Noire by Noah - flau [FLAU95] FLAC download included with physical items
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Noire

Noah

A 9 track synth pop album (31m 55s) — released August 26th 2022 on flau

#pop #synth-pop

Nights can be ordinary, quiet. Most nights are. But, for some, nights also provide much needed alone time, space to relax and escape from the world. They can become the backdrop to grand stories made in one's mind, imagined romances and introspective wanderings that make the time after dark the most magical.

It's this sense of nocturnal freedom that weaves its way through Noah's latest release, Noire. Noah's work is characterised by her soft vocals and intricate, fantastic-exotic soundscapes. With Noire we're invited to dig through the archives of some of her most personal tracks yet, and a process of creation that helped shape the artist herself.

This never-before-heard work from Noah is the sound of an artist finding themselves, a maturation. The minimalist tracks—a cocktail of late-night jazz meets Portishead—feature gorgeous space for Noah's crooning vocals to breathe among sprinklings of sampled piano, flute and saxophone. From the emotive line, "The things I've left behind…" on 'Shadow', to the sleepy, far-off sounds of opener 'Twirling', the album showcases a lightness and a sensitivity to self: the joy of night twinned with the inevitable introspection that comes with staying up while the world sleeps.

Noah began work on Noire following the successful release of her debut album, Sivutie, toiling away on these nine tracks between 2015 and 2020—work from the past that has gone on to inform her current style, notably her 2021 Étoile EP. Though resonating more with her past self than her present, it's only now that, fittingly, Noah has been able to put this night-born piece of art to bed.

A Japanese purveyor of heart-stopping, hauntingly dreamy electronic R&B…like some fantasy extrapolation of the new greats of avant-R&B: SZA + Kelela x Jhené Aiko cubed - The Guardian

Noah’s music sounds like the soundtrack to a dream - NYLON

Noah lays minimal classical piano with pattering beats and wispy, sure vocals – a beautiful spare song with a longing pull; one for warm hearths and hearts - Dazed and Confused

softly glowing, neon-hued synthesis of vaporwave and Japanese city pop - Gorilla vs Bear

faded neon homage to Tokyo - Boiler Room 4:3

an unhurried dreamlike grace…The blend is magical - Under The Rader

encapsulating its kinetic energy with synth-streaked, lo-fi electronics and hazy late-night vocals - The Line Of Best Fit

mystical ’80s pop minimalism meets glitzy vaporwave - Bandcamp

Beautifully embodying a smoke-like vapour, Noah weaves emotive vibes from the ether - Monolith Cocktail

really pretty - Yaeji

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