Downstairs People Underground Pop

Conceived in the literal underground of the INDEX:Records basement studio in Berlin, the enigmatic, new-coming “pop” group Downstairs People, is an unlikely collaborative project to be birthed from 2020 – the year of isolation. ‘Underground Pop’ is a collection of aural serotonin hits that touch the feel good receptors, genre hopping between synth-pop, house and neo-RnB. 

The group is conducted and glued together by INDEX:Record's own, Jorge Camacho, the maestro behind his alias, vase. Camacho brings together a gauntlet of Berlin-based artists and INDEX: affiliates, dishing out something fresh after countless late night sessions, only to curate a serendipitously coherent record of left-field pop hits, that arrive just in time for summer.

‘Underground Pop’ by Downstairs People is out 16 April 2021 via single disk 12” LP vinyl, with full album artwork outer-sleeve and black inner-sleeve. A run of 250 copies are distributed worldwide by Rubadub and available to purchase on INDEX:Records' Bandcamp (where a limited amount are offered with a rare edition Downstairs People Zine, designed by Amos Turner).

All songs written and recorded at INDEX:Studios between June to October 2020.

Mastered by:

Ike Zwanikken

Artwork by:

Amos Turner

Music writing, instrumentation, mixing and recording by:

Amos Turner, Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir, Aron Ingi Albertsson, Elvin Jay Alfaro, Hannah-Lee Turner, Jonas Karsten, Jorge Camacho, Jón Rafn Hjálmarsson, Lawrence Goodwin, Nathaniel Helmerick, Otto Kuhnle, Pétur Karl, Shy Ko, and Yayoek Elin.

Tracklist:

1. Some Music 
2. On The Phone 
3. 2 Bedroom
4. Gateway 
5. Live
6. Slow It 
7. Baby 
8. Simulation 
9. Tell Me Your Name 
10. The Path