Abiku

Abiku were a co-ed duo who from Philadelphia, but moved to Baltimore. The duo brings two hardcores together: rave and punk. Shimmering keyboards straight off a 1987 techno track by Derrick May or Juan Atkins collide with Vincents furious screeches, bellows, and retches. Pretty little synth intros are obliterated by backdraft blasts of guitar. Tempos careen into the 200-bpm-and-up range. Songs top out at about a minute and a half. Its an exhilarating, if dizzying, noise, full of switchbacks and hairpin turns. The band states on their myspace that the best comparison they’ve got is “The Locust dryhumping controlled bleeding.” Jane Vincent : Vocals, Keyboards Josh Jaworsky: Guitars