“Third Culture Kings are a product of fusion. A duo - Jan Johansen (Glorybox) and Alap Momin (dälek) - they sluice together everything from Velvet Underground to King Tubby, early 80s synth work to Indian classical music.”

“Manifesta-se complicado conseguir classificar o género musical em que os Third Culture Kings se querem incluir, mas isso não é o mais importante. Antes pelo contrário: parece que é precisamente nessa ambiguidade que os 3CK pretendem permanecer, misturando sons, vontades e experiências diferentes – tanto de vida como musicais –, e pô-los em sintonia.”

“Momin uses the term “wrong” to describe his productions, which heavily feature the iPhone voice memo and other “bad equipment” in an attempt to cure his boredom with the pristine-sounding technologies available to anyone looking to record these days. “Everything is so clean and perfect now,” he says, so 3CK makes music that celebrates the “sloppy and muddy and hissy” instead.”

“Third Culture Kings is the new project led by Jan Johansen (Glorybox) and Alap Momin (dälek), which looks to add a modern interpretation of acts such as The Velvet Underground or Leonard Cohen “as if they had been mixed by King Tubby and Afrika Bambaataa.””

“These new skool tracks became a huge part of the foundation of my new sound I call Womb Music/Dubbed, Drugged, & Ghosted. Although Third Culture Kings is more of a pop/song driven project, I wouldn’t have been able to make the record without these new influences I’ve been obsessed with for the past decade.”

“The mix of the woozy and the forward moving is hypnotic and makes this album very more-ish. No matter what your current blood chemistry, this will make you feel as stoned as a bag of green without the side-effects.”

“Third Culture Kings consider themselves, in the broadest sense, to be pop. ‘Flamingo’ opens with gently plucked guitar and hazy vocals that wouldn’t sound amiss on a Frank Ocean cut. Gradually more layers build up, and the track finds a solid groove; UK house and doo-wop finding their way into the mix as it progresses.”

“Por un lado, tenemos la producción del álbum donde el mayor porcentaje tiene una extraña consistencia de oscuras bases techno con beats alternativos y del otro, el raro juego vocal entre post-punk e indie rock que hace Jan.”

“The video is set on “Isla de las muñecas”, Island of the Dolls, located just south of Mexico City, between the canals of Xochimico – a peculiar and macabre small island choked full of old dusty dolls hanging in trees and on walls.”

“Pretty much free of electronics, this mix relies on dirty blues guitars, howling singers and literal foot stomping for its pulsing rhythms.”

“... gear is there to help you execute. All the gear in the world won’t help you come up with original concepts. And honestly, it feels like the less gear people have, the more original they sound.”

“L’eclettico ma coeso gruppo di canzoni nei loro spettacoli dal vivo si completa di dettagli sonori che vanno dallo shoegaze al R&B commerciale.””

“The eponymous opener is a strong start, with outrageously catchy percussion and sampled leads — the mash of angular voices at the very front of the track remain one of the album’s most memorable features even after repeated listens.”

“The way Momin sculpts emotion from such surreal textures is both disarming and infectious. I never thought club music could be so beautiful...”

“This is that mixtape for the discerning dance music listener who is looking for some new creative arrangements to get the evening regiments & routines rolling in motion.”

“I’ve only listened to a couple of tunes from BKGD AUDIO.
Sold so far! (Rating: 5/5)”

“BKGD Audio is my attempt at being heavy and empowering people who actually need it. I can’t think of anyone who has been and is still being persecuted and attacked as much as women, gay people, and black people. If I can come up with rhythms and vibes that make people forget about their persecution for a minute then I’ve succeeded. Heavy escapism, I guess.”