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Spearhead of the Italian dark scene renewal, Schonwald, based in 2009 by Alessandra Gismondi and Luca Bandini in Ravenna, knew immediately how to find a just balance between electricity and sensualism, with a lot of deep and hypnotic basslines, synthetic striations and noisy acid guitars, mixing minimal wave drought and post-punk sweatiness.
This first collaboration between the band and Anywave contains two new titles and can be listened as a true 7" summer single : on the A-side, Rays is a cold-pop spiral, coming with a strange video in black and white, shot between a forest and the Adriatic Sea, winking to Antonioni's Deserto Rosso; on the B-side, Lower Lovers goes for a ride between The Normal and the early Cocteau Twins.
Rays video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5RHl9D5MWE
Rays prefigures next Schonwald's album (out in September), we 'll keep you posted about very soon.
Press review :
"Schonwald are invading France at the end of June, with a hypnotic and psychoactive single, Rays, who would easily make The KVB or Soft Moon humble. Expect the walls to shake during all the good DJ sets in Paris this summer" - Villa Schweppes, June 2014
"Rays is an hypnotic post punk / new wave track, the frail vocal line is both haunting and enthralling. The drum machine beat drives the track over a wash of synths and pulsating bass. The sinister tone to the track makes one that you’ll revisit countless times. The minimalist electro deceives the complexity on display, new nuances and beats will surface one each listen." - Alt Dialogue, June 2014
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