The Beat Generation: Lazerbitch

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Lazerbitch are veterans of the Electronica Channel”their single “Twilight” has been rocking the Top 40 for months. This guy-girl duo are based out of Baltimore and they rep their scene HARD. No surprise as the city has always had a vibrant music scene. For those of you who only know the city as the crab cake captial of the world and from The Wire, you’re missing out. The music of the Baltimore club scene, and more recently their indie rock scene, has gone nationwide in the past few years, borne out of warehouses and artists communities. While Lazerbitch’s sound is a bit removed from those scenes, they do their musical city proud.

The duo have been producing music in some capacity since ’99 both under the Lazerbitch moniker and in other projects. Most notably, singer Libby Picken aka Zna.Queene did the vocals for John B.’s “Electrofreek”, a mix of which was featured on Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto Presents mix series. Partner in crime Mad Max is no slouch either, having DJ’d at Coolworld’s Cyberfest and having released a few mixes on his own before starting Lazerbitch. Max is also the instrumental muscle of the group, playing guitar and keytar (!) for their live shows.

The aforementioned “Twilight” is a hot slab of electro-pop. The clean guitars melding with the kick drum makes it sound like an uptempo disco given a modern update. Then the synth really kicks in and the pulse starts percolating and the electro swagger leads right into the hook. Shake your booty. The accompanying video functions as both a love letter to Lazerbitch’s home town and surprise surprise, the video has vampires in it. It’s not at all corny like that other Twilight though… Not sure if Lazerbitch can reverse the current perception of vampires in the media today but at least they’re trying. You can check out the video for “Twilight” below.