Tag: Haruki Murakami

“Martial Meditations” by narducci is a Cinematic Soundscape of Sultry, Late Night Jazz Lounge Moods

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Somehow narducci has used what sounds like a rainstick, some sultry late night jazz saxophone processed for maximum foggy moodiness and minimal synth drones with spoken word in Japanese interspersed with non-verbal soulful vocals to craft a different kind of cinematic song. It has a duskiness that sounds like something that one might expect to hear in the opening sequences of an animated version of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. It works as a song in itself with an arc of emotional resolve from reverie to acceptance but something about its arrangement suggests strongly as a companion to a visual narrative in which each complements and enriches the effectiveness of both. Maybe at some point narducci will find a way to make “Martial Meditations” into a short film or get it expertly placed onto a soundtrack but for now you can listen to the song on YouTube and follow narducci at the links provided.

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Warning Light’s “Eveningside Decks” is Like the Soundtrack to a Retrofuturist Noir

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“Eveningside Decks” opens Warning Light’s latest album Inner Spaces with a an air of mystery and trepidation. Imagine walking home alone in the twilight and you take a trip down an unfamiliar street with houses of unusual shapes with doorways opening directly onto the sidewalk and you see one open with a flickering light illuminating a darkened alcove because it’s near the end of fall. Your curiosity gets the better of you and you look inside and find an empty living room with no windows and a television screen tuned to, unusual these days, to the static of a channel off broadcast. Then a figure comes on the screen and welcomes you to sit and you do and you are invited by this stranger to help with a mission of great importance and great reward if you so choose to come on board for what promises to be the adventure of a lifetime but one that has to remain hush hush. The distorted synth drones and hovering tones set to a meditative, accented beat suggests the air of futuristic film noir with the vibe of Tangerine Dream’s 1980’s soundtracks, like music for a film inspired both by Murakami and Ridley Scott. Listen to “Eveningside Decks” on Soundcloud and give a listen to the rest of Inner Spaces on Bandcamp.