Aristo G – I See Angels In The Night

Melancholy with industrial glamour

‘I See Angels In The Night’ by Aristo G is one of those songs that doesn't reveal itself imme­di­ately, but slowly draws you into its own dark­ness. The track sounds oppress­ive and heavy, car­ried by a cool indus­tri­al atmo­sphere remin­is­cent of early 80s pro­duc­tions. The shim­mer­ing metal­lic synth sounds in par­tic­u­lar evoke memor­ies of Depeche Mode dur­ing the ‘Construction Time Again’ era.

It's not a song for dan­cing and it's not a clas­sic bal­lad – rather a dark slow burn­er that only unfolds its full effect in quiet moments. Aristo G cre­ates a mel­an­chol­ic sound­scape that oscil­lates between dark­wave and synth pop. The vocals remain dom­in­ant, poet­ic and dis­tant – almost as if they were com­ing from anoth­er room.

The cov­er art­work seems out of place to me because it doesn't reflect the son­ic depth and dark­ness of the song. But any­one look­ing for music that sounds mel­an­chol­ic, oppress­ive and fas­cin­at­ing at the same time will inev­it­ably get hooked here.

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