Purely by coincidence the “only related as music” theme from the past couple of weeks continue with this SpaceScan, presenting Icelandic 8 bit synthpop duo Yoda Remote and Swedish one man folk-rock band Idle Hands, who’s got some freebies for you. Hopefully you’ll enjoy both (feel free to comment), and at the very least the weekend…

Yoda Remote (ISL)
Not long after Bragi Marinósson and Emil Svavarsson met in school in 2008, Yoda Remote came in to existence on the back of a shared love for the music in old Sega/C-64 computer games. The result: So far a handful of remixes and an EP titled ‘Skywatchers’ (streaming in full on their website) featuring six tracks of the guys’ 8-bit synthpop, here in the shape of ‘Initio’:

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Idle Hands (SE) (Photo)
I don’t know more about Idle Hands other than it’s seemingly a one man band (aka Björn Wahlström) backed by friends, that he’s from Malmö, that a debut album is in the works, and that he’s got two songs available for download on SoundCloud. However, I do know that I like his melancholic, ramshackle folk-rock, which calls for a mention of acts like Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Neil Young and The Band as influences.

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