{"id":32515,"date":"2018-01-21T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T15:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=32515"},"modified":"2018-01-21T15:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T15:27:24","slug":"amaris-neon-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/amaris-neon-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaris – ‘Neon Colors’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Multi-faceted Amaris Wenceslas was born in The Netherlands in 1991 and grew up in Switzerland. A producer, singer, author and actress, she is behind \u00c1maris, and Geiko, a female electronic dance music project, who released their first album in 2014. Amaris released two albums in 2017, at the same time – ‘The Hollow’, for Geiko, and ‘Neon Colors’, her first step into a newer, poppier direction.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

With a voice reminscent of Bj\u00f6rk, Amaris launches into her album with the folky, mellow, ambient ‘Deep Into Space’. Amaris’ vocals are strong and powerful, serving as a foretaste of what to expect from the rest of ‘Neon Colors’. This strength, with lead voice placed ever so gently over the backing vocals, continues throughout the remainder of the 11 track album. ‘Unsigned’ is upbeat and poppy, while ‘Critical Orbit’ is synthy and ethereal, fitting with the space theme of the song. ‘Bassline’ does exactly what you’d expect from the title, the bassline comes to the forefront, while track 5, ‘You Don’t Know My Heart’, is drums and percussion heavy, again, in keeping with the title in the idea of a beating heart. There’s an overwhelming Eastern vibe to the album, which is very pleasing.<\/p>\n