Pick a spot between Timbaland and Elvis Costello. You'll find Neiliyo flipping his cursor through sonic beats and a Telecaster funk phenomena at 136.57 BPM. He's also a one-man army — toting just an iPhone and 'Tele to shake the subwoofers to the fullest threshold. Stay on top of things with Neiliyo...your girl/boy may thank you for it.
"'Low-fi' does not quite fit because it has such Beat Happening connotations.... has anyone on the Internet coined a phrase for dudes who just use a MacBook and a Telecaster to construct heartwarmingly simple dance songs? Mac-Fi? After this post, I am contacting the copyright department to trademark it. Part Of Montreal, part Gene Defcon, the music teeters on the verge of novelty but is resiliently earnest and above all- fun. Is that not what we are all looking for in our music?" --PartyEnds.com
"Armed with little more than a laptop, a Telecaster, and a pair of sunglasses (and often leaving behind other things, like his pants), Austin’s Neiliyo is one of several artists making good use of the 21st-century democratization of music—which is to say he steals cheesy shit from Technotronic and Nu Shooz, rips it apart, and starts again with a barrage of arpeggiated synths, 808 beats, dance-punk guitar, and half-joking come-ons. When he’s not playing digital pirate—as on his new mixtape Copywriting 101—he’s cranking out electro-funk rave-ups that split the difference between LCD Soundsystem (before he got all serious) and Har Mar Superstar (before he got all famous). --Decider
"...Neiliyo’s music is found somewhere in a funk-meets-hip-hop-meets-dance cloud where humor and mischief dance gleefully." --Austinist
"Whether it was at the Knuckle Rumbler 2000 ‘n’ Shine New Year’s Eve Party with Zeale or your apartment shower, he guarantees a good time like all those numbers on the bathroom stalls…combined. Yes, he dances around on the floors, feet in the air and even in his sailboat boxers, but there’s more to his shows than fancy foot-work or raybans..." --switchburn.com
"Computer synthesized tunes don’t hold back the anti-Ritalin effects of..."yacht rock meets coked out Mick Jagger"...electro/funk MC Neiliyo. --do512.com
"Why is it fun? He takes himself with a grain of salt, he mocks facebook’s role in dating, needing a ride home, and drops a mean obscure Frank Zappa reference all while bouncing up and down and smiling." --breagrant.com
neiliyo!!!! i love neiliyo!!!! more neiliyo! holy shit dude. you're a fucking brilliant artist. im not being sarcastic. you are the shit. i really want us to book some shows soon. we'd love to hit up austin! btw sorry i never replied back to your email sir. i was busy all lolla weekend and my phone reception sucked. plus i had no internet. pm your # neil. cheers...
Thibault's new band, Auto Body, is aliiiiiiiiive!!!!
Conceived in and birthed from Austin's steamy underground houses of Rock, Auto Body is live Electro Fusion. Fueled by their shared bloodlust for sonic divinity, and armed with a war chest of synthesizers, samplers, rattlesnakes, and a bass guitar, Tibaut Bowman (DJ Thibault) and Felix Moreno (Future Rock), crusade the universe in search of the electronic Holy Grail.
Head out to barcelona this thursday! Dubbel Dutch and the Wildlife crew bring you...
DJ Kingdom
(NYC / Night Slugs / Club Vortex)
expect Bassline. Juke. garage. UK funky vibes. Dubstep. and a bunch of other shit you ain't ever heardd b4. yess, i said it, NEW SHIT and JAMS ALL NIGHT. and it's fr33.99... so no excuses this time!!!
.. yes, the wolves that shoot lazers out of their mouths will be out in full effect.
So I was listening to the radio this wknd and a song came on..I thought to my self "hey this sounds like Neiliyo. He should soo do a song like this." Then they said "and that was Neiliyo". Just thought Id share that neat moment :) Congrats on all your success! You should just stay in Austin. Screw Cali.
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