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Alaska In Winter – An Interview
Out of the Alaskan wilderness and comes vocoder-glazed Balkan electro
Written by Katie Weatherall
Alaska In Winter, the alias of Brandon Bethancourt, got his name from the summester out of uni that he spent making music in a cabin in the aforementioned locale and season, signifying the importance his surroundings have on his creativity. Growing up in New Mexico and previously residing in Berlin, his Eastern orthodox parents exposed him to an array of Romanian, Bulgarian and Byzantian music, which have all fed into his own blend of electro-Balkan dance music. Amelia’s Magazine catch up with the chap with a penchant for Russian hats on his UK tour, just before his gig at The Macbeth in Hoxton, which is raising money for WaterAid.
The culmination of the hiatus in the Alaskan wilderness and subsequent trips around Eastern Europe was debut album, Dance Party In The Balkans, a vocoder-glazed celebration of all of his cultural influences. Although he admits that much of what was produced in the cabin didn’t make the cut and is still a work in progress, “they’re impossible to listen to at the moment. They’re really lo-fi, but one day I hope to… read more
