Altered Zones

Apply super-conducting electrodes to an amalgamation of 1980s memories, then run the output through an open source game engine to recreate a poetic teenage bedroom decorated with images of obscure divas, a chunky stereo system, and a large mirror. Insert Konnichiwa into the tape deck, press play, and let your super-eye-lined avatar dance through the night.

"China Maiden" taps into the same well of esoteric pop wonder as The Knife did in their glimmering, pre-Silent Shout incarnation, while varnishing it with trebly Freestyle paraphernalia. An avalanche of non-linear reveries ensues, and the result sounds like A-Ha’s "Take on Me" if it had been penned by Yellow Magic Orchestra, which truly is something. (via 20 Jazz Funk Greats)

MP3: Konnichiwa: "Maiden China"

Visions LP is out March 22nd on Rainbow Body Records