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HOOP 012LP
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$31.50
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RELEASE DATE: 6/12/2026
Holy Sun Opera House at its core is soprano and drummer Krissy Barker with composer dl Salo. Along with a revolving cast of collaborators, singers and performers, they create emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers. The group has been described as "Opera Cult" and as one who would play at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks. They draw influence from early Dead Can Dance, Fever Ray, and Klaus Nomi. The Holy Sun Opera House is the group's self-titled debut. The self-produced album was conceptualized as a way to describe an obsessive mind with music and inspired by the recurring dreams of singer Krissy Barker. In it is a realm of shifting rooms, dilapidated houses and passages. These unsettled rooms and spaces pose a striking confrontation of fear and anxiety from deep within. In its conception, The Holy Sun Opera House was written as a passage through these ethereal dreams and spaces. The song "Latched On" depicts the compulsive psyche as a draining physical entity attached. While "Voice of Gob," "Decrepit Mansion," and "Room with the Rain" observe and attempt to find acceptance in this conflict. "The Passages I & II" travel between the curtains to the unknown entity residing in "The Attic," who looks inside the mind of the dreamer and determines she has no soul. The album blends genres with electro, darkwave, and contemporary classical music. The ritualistic passages of the choir throughout the album are reminiscent of Wicker Man and 1970's mystic cults, praising the deities residing within the dream. The arrangement of synths, electronics, heavy drums and operatic singing lend itself to something uniquely memorable.
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Hologram Teen is the solo project (and anagram) of former Stereolab keyboardist Morgane Lhote. Her colorful playful songs are heavily influenced by disco and '80s French pop. Initially from Paris, Morgane relocated to Los Angeles where she concentrated on her solo material. Captain Fluo is a disco-fueled love letter to 1980s Paris and its underground nightlife, record store discoveries and the exhilaration of growing up as a gay teenager in a world of self-discovery. Produced and mixed by Andrew Claristidge (Acid Washed) at Duca Sonora Studios in Brittany, Captain Fluo is a vibrant fusion of propulsive beats, bouncy synths and funky basslines. Morgane's signature keyboards weave through a constellation of guest vocalists including Sandra Zettpunkt, Maxwell Farrington, Eric D Clark, and Alex Aikiu. From the euphoric pulse of "Lust Pill" to the radio crooner nostalgia of "Fréquence Gaie" each track is a portal to the dance floors and late-night airwaves of a bygone era. Drawing inspiration from French pop icons like France Gall, Michel Berger, and Louis Chedid alongside the sleek productions of Italo disco pioneers Kasso and the genre-defining touch of David Bowie, Nile Rogers, Quincy Jones, and Depeche Mode, Captain Fluo is a heartfelt ride through an era when music was liberation.
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