Stacey Yi "the girl with the gun-shaped flask" -good cop, vox, synths, words, turntables, The OED, forced smiles
...not to mention obsessive-compulsive copy editing, suicidal tendencies (no, not the band), cat beatification
Mr. Mendez "designated driver" -bad cop, guitar, bass, gadgetry, Anyhow
foghorn cough, not-booze, the Jew Mary Anna, guayaba con queso
Influences
synthpop, breakbeat, industrial, electro, local music, indie rock, hip hop, drum and bass, DnB, broken beat, noise, EBM, IDM, tape recorder compositions, fetish parties, commune punk, broken-hearted guitars, Yamaha PSR-32, the new kazoo, french pop, the AKG 414, endearing singer/songwriter stuff; Olivia Tremor Control, Rasputina, Neutral Milk Hotel, Kleenex Girl Wonder, They Might Be Giants, Dinosaur Jr., Pet Shop Boys, Apples in Stereo, Magnetic Fields, Trackstar, Robot, Cari Lekebusch, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Negativland, El Guapo, Morrissey, Sicko, Throwing Muses, Of Montreal, The Cure, Monopuff, Clementi, Cibo Matto, Suede, The London Suede, XTC, Chapterhouse, Trash Can Sinatras, A Tribe Called Quest, The Amps, Guided by Voices, The Fastbacks, Teenage Fanclub, Quasi, The Posies, Nuzzle, MK Ultra, Subset, Red Shirt Brigade, Andy C, Erasure, Belle and Sebastian, various tarantellas, Underworld, Wolfsheim, Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, Jawbreaker, Elephant 6, Land of the Loops, The Aislers Set, Steve Reich, OMD, Dntel, The Wedding Present, KLF, David Bowie, Saint Etienne, Apoptygma Berzerk, Pete Rock, pinq, The Velvet Teen, The Cardigans, RAM, Aaron Copeland, Joe Jackson, Beat Happening, Cursive, Dr Klaw, VNV Nation, CJ Bolland, The Breeders, Diamond D, Figurine, Pixies, Screeching Weasel, DJ Premier, Beulah, Bronski Beat, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Standard, Pinback, Tori Amos, DJ Sneak, The Field Mice, Joy Division, Hive, The Replacements, Soviet, Fairlight Children, Knapsack, Amon Tobin, Soul Coughing, Built to Spill, Felix Da Housecat, adult., Virus, Sneaker Pimps, Camper van Beethoven, Marbles, Squarepusher, Grass Skirt, Aceyalone, Death Cab For Cutie, Elvis Costello, The Queers, Fingernail, Lipps, Inc., John B, Czerny, Hanon, Czerny mixed with Hanon, Portishead, Bjork, Butter 08, Kraftwerk, Cat Power, Covenant, Firehose, Ween, Lamb, E, Rakim, Dynamix II, The Postal Service, Funker Vogt, New Order, Velvet Crush, Ninja Tune, Dressy Bessy, Project Pitchfork, LCD Soundsystem, Erick Sermon, DJ Vadim, Jazzanova, Bauhaus, Devo, Kittycraft, Avenue D, Yaz, Armand Van Helden, Discount, Dance Hall Crashers, Jody Watley, Tom Tom Club, Tones on Tail, Eels, Plump DJs, Big L, Takako Minekawa, The Field Mice, Cracker, Air, Bella Neurox, HTML, Lesbian, Download Songs, Import Cars, Swingers, Piercing, diesel, Dating, Clubs
Standardized -- At once obviously and not-so-apparently influenced by a dizzying array of musical styles from classic synthpop, Miami bass, moody 80s/90s rock, drum and bass, small-label punk, dirty pre-millenial speed/2-step garage, golden age hip hop, real electro and rose petal-dropping dark dance music, IOWATEST combines what feels like classic pop songwriting with found sounds and turntablism, electronic drum programming, pounding drum and bass-inspired low end mechanics and strikingly sophisticated lyrical allusions and imagery. This alluring combination and the appeal of IOWATEST as a live act has drawn in dance music and indie pop heads alike. With remix work done by some of the brightest electronic music darlings like Hallucination, John B, GENR8 and Orion, IOWATEST is covering all bases from the dancefloor to the darkened bedroom with their signature style of nearly-pop almost-electro.
Comprised of singer/songwriter/turntablist and lo-fi purist Moniker/Stacey Yi and infamous Miami drum and bass DJ/producer Mr. Mendez (EvilBase/BC Presents UK), this duo chuckles at the Eurythmics comparisons and seeks to put forth a catchy collage of everything good about music, creating genuine and heartfelt records that sing the melancholy nostalgia of DJ and club culture with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
--Memo Williams
Booking contact: stacey@circle-management.com
IOWATESTIMONIAL: "IOWATEST is such a rad name. I remember those damn ITBS tests. I always scored really high because I'm a genius and all... and HOLY SHIT your music is so great. I mean seriously. I think I just fell in love. I like how it's NOT whiney, like pretty much everything today."
-- whitney-bot 6000 LX, a genius (IP address not logged)
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Whats up guys? I just wanted to tell you that "Patterns" is that shit and I added it to my page. Very nice work. I have listened to it over and over like 10 times now. We need to get you guys up to do a gig in The ATL. I am going to see about making that happen.
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