice recording of her live version.

UPDATE: Well, they seemed to have not met their deadline. But now here it is: Only for a short time downloadable for free here. A wonderful track.

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