Hip Hop/Soul Trio
VARIATIONS OF LIGHT
Release An Eerie And
Experimental Second Single
‘OVERLOOK HOTEL’
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“Adelaide may be the city of churches, but Variations Of Light are the real blessing” – Complex AU
“Embodying a raw talent, it’s time for the world to take notice of this Australian rapper” – EARMILK
“‘Petty Love’ sounds like a track that could have fit right into what was happening in the late 1990s and early 2000s when artists such as D’Angelo, Groove Theory, Erykah Badu and others were finding unique ways to fuse 1970s era soul with 1990s hip-hop flava” – Soul Tracks
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Premiered by EARMILK, Hip Hop/Soul Trio Variations of Light release the eerie and experimental ‘Overlook Hotel’ as the second single off their upcoming album Lunar Beautific.
In complete contrast with their debut single ‘Petty Love’, which has garnered recent attention and praise from tastemakers across the globe, ‘Overlook Hotel’ serves as the opposite bookend of the narrative. It’s a darker track that represents the freedom of experimentation and paints the world to suit the soundscape.
‘Overlook Hotel’ is about departed family members and channelling their spirits to help with life and creativity. Nelson Dialect’s lyrics cleverly describes his own experiences with the energy of deceased relatives being carried through what he writes and says.
Nelson Dialect says, “It’s a departure from the more soulful, Hip Hop style we embrace on the rest of the album, and shows the darker influence which builds the spectrum of light. It bridges what our group represents as Variations of Light”.
Like the other tracks in their upcoming album, ‘Overlook Hotel’ was born from a long jam session that went well into the night, where the later it got the more loose their ideas became. Nelson Dialect began to play a sample in the MPC in a disruptive, in and out time way, Alnitak Kid used the Sp303 to play the drums live, and Nate88 jammed along with the Rhodes.
The accompanying music video is a tribute to their favourite film The Shining, which is also about channeling spirits and the departed. Directed by Rory Pippan, the music video is an ode to Stanley Kubrick’s influence on the trio’s artistic palette for Overlook Hotel.
Each with a diverse musical history of their own, Variations of Light comprises of producer/multi-instrumentalist Alnitak Kid, vocalist Nelson Dialect, and keyboardist Nate88. Their album is slated for release on the 19th of April 2
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Watch OVERLOOK HOTEL here
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