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Tara Baswani & Nico Rosenberg – 2026: Agonisingly Ethereal Neo Classical Dreamwave

Posted on 19 May 2018

Tara Baswani & Nico Rosenberg released their latest single ‘2026’ on April 23rd, 2018. There was just one thing that didn’t make sense about the track, how such an ethereally compelling soundscape can go unnoticed. It’s not that I haven’t already lost faith in the music buying population but while I was listening to 2026 the gravity of the disparity truly hit me.

With a more haunting mix than Massive Attack could have ever orchestrated, the soundscapes meander through swathes of transcendental sound, uplifting you with every bow of the violin in this truly conceptual composition. Whilst 2026 could be labelled as Neo Classical Dreamwave Shoegaze there are no words that could avidly depict the lucid synergy that the two artists created through sultry echoed vocals and synthy electronica. The resonance of the sound is enough to turn your stomach into lead, whilst it is not uncommon with violin strings to have that effect on me, I’ve never drank in the wavering so deeply as I did when listening to 2026.

You can check out Tara Baswani & Nico Rosenberg’s track 2026 for yourselves YouTube now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast.

A&R Factory Present: Zone Out

Posted on 27 April 2016

Melbourne two-piece Zone Out have emerged with a second taste of their forthcoming LP ‘Transience’.

New single ‘Breakdown’ employs much the same approach that saw their debut release ‘Inside’ so well received (and already rubbing shoulders on-stage with the likes of Homeshake, Sonny & the Sunsets and Lost Animal, despite their relatively recent conception).

Masterfully blending elements of new-wave, dream-pop and electronica, ‘Breakdown’ basks in it’s own rich, broody soundscape, bringing to mind ‘80s synth-pop syndicate Berlin.

Originally forming in 2012, the Melbourne-based ex-shoegazers dispersed in 2014 following a string of critically acclaimed independent releases.

2015 has seen one-half of the band’s original lineup in Ashley Bundang (Totally Mild, Sui Zhen, Ciggie Witch) and Dove Bailey (Scotdrakula) re-assemble with a new direction, though very much the same manifesto.

Despite boasting a brighter, more pop-inflected sound, Zone Out are no less fittingly titled. The new-look outfit released their debut 7” single ‘Inside’ late last year, chanelling ʻdream-popʼ at its slow-burning best – fragile in nature, yet full-bodied in sound. Each strum of the guitar and croon of the voice simply drips with reverb and bursts with charm.

Bundang’s lilting vocals paired with Bailey’s jangly guitar-interplay on ‘So Bright’ recall Teen Dream era Beach House , whilst a syncopated beat and swirling synth pad draw stronger comparisons to their more electronica-influenced neighbours, Yumi Zouma .