Electronic
Rayhan’s “Perfect Days (stoned)” captures the beautiful mess of isolation
On his latest single, “Perfect Days (stoned),” Rayhan brings us into a lazy haze of self-reflection, solitude, and the leftfield edge of rebellion, one of those tracks that clocks you right in the heart as you stare out your apartment window at 3 in the morning. “Perfect Days (stoned)” sounds like a love letter to the art of existence. Inspired by Wim Wenders’ film Perfect Days, Rayhan delivers a downright alt-rock track here, acknowledging the peace of being alone and the ache that still crushes right beside it.
The track, which is produced by Wolfgang Pander, combines grunge guitars and a punk edge with a hard-hitting rap verse for a genre-defying cocktail that defies definition. The production maintains a raw elegance, distorted but never unwieldy and weighty, leaving enough space for Rayhan’s voice to pierce through without hesitation. Rayhan is at his most exposed, lyrically speaking, “I get the most, faded alone / Nobody knows but me / What’s left of my heart / When I gave it all / Down to its upholstery…” These aren’t just words about long nights in Toronto or ruined relationships, they’re a universal sentiment about trying to find peace in the midst of chaos.
The bittersweet liberation of wasting time, the surrender to a moment so saturated with feeling that everything feels both weightless and impossibly heavy, It’s all here, in his hook, “Let’s go get stoned … that’s a perfect day.” Rayhan doesn’t avoid the sadness but doesn’t allow it to overwhelm the track. Instead, on “Perfect Days (stoned),” he revels in the liberation of being rather than doing stoned, cheesy, alive. It’s a purifying song for anyone who has, at some point, felt both lost and perfectly at peace with it.
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MORPHEUS VON DOBENHAUSEN lets go of the chaos, dancing steady soft and slow in latest release “GOODBYE CHAOS”
MORPHEUS VON DOBENHAUS’s new song, “Goodbye Chaos,” is a calm end to a lot of chaos. From the first beat, you can tell that this is a message. Now there is a beat instead of noise. This groove is relaxing and welcoming, like stepping into a rhythm that has been waiting for you. No more spinning in the storm, just letting go and getting into the rhythm.
The piece goes from calm to lively without stopping. The way each beat is put together makes the listener feel at home and also moves them forward. Things have gotten better, there is no more noise. MORPHEUS has created a track in which the storm stops and the sounds are almost calm. The groove is good, the rhythm is right, and the beats sound like a heartbeat of peace after a lot of noise.
People who listen will feel like they are in a place that is both small and big. “Goodbye Chaos” doesn’t just want your attention, it needs it. The beat makes you feel like you belong, and you want to stay that way even after the song is over. You can find peace in the middle of chaos where every beat feels like home, this is the rhythm listeners would want to know. The change is here goodbye chaos.
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pixelgrinder powers up a dark and fully charged new release titled “Nocturnal”
Manchester, NH-based electronic-rock artist pixelgrinder steps boldly into the dark with debut release “Nocturnal.” It’s an amped-up set that trims both mood and muscle. As a creator of music made with cochlear implants, pixelgrinder has always found ways to defy listeners’ expectations creatively, by crafting all-encompassing soundscapes that are equal parts cinematic, mechanical, and deeply human.
“Nocturnal” ventures deeper into rock-based space than the artist’s debut album without straying from the dark electronic pulse that makes up pixelgrinder’s persona. Industrial textures scrape against great guitar lines, with driving rhythms injecting an alt-rock urgency that lends the project a solid late-night energy. The effect is less that of a gradual slipping into darkness than that of movement through it, unbending, concentrated and thrilling.
What makes “Nocturnal” interesting is how transitional it feels. This release serves as a stepping stone of sorts, linking past experiments in digital emotion whatever’s next. Hints of influence seem to come from darkwave and industrial rock, edging towards the more aggressive electronic body music on offer here, with its intensified percussion and broadened vocal arrangements that White Mask promises to deliver. On “Nocturnal,” pixelgrinder crystallizes a vision, and it’s a dark statement that hints at evolution, ambition, and an unquiet creativity that refuses to go into standby mode.
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