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Alonzo Bliss is based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. His songs are inspired by surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding and all of the associated driving around looking for spots. Primarily written on an old Baldwin piano, and brought into the electronic realm via vintage and recent synthesizers, drum machines, guitars, basses, drums and field recordings, this is probably best described as atmospheric downtempo music. Combining elements of dub, electro, hip-hop, ambient, trap, dancehall and even classical, there is a through line of cinematic synthesizer washes and heavy bass.
"Lobster Trap" (released December 21st, 2023) is rooted in instrumental trap music with abundant 808 kicks and triplet hi-hat patterns, but spans many genres. It is meant to evoke cold days out on the ocean and the atmospherics of winter on the water.
"Northeastern Electro Dub" (NEED, released July 29th, 2022) was conceived to function like a playlist, coming in at 48 songs and over two and a half hours long. The idea was to have something that you can put on and forget about while working, studying, spacing out or driving around looking for waves.
"If you like..." is similar stylistically, and was released in 2021 in tandem with an album by Alonzo Misery that is pretty much on the exact opposite end of the music spectrum.
"Lobster Trap" (released December 21st, 2023) is rooted in instrumental trap music with abundant 808 kicks and triplet hi-hat patterns, but spans many genres. It is meant to evoke cold days out on the ocean and the atmospherics of winter on the water.
"Northeastern Electro Dub" (NEED, released July 29th, 2022) was conceived to function like a playlist, coming in at 48 songs and over two and a half hours long. The idea was to have something that you can put on and forget about while working, studying, spacing out or driving around looking for waves.
"If you like..." is similar stylistically, and was released in 2021 in tandem with an album by Alonzo Misery that is pretty much on the exact opposite end of the music spectrum.