{"id":26353,"date":"2025-01-31T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26353"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:53:35","slug":"tulipomania-absolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/tulipomania-absolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulipomania &#8211; Absolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tulipomania&#8217;s latest album, Absolution, is a deeply atmospheric and cinematic experience that combines dark electronica, unusual percussion, and expressive vocals. Inspired by famed author Jeff VanderMeer&#8217;s offer to contribute music to his novel Absolution &#8211; the surprise fourth volume in the Southern Reach series\u2014this CD achieves a strange but romantic atmosphere that mixes\u00a0with VanderMeer&#8217;s strange writing. The album includes a plethora of beautiful tracks; however, the first 3 tracks are my favorites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You Had to be There (Absolution Mix<\/em>): This tune begins with a dark electronica vibe, reinforced by dramatic synths that combine romance\u00a0and fear. The composition is a\u00a0synthesis of emotions that involves the listener in a sound dreamscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And Then (Absolution Mix)<\/em>.\u00a0This music is an attractive mix of alternative rock and drum and bass, with echoes from David Bowie&#8217;s experimental electronic phase. The groove-driven beat vibrates throughout the song, providing a hypnotic strength that is\u00a0futuristic and nostalgic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Strange<\/em>: Strange, as the name suggests, creates a strange but interesting atmosphere. The track unfolds in surprising ways, and its dramatic musical\u00a0themes provide an enigmatic element that keeps the listener engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolution develops on creativity, combining electronic soundscapes, groovy\u00a0trip-hop and drum and bass beats, along with devoted vocals. The album&#8217;s gothic romanticism is almost &#8220;tangible,&#8221;\u00a0with lead singer Tom Murray&#8217;s voice easily changing\u00a0between softness and dramatic passion. Cheryl Gelover&#8217;s synths offer an ethereal layer to the music, which expands its dramatic range. Absolution&#8217;s sound design, full of dynamics and layered complexity, pairs with the dramatic storytelling found in film scores, providing a musical experience that is \u00a0visually striking. Fans of darkwave, electronic rock, and dark soundscapes will find Absolution by Tulipomania to be an intriguing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3086666748\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/tulipomania.bandcamp.com\/album\/absolution\">Absolution by Tulipomania<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;ve Been Told  - Absolution\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQ1xw4Wu2lg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: photo by Tulipomania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheTulipomania\/\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheTulipomania\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tulipomania.bandcamp.com\/\">http:\/\/tulipomania.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tulipomania\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tulipomania<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulipomania&#8217;s latest album, Absolution, is a deeply atmospheric and cinematic experience that combines dark electronica,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5],"tags":[3036,2383,3241,3286],"class_list":["post-26353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-reviews","category-reviews","tag-drum-n-bass-2","tag-electronica","tag-trip-hop","tag-tulipomania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26358,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353\/revisions\/26358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}