THE ICONIC DUO HEAT UP THE NIGHT WITH 2 BLAZING NEW SINGLES
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Building on the momentum gained by their first two back-to-back singles, ‘My Dark’ and ‘Bluesbreaker’, this unstoppable duo unleash, ’Tokyo Cowboy’ and ‘Don’t Trust the Night’.
Though sharing the common theme of night, each track, sonically and lyrically, stands its own ground, in keeping with the artists’ ‘jukebox single’ ethos.
‘TOKYO COWBOY’
( May 31st )
The track invokes a dreamlike, shadowy underworld at night—imagine a soundtrack to a yakuza style romance. Dark yet playful at the same time, it’s destined to inspire visualisation in the listener.
NINA’s breathy delivery shimmers through the darkness, teasing out the scenario: “The shadow game has begun... Future without a past.”
A down-and-dirty dance beat propels an imaginative fusion of lush synths, biting rock guitar, Japanese Taiko drum, flute, wind chimes and radio frequency SFX, courtesy of Radio Wolf. Sonic cinematic exhilaration.
‘DON’T TRUST THE NIGHT’
( June 7th )
In contrast to the breathy, playful chill of her delivery on ‘Tokyo Cowboy’, this song finds NINA expressing a tender vocal assurance to lovers to trust one another through the emotional darkness of ‘the night’.
A slow burning intensity builds. Lyrics like, “I wanna hold on to you baby” are delivered with delicate nuance expressing emotions held under control.
Her voice smoulders through a nightscape of Radio Wolf’s slow throbbing beat, uncanny synth moves and edgy, twitchy guitar which eventually erupts into a swirling, ringing anthem of confidence and trust.
NINA
( shares her thoughts )
“We had such a great response to ‘Tokyo Cowboy’ as our opening song while touring in Europe this spring, it was a natural for the next single.
‘Don’t Trust the Night’ seemed to fit it thematically. We didn’t write the songs with that purpose however; we wrote each with its own story to tell.
We have more gigs in the UK and Europe later this year—these two will be the opening songs for sure.”
RADIO WOLF
( shares his thoughts )
“Crafting songs, these two included, tends to unleash this dark, romantic spirit in us.
The process is an intoxicating escape from the routine realities of everyday life—like tuning into a long-lost song playing on a radio somewhere out there in the night…”
NINA and RADIO WOLF team up to create two fiery back-to-back singles.
Both songs burn with dark romantic spirit—but damn it, you’ll want to dance. A high energy, pulsating electro-dance beat provides a sublime counterpoint to the darkness of the lyrics in each.
The songs break free from genre specific formulas. NINA’s haunting vocals mix with RADIO WOLF’s rich, atmospheric synth rises, propulsive electric guitar playing and experimental SFX, to create a sophisticated, lush fusion of electronica and rock n roll—made all the more impressive because the artists created, recorded, produced and mixed the songs in a custom built home studio.
MY DARK
‘MY DARK’ romanticises the dark, even cruel desire to unleash an unforgiving spirit on a lover. Lyrics like, “Heavy…Burn…Ignite…My cruel heart…Sweet dreams, I’ll be your nightmare” are delivered with ruthless assurance by NINA. Her vocal verve playfully unveils moments of deadpan, allure, and erupting lust. Radio Wolf's electrifying synths, overdriven guitar riffs with reverb and experimental SFX all fuse to create an expansive sonic atmosphere for NINA’s restless voice to haunt.
BLUESBREAKER
‘BLUESBREAKER’ ignites a fiery fusion of electro, rock and blues. The raunchy lyrics and erotic vocal delivery by NINA, “Killer in a nightdress…Burn me up…Cure me of the bad…Riding waves of fire…Night lust”, are thematically accented by RADIO WOLF’s meaty, memorable guitar hooks, throbbing beat, and spacey electronic SFX, including even a ghostly blues harmonica. Out there!
‘MY DARK’ and ’BLUESBREAKER’ exhibit independent music at its most confident and refined.
NINA: “We were definitely exploring our dark side together…we wanted the lyrics and sounds to inspire a timeless, romantic quality…a sound and feeling that’s wild at heart.”
RADIO WOLF: “By fusing modern electronic technology with older more organic music styles like rock ‘n’ roll, we create our own mythical lyric and sonic territory.”
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NINA revisits her single I’LL WAIT in a fiery new production by Radio Wolf.
NINA originally released 'I’ll Wait' in 2021 as the lead song on the soundtrack for the horror feature film 'There’s No Such Thing As Vampires'.
This new version is a reimagining of the song by NINA’s producer/collaborator Radio Wolf (aka Oliver Blair). Loving a new instrumental track he created, NINA went back into the studio with the producer to rerecord her vocals.
Radio Wolf’s production has a more steady-driving, heart-throbbing intensity than the original recording; it’s a dark sonic bedrock upon which NINA rebuilds her vocal expression into a fuller, more hot-blooded delivery, yet at the same time, she sounds as hauntingly rich as ever.
'I’ll Wait - New Radio Wolf Production' is available on all major platforms.
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New EP NIGHT LIGHT invokes ‘Cinema Of The Mind’
The 4 instrumentals on the EP were composed and recorded by Radio Wolf at different time periods, while living in different parts of the world—exclusively during the late hours of the night.
The title NIGHT LIGHT is reflective of the “inner glow” of inspiration he felt during these nocturnal work sessions.
The artist reflects: “Working alone late into the night, wherever I am, is a time of intense concentration for me—my imagination can shine freely. I’m able to invoke a bright stream of images, stories, sensations which inspire a particular piece of music—even in those magic moments between wakefulness and sleep. I absorb it all and “score” in free-flow to what I call my “cinema of the mind”.”
The predominately electronic music is accented by detuned synthesizers, reverberating electric guitar riffs and experimental SFX, including strange radio tunings, old tape static and wind chimes drifting in and out of each other. Each track expresses its own emotional ‘glow’ ranging from dark and haunting to warm and spiritual, yet together they deliver a coherent, immersive listening experience.
Channeling his trademark retro-futuristic sound fusion of electronica and rock n roll into a more contemplative, lyric free sonic experience, he hopes this night music will inspire listeners to invoke their own “mind-pictures”.
Final production and mixing, by the artist himself, took place in Berlin before mastering was carried out by Robert Harder in Joshua Tree. Radio Wolf conceptualised the final sonic expression as: “A long-lost recording, glowing in the dark, discovered somewhere deep in the night.”
NIGHT LIGHT is available to stream/buy from major platforms and the artist’s website.