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THE VELVET LOVERS - NOCTURNA
After Fires, floods + global pandemics, this writer
finally got her own record out with a fine band of
compadrés. We are The Velvet Lovers.
This record was designed to be listened to like a
cinematic soundtrack + as a complete body of work,
as a painter or other visual artist would produce.
The record has 11 tracks with musical interludes
tying each track together creating a musical narrative.
“We wanted to make a record that was like when we
were kids … An LP. Where you put it on + just listened
from start to finish + pawed over every part of the lyrics
+ photos + immersed yourself in a world for a time…”
The album was recorded over different sessions
between an old farmhouse in Wildes Meadow on
the south coast of NSW in Australia + Legendary Sun
Studios in Memphis USA.
It was pressed to vinyl at Jack White’s Third Man
Pressing in Detroit USA.
It was an honour + a privilege to be able to record at
SUN, to capture the essence of the room + the energy
that it provoked from all the legendary musicians
that had recorded there before us … We got to record
vocals on one of Elvis’ 1940’s ribbon mics he had
used to record in there.
Personally, it doesnt get better than that, I can die
happy now!
AND....
The music has been described as ...
“Dark tremolo with post punk gothic influences
in cinematic soundscapes …”
“It’s like and I mean this in a fabulous way, David
Lynch had a baby with Nick Cave who had a
baby with Patti Smith who had a baby with Elvira
who had a baby with Liza Minnelli” …
Ben Pierpoint (Head A+R Wise Music Aus/NZ)
We wanted to make some music you’d find in
the back of a scene in a Lynchian film where
some band plays in a music box while some
creature from a parallel dimension does a
dance in tapshoes … You can find opening track
Hypnotized on The Twin Peaks Night Times At
The Roadhouse playlist.
The vinyl comes with a handmade art songbook,
made during lockdown. Laid out old stylee +
placed with a blade + glue + a photo printer,
with edits + illustrations done in fine liners. It
was a sheer joy to make + in the strangest of
times. Being able to get lost in this space out of
time just creating was an absolute pleasure + an
artist’s pure freedom.
Nocturna invites you to come dream in that
place for a little while … x
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