Trickpony (Live)
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Musically speaking, Katie Campbell and Michael Gunson exist at opposite ends of the Australian underground. As Roza Terenzi, Campbell's bass heavy yet zippy sound has had a strong role in encouraging the trance revival. Gunson releases music as Mike Midnight and has mastered a strain of chic, glacial downtempo. The pair have teamed up with Helsinki-based designer and singer Maria Korkeila (AKA emkay) for the EP Pillow Talk under the name trickpony. Although it's put out by Campbell's Step Ball Chain label, which is best known for bouncy prog house—Pillow Talk presents a candlelit take on trip-hop. Endearingly nostalgic, the EP harkens to the jazzy, late '90s heyday of St Germain and Sneaker Pimps.