It’s been a minute since I shared some Sonic Tendencies, but there are two projects that I’ve had on loop for the last few days. First up, and that which is already released, is French artist Prequell’s track from his album of awe inspiring cinematic compositions The Future Comes Before (which, let’s be real, as a concept is right up my street). Composer Thomas Roussel is joined by Cruel Youth aka Teddy Sinclair on Part VII with her most haunting vocal delivery to date – it could 100% be a future James Bond theme and it’s so lush to hear Teddy’s vocals produced and brought to life in this way.
Secondly, I had the privilege of listening to another collaborative project in full before it is released this Friday. It is another cinematic masterpiece from DIGITAL 21 and Placebo’s Stefan Olsdal. My introduction to the project was the instrumental of Toi et Moi which you can experience below – it’s a feast of almost jarring electronica juxtaposed with emotional cinematic strings that really tap into the most profound emotions you can imagine. The album itself includes collaborations with singers Cuushe (Japan), Margrét Rán from Vök (Iceland), Helen Feng from Nova Heart (China) and Julienne from Saschienne (France / Germany). My personal favourite is Margrét Rán from Vök on the track Spaces and also the vocal version of Toi et Moi. In a time where music has taken a turn towards less constructed identities, this record made me really happy to experience something so cohesive and art driven – even the paintings pictured here for the artwork are created by the collaborative duo themselves. Thank you Miguel and Stefan! You can enjoy the album in full now. Click here for a link.