Red Stars Over Tokyo - I Never Gave Up (Because I Never Started)

Red Stars  Over Tokyo are the soundtrack for the daily apocalypse. Their synthesizer soundscape explorations are firmly rooted in 80s synthwave culture, where a good number of the planet's latest decision makers grew up. If Eno were to explain it, this gives the music
an ambient false sense of security through familiarity. But don't let your guard down, there's a lot more going on here, and you might find yourself banging your head against some concrete wall, barbed-wire fence, or loaded springs if you're not careful.
RSOT are certainly not industrial, but they warn us not to let the machines and the mechanisms take over. A lonely piano motif begs us against all momentum not to let these machines (both mechanical and corporate) have their way. Stay conscious, stay alert, and shut down the apocalypse for at least another day.
Red Stars  Over Tokyo push hope at the core of their sonic watercolors. Not forcing a path, but only a call to redemptive engagement in keeping the machines human.
They find co-conspirators in the sounds of early 4AD or Factory Records, the long gone Belgium Himalaya records and even Mr. Eno, but uniquely roots the keyboard tones and phrasings of introspective 80s new wave. A recognizable, yet thoroughly unique addition to the modern ambient landscape. Find out before it's too late.

-Andrew Pease
Soundslike.be Writer

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