{"id":3483,"date":"2023-05-25T07:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2023-05-25T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:45:00","slug":"new-noir-release-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOIR RELEASE OUT TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NOIR.jpg 1499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Formed in New York City, N\u00d8IR debuted with the critically acclaimed &#8220;Darkly Near&#8221; in 2013 on Metropolis. Featuring vocalist Athan Maroulis along with the talents of guitarist\/producer Erik Gustafson and the live keyboards of Jamie Parganos and Kai Irina Hahn. In 2019, N\u00d8IR cut their sixth title of sophisticated dark pop titled &#8220;A Pleasure.&#8221; Soon after, in late 2019, in a studio in Austin, TX, N\u00d8IR began working on what would become their latest &#8220;Fallen,&#8221; when Covid turned the world upside down and delayed the release. As Covid lifted, the death of Metropolis mastermind Dave Heckman further impeded progress of the EP. Eventually and laboriously, the catchy dance pulsing single &#8220;Fallen&#8221; was completed then remixed by both Paradox Obscur and Silver Walks. In fact, Paradox Obscur even produced a surreal black and white video for their remix. There&#8217;s also &#8220;Fallen (Femme Mix),&#8221; with vocals by Kai Irina Hahn that gives N\u00d8IR a sensual female perspective and the plodding new song &#8220;Death is Easy.&#8221; Ironically, this EP took so long to complete that it started to merge with plans for other N\u00d8IR releases such as an all acoustic EP, readily heard on the cello laced version of Psychedelic Furs &#8220;Love My Way.&#8221; &#8216;Fallen&#8221; is dedicated to the late Dave Heckman.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">credits &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEDICATED TO DAVE HECKMAN (1954\u20132022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracks 1 &amp; 5 produced by Erik Gustafson in Vancouver, BC<br>Track 2 remixed by Paradox Obscur in Athens, Greece<br>Track 3 remixed by Silver Walks in Philadelphia, PA<br>Track 6 produced by Ray Wilcox in San Francisco, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mastered by Xris Smack at Mindswerve Studios, New York, NY<br>Programming, keyboards and guitar on tracks 1, 4 &amp; 5 by Erik Gustafson<br>Programming, keyboards and acoustic guitar on track 6 by Ray Wilcox<br>Lead and backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 &amp; 6 by Athan Maroulis Recorded at Mindswerve Studios, New York, NY<br>Backing vocals on track 1 and lead vocals on track 4 by Kai Irina Hahn engineered by J Dallar in Goshen, CT<br>Backing vocals on track 2 by Kriistal Ann recorded in Athens, Greece<br>Cello on track 6 by Rebekah Feng recorded in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graphic Design: Jackie Bishop Wells<br>Graphic Concept: Martine Rothstein and Athan Maroulis<br>Art Direction: Athan Maroulis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Fallen&#8221; (DeWalt\/Flam\/Maroulis) Two BC Music (BMI)<br>&#8220;Death is Easy&#8221; (Gustafson\/Maroulis) Two BC Music (BMI)<br>&#8220;Love My Way&#8221; (Ashton\/Butler\/Butler\/Davey) Sony\/ATV Music Publishing LLC&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formed in New York City, N\u00d8IR debuted with the critically acclaimed &#8220;Darkly Near&#8221; in 2013 on Metropolis. Featuring vocalist Athan Maroulis along with the talents of guitarist\/producer Erik Gustafson and the live keyboards of Jamie Parganos and Kai Irina Hahn. In 2019, N\u00d8IR cut their sixth title of sophisticated dark pop titled &#8220;A Pleasure.&#8221; Soon&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3483\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW NOIR RELEASE OUT TODAY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3485,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions\/3485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}