Death Disco: See Right Through Them

This month, tucked away in an Arches line up to rival certain festivals, are two standout live acts. First up, Kitsune's rather interesting Crystal Fighters, who should come as a shock to those who still associate Death Disco with nothing more than WHOMP WHOMP fidget electro.

Due to the fact that the story of the band taking their name from "an unfinished opera written by the singer’s deceased grandfather during his final months of insanity" sounds like nothing more than PR bullshit, lets focus on their attention-grabbing sound instead.

Crystal Fighters merge the sound of traditional Basque folk music with modern basslines and energetic vocals, resulting in a uplifting live performance that has seen them headline Durrr, Dollop, Matter, Cargo, The End, Secret Garden Festival and beyond.

Their brand of folktronica shows influences from Fischerspooner to Animal Collective via Patrick Wolf and the songs of bands such as Eskorbuto, Sinistro Total and Golpes Bajos.

In 2008, the group took London by storm. Their infamous live shows led to an ever growing fanbase and a Radio 1 Live Session for Rob da Bank. The year was finally rounded up when their online track ‘I Love London’ appeared in Mixmag’s Top 100 Records for 2008, the only unreleased record in the list, coming in ahead of the likes of Toddla T and Bloc Party. It finally gets released on Kitsune this next month.

Manchester trio Delphic also join the line up for the October event. They boast that they are a band who not only realise that four chord indie guitar hegemony is tedious, but know what to do in order to correct it. Delphic may just be the next logical step on from groups such as The Klaxons and Late Of The Pier, a threesome who value classy design over empty flash.

Once Delphic started playing live ten months ago, things snowballed pretty fast. Live footage shown on Manchester TV station Channel M brought the A&R men scrabbling up the M6 to sign them. Delphic soon found a home for their debut single on Belgium’s classic ‘90s techno label R&S, home to the likes of Aphex Twin and Derrick May. Through R&S, Berlin-based producer Ewan Pearson heard the band and is now on board to produce their album, to be released through Polydor on Delphic’s own Chimeric label.