Quasitropic Dexadreams

(Business Deal)

Like a hot mix tape, Quasitropic Dexadreams encapsulates the nascent buzz of a creative autonomous zone just outside of radar range. All 22 tracks coalesce around variations on retro-electropop or minimalist new wave decadence. The Zom Zoms’ “Race of Zom Zoms” stands out on the basis of unhinged aural hyperactivity, while Associated Microscopes’ sharp-turning, sax-driven instrumentals update the Plugz’s East L.A. sound in a manner begging for a Repo Man remake.

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This article appears in November 4 • 2005.

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Greg Beets was born in Lubbock on the day Richard Nixon was elected president. He has covered music for the Chronicle since 1992, writing about everyone from Roky Erickson to Yanni. Beets has also written for Billboard,Uncut, Blurt, Elmore, and Pop Culture Press. Before his digestive tract cried uncle, he co-published Hey! Hey! Buffet!, an award-winning fanzine about all-you-can-eat buffets.