
Shades of Light
Nadsat, in his former life called Flashboy, is hailing from the French retrofuture. Emerald & Doreen is proud to present his first EP. He says: “This is a concept EP. For me this is an enormous flash seem in ultra slow motion, totally bright, very atmospheric, like the soundtrack of a dream. It is a homage to my influences Gorecki, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Kraftwerk and Talk Talk.” And we love it! The EP starts with a totally ethereal overture, the "Intro (Centaurus)". The sound of a sunrise, while the light energy is transferred into an enormous, supersonic wall of sound. Breathtaking, and clearly influenced by soundtracks and shoegaze, because we all now, space is only noise. What follows is "Shades of Light", the vocal track of the EP, a tribute to early 80's pop and synth wave, a wonderful song, accompanied by arpeggiators, melodic synths and a fragile, tender, melancholic female voice. "Stars" is a hypnotic instrumental, a beautiful...