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If you’re going to interrogate the nature of existence, best to live a little first. At the outset of making Serene Demon, our protagonist did just that. In fall 2022, he rented an apartment in New York City. With cinematic soundtracks from Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone to John Barry and François de Roubaix in his earbuds, Art explored the City That Never Sleeps. “I would take long, solitary walks. I would sit up at a bar and talk to strangers. I'd go to shows and art galleries by myself. I felt like an Alain Delon character, like in Le Samouraï,” a mysterious loner in a nocturnal world. “Then I’d come back to the piano, have a glass of wine, and write.”
Serene Demon may be Art d’Ecco’s most ambitious album to date, but fans won’t struggle to recognize his handiwork. For all its hints of mystery, opener “True Believer” picks up the thread of last summer’s non-album single “I Feel Alive.” The push-and-pull of “Tree of Life” could’ve easily propelled it into heavy MTV rotation in the heyday of the Psychedelic Furs, while the slinky “Shell Shock” and its Roland SH-2000 synth grooves evokes memories of Steve Miller’s “Fly Like An Eagle.” Even the audacious title tune is carefully sequenced between a moody instrumental (“Meursault’s Walk,” a nod to Camus’ The Stranger) and an upbeat pop tune (“Honeycomb”) embellished with steel drum.
Serene Demon may be Art d’Ecco’s most ambitious album to date, but fans won’t struggle to recognize his handiwork. For all its hints of mystery, opener “True Believer” picks up the thread of last summer’s non-album single “I Feel Alive.” The push-and-pull of “Tree of Life” could’ve easily propelled it into heavy MTV rotation in the heyday of the Psychedelic Furs, while the slinky “Shell Shock” and its Roland SH-2000 synth grooves evokes memories of Steve Miller’s “Fly Like An Eagle.” Even the audacious title tune is carefully sequenced between a moody instrumental (“Meursault’s Walk,” a nod to Camus’ The Stranger) and an upbeat pop tune (“Honeycomb”) embellished with steel drum.
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