Neon Indian

Emerging as a blurry, sample-driven electronic pop outfit with influences ranging from Todd Rundgren to Italo-disco, Alan Palomo aka Neon Indian became one of chillwave's definitive acts in the late 2000s before Palomo took the project in a more polished, danceable direction. With 2009's Psychic Chasms, Neon Indian lived up to the hype generated by the project's early singles, thanks to Palomo's hazy but hooky swirl of disco, electro, dream, and synth pop. By the time of 2015's Vega Intl. Night School, he switched to a palette of funk, new wave, and reggae, but held onto Neon Indian's gift for balancing heady atmospheres with catchy songwriting. As the 2010s came to a close, his work as a producer and soundtrack composer -- not to mention his fascination with Peruvian music -- suggested even more aspects to Palomo's work. Beginning in 2017, Palomo focused on film and soundtrack work, including his own short film "86'd" premiered in 2018 and featured the single "Heaven's Basement." In 2023 Palomo announced that his next album "World of Hassle" would be released under his own name, featuring collaborations with Mac Demarco and L'Imperatrice's Flore Benguigui and inspired by a heavy dose of French Boogie, Italo Disco and City Pop.