Alaska in Winter is an American electronic band consisting of front man Brandon Bethancourt, who dropped out of art school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bethancourt later went back to New Mexico and enlisted the help of fellow musicians, Zach Condon (Beirut), Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw), Hari Ziznewski (Rap), Stefanie Lamm, Rosina Roibal, Hilary Bethancourt and Naila Dixon to help with his later musical compositions. The band has garnered some of its fame due to Zach Condon's appearance on their debut album, Dance Party in the Balkans. The second album was recorded in Berlin, where Bethancourt has relocated to, the Electronic heritage of the city has had an effect on the sound of this long player and traditional elements merge with new techniques from vocoders and laptop beats. Bethancourt utilised limited resources such as Ghetto Blaster which feeds into the sound of the album. It makes for an interesting listen, it takes the listener on a journey of discovery, it is an album which challenges but never bores you.

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