Together with his nostalgic digital lo-fi funk sound, NYC artist Nick Vivid is about to launch his newest album, ‘Unstable’, on the twenty fourth of October this 12 months, by way of MegaPlatinum Information. Forward of this he’s dropped new single, ‘Volunteer’, and it’s each bit as groovy as you may think.
With ‘Volunteer’, Nick Vivid might simply as simply have stepped out of the heady days of the 70s together with his funky instrumental rhythms and Bee Gees-esque vocals. It’s actually not disco, if that’s what you’re pondering although. The beat swaggers alongside because the muted sounds of the organ and the thrumming rhythms of the drum, gloriously supporting Vivid’s helium voice that just about transcends actuality with its falsetto.
Take heed to the lyrics nevertheless, and you might be taken on a journey into Vivid’s thoughts, the place he’s mulling over the very fact of being taken with no consideration, for his generosity being taken benefit of. It’s a bittersweet story that brings the monitor out of the previous and locations it firmly within the right here and now.
Nick Vivid takes a fully-DIY strategy to his music, crafting most of his recording gear himself, together with do-it-yourself guitar pedals and synth filters, in addition to customized pre-amps, which he modelled after Giorgio Moroder’s Helios console. Moreover, he’s blended it solely to tape, which most actually provides to the 70s flavour.
Take heed to ‘Volunteer’ under, and discover out extra about Nick Vivid and his music on-line on Instagram, Fb, Twitter, and his official web site.
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