MIT’S WONDERLAND
It wasn’t until recently that I discovered the impressive MIT, out of Deutschland. The Cologne based three piece has been around for three years and recently released their debut album, ‘Coda‘, 17th of March on Half Machine Records.
MIT consists of three bright players (Edi Winarni, vocals, Felix Römer, drums and programming, Tamer Özgönenc, additional drums) producing a wide range of beats. Their music is hard to encapsulate, as it encompasses a noisy post-punk, electro-tinged, minimalistic, futuristic sound that is simply fucking good. So good that it doesn’t matter that you won’t understand what the hell they’re singing about (unless you sprechen zie Deutsch).
The gates of opportunity for the young group appeared not far from their hometown, in the United Kingdom. With the usual progressive attitude, the UK have welcomed MIT with open arms and heightened their visibility, playing more frequently in and around London vs their own city. The guys have toured alongside several groups including the short-lived UK band Test Icicles, Jeans Team out of Berlin and recently wrapped up touring with UK favorites, Hadouken.
MIT’s music commands you to go beyond the lyrics and cross the language barrier. You’ll end up on the other side – right where they want you. Have a listen to more from MIT at their MySpace and pick up their excellent debut LP, ‘Coda‘!
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An older video of their track “deine eltern”, when their music was a bit ‘harder’. Taken from their 2007 7 inch ‘goodbook‘ (Japan only), via Rallye/Klee.
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