London electronic pop duo flies + flies was inspired by their residency at the No One’s Watching club night that featured a visual backdrop of found CCTV footage from around the world in producing the collection Blue Movies. One of the three original tracks on the album “Colour Blue” tells the story of an unrequited desire in processed falsetto vocals, warping and wefting tones, impressionistic guitar riffs, a flowing-pulsing bass line, meditative percussion and haunts of synth flourish. Along with the music video awash in sapphire light the song is somehow both chilling and soothing. There is a hint of dark menace like a glimpse into the side of someone’s mind they normally keep under wraps until the moment they can take the time to indulge every angle of a Dionysian impose in the imagination and take a tincture of those forbidden thoughts and put it into creative work of undeniable resonance. While musically different this song and video should have an appeal for fans of mid-late-90s Aphex Twin, The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers. Its sound is more rooted in more modern production and aesthetics but that ability to tap into the rich, mysterious, shadowy places of the unconscious mind is present in this music too. Watch the video for “Colour Blue” on YouTube.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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