Nightjarr is a brand new electro-dance challenge from feminine Australian/Hong Kong artist Bernice Au, who has already developed an infectious sound that may be likened to a mixture between Flight Services, Cosmo’s Midnight & Bag Raiders.
Now, she’s again with a glimmering single, a lovely fusion between lofi and home, titled “Holding Onto Time” that includes the blissful vocals of Jingle. It’s a hazy expertise, as Nightjarr masterfully weaves entrancing melodies inside a grooving backbeat that solely makes you need preserve it on repeat by the point you get to the top.
This observe is about our notion of time and the way it may be affected by sure issues. It all the time jogs my memory to let go of the issues that don’t serve us, and to benefit from the little issues. I began the observe proper earlier than I had a double ankle surgical procedure in 2021, which meant I couldn’t stroll for 6weeks throughout restoration, so I had a way of urgency to get the draft completed.
The observe was completed in two summer season periods, and I actually needed to seize that carefree, vacation vibe. I had a number of enjoyable taking part in round with samples, tweaking delicate parts, setting up the drum and percussive parts to work across the samples and arranging the observe. It was initially going to be an instrumental however when Josh (Jingle) heard the observe, he needed to write down lyrics and add vocals to it.
His lyrics are impressed by the notion of time and the way that has been affected by lockdown. How a unending expertise can, in hindsight, be over in a flash.” ~ Nightjarr
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