This ten-track album is an explicit emotive journey into the depths of love lost, heartache, and tangled introspection. An eclectic musical voyage, RiteOnRed imagines a world of musical noir, infatuation, and unrequited desire through its rhythmic posturing, sensual sonic coloring, and languishing lieder. Preluding with the synthetic tapestry of “Desolate Diligence”, this tone poem envelops a sense of introversion and absence, as it adds layers of harmonic texture. Evolving rhythmic arpeggios of percussive, this song establishes the tone of this long play, cultivating a musical mantra of abandoned endearment. Ascending from the depths of solitude, “Prélude à L’après-midi D’une Penseée” arrives as a metric pace setting gesture, invoking a broken beat, futuristic rhythm & blues journey. Breaching a visceral sentiment of sustaining sub-bass, this Prélude catches its breath momentarily to switch harmonic gears before recapitulating its initial affirmations. Pushing up the metric motion into 80s electric funk territory, “Retour Vers Le Futur” incorporates layers of Minneapolis Sound percussive polyphony as the bed, contrasting the sultry electric piano harmonic patterns. Invoking a sense of longing and passion, the future
returns as the musical breaks pause to establish a atmosphere of uptempo blues, cast against a distinctive groove of dynamic boogie. Embarking onto new compositional territory, “Her Noble Spirit” recreates a mid-90s Bristol, UK-styled Drum & Bass aesthetic, summoning the spirits of Roni Size and Reprazent. From a contrasting deluge of drum patterns of syncopation, a disjointed FM bassline emerges, giving way to a spoken word sermon about the nobleness of the human spirit. An insightful narrative reminder that self-determination, optimism, and intention are virtuous daily exercises in mindfulness, humility, and benevolence. Diminishing the meter and atmosphere down to a cadence of love tempo, “The Vanity Of Virtue”, evokes an ever-growing ardent infatuation within a new love interest. A playful teasing of a backbeat cycling in and out, this lustful melodic voyage continues to push and pull it’s innuendo, accelerating to intervallic climax. A sensual sedative, this twisted take on Acid Jazz, “A Cajual Prescription” takes an off-kilter rhythmic idea and Jazz drum loops to the next level, transforming them into a polyphonic spree of soulful shimmering synthesis. The fleeting nature of momentary bliss never remains ecstatic for very long as “Symphonique Fantastique” succumbs to a submersive state of musical melancholy. Combining a pensive groove—reminiscent of Lipps Inc. and 80s Danceteria—evolving pads and sequential strings keep the trite delicateness intact, as this mid-tempo number symmetrically dismantles its structure, inversely, to the same fashion from which it materialized. Eschewing even more boogie vibes, “La Puerta Para Siempre” takes its percussion programming inspiration straight out of Beat Street. An orchestration of filtering chords and a syncopated bassline meets an intersection of synth lead arrangements this up-rock groove keeps the forward harmony in motion, paying homage to the great Teddy Pendergrass, as it closes the door with motif fragmentation and variation. Unrelenting in its dismay of heartache, “The Rite Of Maple Leaves”, orchestrates an amalgamation of acoustic pianos, synth pads, and spatial design, alongside soaring Oberheim leads sitting atop a bassline so sanctified, it prays for forgiveness. As the once-sweetness of maple leaves devolve into a bittersweet aftertaste, this musical musing of resentment transfigures into a lyrical orchestral string arrangement, subtly decaying its once shimmering decadence. The cavernous high-brass penetrate this sonic tapestry, their presence ever-resounding, dissipating into a fanfare of forfeiture, the trumpets eventually conclude this concession. An emotional sonic return to Da Capo from which RiteOnRed began, “Nocturne de L'amour Rouge” conjures up a sentimental state of torment. As the romantic exhilaration of new love has faded and passion furloughed, only the distant memories remain, as a harsh reminder of the impossibility of probability. Distant sustained strings and piano fugues converge, framing this false illusion of love, into a constant lament of anguish and cadencing consequence.
returns as the musical breaks pause to establish a atmosphere of uptempo blues, cast against a distinctive groove of dynamic boogie. Embarking onto new compositional territory, “Her Noble Spirit” recreates a mid-90s Bristol, UK-styled Drum & Bass aesthetic, summoning the spirits of Roni Size and Reprazent. From a contrasting deluge of drum patterns of syncopation, a disjointed FM bassline emerges, giving way to a spoken word sermon about the nobleness of the human spirit. An insightful narrative reminder that self-determination, optimism, and intention are virtuous daily exercises in mindfulness, humility, and benevolence. Diminishing the meter and atmosphere down to a cadence of love tempo, “The Vanity Of Virtue”, evokes an ever-growing ardent infatuation within a new love interest. A playful teasing of a backbeat cycling in and out, this lustful melodic voyage continues to push and pull it’s innuendo, accelerating to intervallic climax. A sensual sedative, this twisted take on Acid Jazz, “A Cajual Prescription” takes an off-kilter rhythmic idea and Jazz drum loops to the next level, transforming them into a polyphonic spree of soulful shimmering synthesis. The fleeting nature of momentary bliss never remains ecstatic for very long as “Symphonique Fantastique” succumbs to a submersive state of musical melancholy. Combining a pensive groove—reminiscent of Lipps Inc. and 80s Danceteria—evolving pads and sequential strings keep the trite delicateness intact, as this mid-tempo number symmetrically dismantles its structure, inversely, to the same fashion from which it materialized. Eschewing even more boogie vibes, “La Puerta Para Siempre” takes its percussion programming inspiration straight out of Beat Street. An orchestration of filtering chords and a syncopated bassline meets an intersection of synth lead arrangements this up-rock groove keeps the forward harmony in motion, paying homage to the great Teddy Pendergrass, as it closes the door with motif fragmentation and variation. Unrelenting in its dismay of heartache, “The Rite Of Maple Leaves”, orchestrates an amalgamation of acoustic pianos, synth pads, and spatial design, alongside soaring Oberheim leads sitting atop a bassline so sanctified, it prays for forgiveness. As the once-sweetness of maple leaves devolve into a bittersweet aftertaste, this musical musing of resentment transfigures into a lyrical orchestral string arrangement, subtly decaying its once shimmering decadence. The cavernous high-brass penetrate this sonic tapestry, their presence ever-resounding, dissipating into a fanfare of forfeiture, the trumpets eventually conclude this concession. An emotional sonic return to Da Capo from which RiteOnRed began, “Nocturne de L'amour Rouge” conjures up a sentimental state of torment. As the romantic exhilaration of new love has faded and passion furloughed, only the distant memories remain, as a harsh reminder of the impossibility of probability. Distant sustained strings and piano fugues converge, framing this false illusion of love, into a constant lament of anguish and cadencing consequence.
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