Releases

48° 52′ south, 123° 23′ west. Stories circulate about Point Nemo. In 1926, writer H.P. Lovecraft sketched its contours for the fictional city of R’lyeh, the lair of the cosmic abomination Cthulhu. A foreboding for this place of absolute isolation (2700 km away from any civilization) that would become a graveyard for space debris. A few months after his electrifying debut single “Thunderstorm” and his remix for Carmen Maria Vega on the incandescent “La Fille de Feu,” Neko Flash plunges us into the depths of the oceans with his first EP, “Point Nemo.” Mixing 80’s sounds and electronica, the Parisian’s EP consists of 4 tracks with a dreamy sound, combining the synthetic elements of Jean Michel Jarre, the exoticism of Fakear, and the dreaminess of Flume. Each track is accompanied by videos with retro aesthetics; the marine life riches on the disco track “Atlantis,” the ecological ravages of humanity with the melancholic “Point Nemo,” the different facets of water in Vietnam on the catchy “Dragons,” and finally, a fascinating swarm of jellyfish on the hypnotic “Abyss Army.” With its hybrid, both dancing and contemplative universe, inspired by both folklore and fantastic fiction, Neko Flash continues to unveil all its mysteries.

With his EP Yurei, mixing electronic music with seventies inspirations and oriental sounds, Neko Flash brings us to the very core of japanese folklore. Yurei are spirits who can’t find peace so they hunt the livings, expressing their sadness and wrath.Many stories around these spirits called Kaidan and dating from the 17th century have been adapted into movies and plays. Indeed you can find them in works such as the writings of Yakumo Koizumi, legendary movies by Kaidan Eiga from the fifties and sixties as Kwaidan, Kuroneko, Yatsuya Kaidan and J-Horror movies as Ringu and Ju-On, movies that are a great source of inspiration for Nekoflash. From a purely musical point of view, he finds inspiration in electronic music from the seventies and loves asian sounds. In those sounds you can hear biwa, genkan, kokyü, shakuhachi that are in great harmony with vintage synthesizers. You can also find many rythms and musical arrangements that evoke masterpieces from Nô and Kabuki plays. Don’t be fooled by his malicious looks, there are several levels of reading to his world. Inspired by the autobiographical novel “Confession of a Mask” by Yukio Mishima, Neko Flash evokes, through his music, his personal story and past reminiscences that he tries to exorcise.