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Kaliburg turns back to RF
Softer beats, less robots, more drugs, more skin
Kaliburg, Ananto
April 12, 5148


Party goers celebrate the end of the Republic at Kaliburg's Seal Club

In times of social ferment and decadence, Retro-Futurism tends to make a resurgence, and so, right on schedule, it is clearly time for a third wave of RF to sweep Kalistan's more urbane environments. Centered once more in Kaliburg, RF has been making a comeback in the nightlife and on the radio of Kalistan. Where the first wave tended to focus on technology, robots and space, and the second wave tended to focus on thumping bass, all night orgies and call backs to the past, the new wave of RF has much less bass thumping (but more omnipresent bass that hits softer than your typical club tracks and electronic drums), fewer technological representations among the audience, but more of a reliance on lasers and colored spotlights, a wider variety of drugs used in the clubs, and fewer clothes on the women than previous incarnations.

"Its time to cut loose," said club goer and scene maker Belle Correy. "The old ways are over, new stuff is happening in Kalistan. We're a totally new generation and its time to show up and show out." RF clubs have been opening across the Capital once again, and have been also been spreading to the Mainland, where the first new clubs to open in Sulari, Eshar, and High Bong in years are RF clubs. Along with a new attitude toward the scene among music and drug fans has been a slew of new bands to drop major label debuts. The most successful so far has been the RF band from Kaliburg called Amphetamine, who uses a hybrid band of a synthesizer, sequencer and computer base, along with analog drums and bass guitar to make really thick, sludgy and richly textured RF. The trio of Chris Davies and Nathan Bollero also features Singer Kelsey Moore, from Eveari, who sings in a breathy mezzo soprano, with a three octave range. Their first track "Done with it" has already ascended the charts to reach Number 1 on Radio 1's Hot 100 poll.

Amphetamine performs their Number 1 hit "Done with it" on Radio 1 live last week

"I'm thrilled that we hit number 1," said the demure RF singer Moore, who says she doesn't often go to clubs she is not performing in. "I think the music is electronic enough to appeal to the RF kids, for sure. I mean obviously, but it is also really hard, and I think many of the fans are also rock fans, who are dipping their toes into a new world. Everyone is welcome!" Moore says the band's electic blend of what she refers to as "Alternative RF" makes for a scene that appeals to music fans from around the nation.

Much has been said about the apathy of Kalistanis these days, but when the head of the Institutionalist Party of Kalistan announced last month that the enabling acts that will toll the final bells of the Republic have been passed, tens of thousands of RF fans, or at least people who were RF fans that day, flooded the streets of several major cities across Kalistan to welcome the new Constitution. "We're gonna have an emperor, and that's pretty wild," said one young partier, who was out with her friends. "Who would have ever thought it would come to this? This is wild!" Institutionalist leader Bennots called for public order in Kaliburg and across the country, but young people fueled by drugs and a desire to get freaky ignored her words, and shut down traffic through most of the Capital on Friday. 81-year Thomas Zephyr, an Institutionalist from Vrassa City said "This is scandalous, these kids wandering around out here in just their draws, having sex in the public park, playing their loud music. Man, we have a thing called decency in this nation, even if the city governments are disbanded." Zypher wandered off yelling at a group of kids to turn their music down.

A group of RF women at a week long RF party outside The Imperial Club in Dana, Suldanor

The music of a resurrected RF is once more the sound of the Kalistan and the soundtrack to the Regime transition, at least until the come down, so all party-loving Kalistani's may as well take their clothes off, use drugs, and go dancing. Meanwhile, you can check out Amphetamine's new song, number 1 in the Nation at the moment, called "Done With It", from their morning live performance on Radio 1 right here.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gNLunnuJXo]