Dawn People

Recalling the intrepid, sample-driven pop made by artists such as Beck and Cornelius during the '90s, the music produced by New York-based duo Dawn People is a thick, hazy collage of funky breakbeats, grainy tape loops, and live instrumentation. The project was founded in 2016 by Nick Forté and Peter Negroponte, both of whom are veterans of several experimental, electronic, and indie music scenes. Dawn People's debut full-length, The Star Is Your Future, was recorded by Forté and Negroponte along with engineer Josh Druckman and mixer Abe Seiferth, and DFA released it in November of 2017. ~ Paul Simpson