Nightrax: Nightrax EP
DL/ Cassette
Launched Friday 4th November 2022
Andy Brown immerses himself within the debut EP by atmospheric digital pop mission Nightrax. He shares his ideas for Louder Than Conflict.
Because the title would recommend, that is the sort of music that’s greatest loved beneath the duvet of the night time. Following on from the drone soundscapes he created as TEN, Dom Deane now makes ambient but brooding digital pop as Nightrax. The proper soundtrack for that late-night stroll house, illuminated by the lonely glare of streetlights. It’s this sort of scene that we hear described by Berlin-based musician Jana Sotzko on the opening observe, Contact The Void. Effortlessly cool vocals mix seamlessly with Deane’s minimalist electro-pop stylings and an immersive, nocturnal tone is about for the EP. The ambiance surrounding Brexit offered the catalyst for the tune (no point out of flexible bananas or blue passports although). Abruptly, that foreboding undercurrent makes excellent sense.
Brilliantly delivered by Australian vocalist Hedy Blaazer, Bored has a low-key urgency that sends a shiver of pleasure up my backbone. Effervescent synths, a easy but driving beat and a darkish, heart-racing tone that has me questioning what The Treatment would sound like in the event that they grew to become an electro-pop outfit. The lyrics are literally primarily based on No One Is Bored, All the things Is Boring, a paper written by the media theorist Mark Fisher (1968-2014). Deane offered Blaazer with the subject and she or he went on to create the itchy, stressed and extremely relatable lyrics. This type of boredom is laced with an all too acquainted twenty first Century anxiousness. Simply hold scrolling, of us.
Casio Industrial is a sparse instrumental that pulls us deeper in with a lullaby of melancholic synths and lonesome drum machines. Casiotone for the painfully alone, you would possibly say. There’s an artwork to creating an interesting EP and the 5 items right here actually do work moderately fantastically when performed collectively. Followers of the much-missed Broadcast will definitely discover loads to like about Nightrax. Sung by Sotzko, the frosty dreamscape of Hint was impressed by the sci-fi novel Beneath The Pores and skin by Michel Faber (later tailored into a really highly effective and distinctive movie). A haunting and evocative observe that whisks the listener away to someplace deep inside their very own unconscious.
The EP involves an in depth with the otherworldly electro-pop of Ghosts Of Our Lives. The observe attracts inspiration from Ian Curtis of Pleasure Division and the ebook Ghosts of My Life: Writings On Despair, Hauntology And Misplaced Futures by Mark Fisher. As these influences would recommend, it’s a darkish and atmospheric piece. I’m positive Berlin-era Bowie and Iggy Pop would approve. The melancholic electro-pop blends fantastically with the immaculately icy vocals of Berlin’s indie/ DIY Queen, Kitty Solaris. One remaining journey into this dimly lit, atmospheric and endlessly compelling world.
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You will discover Nightrax on Bandcamp, Instagram and Twitter.
Discover Jana Sotzko on Bandcamp: Level No Level and Halfsilks.
Hearken to a observe by Hedy Blaazer on YouTube right here.
Hint initially appeared on a PPE fundraiser album on Bandcamp right here.
Discover Kitty Solaris on her web site right here.
All phrases by Andy Brown. You’ll be able to go to his writer profile and browse extra of his critiques for Louder Than Conflict right here.
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