Richard Evans (former keyboardist/co-writer with the band James and guitarist/ songwriter for St Vitus Dancer) is a singer-songwriter, synth-pop artist from Manchester whose immaculate, and abstract music pulsates from heartbeats of House whilst taking a sonic-shuttle into dark electronica. A smooth-operator, Evans is a minimalist mix-maker, that shakes and stirs, whilst creating a tranquil transition through the tunnels of trance. As an artist, Evans skilfully creates a cinematic underworld of holographic projections that peer from the cracks of industrial rock, whilst creating an android-ambience. He’s an artists who effortlessly creates music that stimulates the imagination and unlocks a visual interplay of film and music. Like a digital director, a cyber-space conductor, Evans revisits the space-stations of Kraftwerk, Air, Daft-punk and Jean Michel Jarre, and signals a new wave of electronica.
Following the success of his single “Black Rain”, released January 2022, Evans has released his debut album, “Sentinel”. As an album, “Sentinel” draws upon the subjects of politics, climate change, affects of the pandemic and creates a compelling cathartic.
“Sentinel’ is an intergalactic journey into the dark matter of electronica, whist colliding with the disco debris of dance. It’s a captivating album whose sonic slurps, shudders and Sci-fi synths race between the realms of space and time. It’s a sleek and polished production that throbs, flickers and zooms across a space-spheres of suspense, surrealism and subliminal sounds. Through the robotic-infused vocals and menacing mechanics, “Sentinel” marches in unison with the new wave sounds of Krautrock, whilst flying the flag for innovation.
It’s an album that transcends a meditative state, that ebbs and flows on the delta-waves of consciousness. It’s music that fluctuates in between the low and high frequencies of electronica, whilst retaining its ambient amplitude. Like floating between the magnetic fields of art-pop and electro-pop, “Sentinel” gravitates towards the experimental electronica of the late 70s and early 80s whilst capturing the cool breeze 90s and 00s of space-pop. It’s music that effortlessly glides into the progressive down-tempo of dance-trance, whilst providing a backdrop of delirious drones. Like a film score from a dystopian film or a nocturnal narration, “Sentinel” is an exploration of dark and light, where dreams and night terrors meet half way and surrender their souls.
As of February 25th 2022, ‘Sentinel is out digitally through online stores and streaming platforms and obtained directly from the artist on Bandcamp.180-gram vinyl is available exclusively through Diggers Factory.
Limited to 300 copies, vinyl orders ship on April 22nd 2022, depending on the number of orders required.
To mark the album’s release, Richard Evans will be performing Sentinel live at Oxford’s Old Fire Station on March 11th 2022.
TRACK LIST
- Made Of Stars
- Brave New World
- 2084
- Trick Machine
- The Last Of Us
- Black Rain
- All Fall Down
- Constellation
CREDITS
Music, lyrics, vocals, programming by Richard Evans
Mixed by Hervé Girardin
Co-produced by Hervé Girardin & Richard Evans
Graphic design by Lee Baxter
Mastered by Digitalflesh Audio Mastering
With thanks to Arts Council England, Creative England, Manchester Science Festival, Waterside Arts and the University of Salford
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Digital order https://bit.ly/3LYEFTR
Amazon order https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09LRHBFCX
Concert Tickets https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/sentinel-2
Keep up with Richard Evans
https://richard-evans.com
https://richardevans.bandcamp.com/album/sentinel
http://Twitter.com/richardemusic
http://www.Instagram.com/richardemusic
https://soundcloud.com/richard_evans
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCdxjOko_riONB5qzIfVEhA/videos
https://vimeo.com/coldstarmedia