Navigator – Breathe (Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Two years after the debut-album “Follow The Light” released on ScentAir Records, Italian trio Navigator signed to EL Product to unleash their new opus.
Content: “Breathe” is a diversified piece of music which is carried by Electro-Pop as the main influence. Cold-Wave bass lines and retro-like synth sounds create a melancholic sound universe. Most of the songs are danceable and achieved with melodic sequences. The vocals are in English revealing a typical accent.
+ + + : Navigator confirms the potential revealed at “Follow The Light”. The production becomes more professional featuring well-crafted songs and a great mix -done by Mika Rossi by the way. I like the most powerful songs for their danceable vibes and EBM elements. “Glove Box” is the ultimate song in this approach. Next to powerful songs and danceable vibes, the work also features delicate sound treatments.
– – – : A few softer passages -like “Atlas featuring Moltonia)”, are not as interesting.
Conclusion: Electro-Pop with a wider sound spectrum. Navigator is an interesting formation which is progressively getting better and better.
Best songs: “Glove Box”, “Breathe”, “The End Doesn’t Spare”, “Cover Me”, “Ophelia Over The Grass”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/NavigatorProjectOfficial
Label: www.spaceracerecords.com / www.facebook.com/SpaceRaceRecords Read the news on ‘Breathe’.
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About Navigator
Navigator, performing as Navigator Project, is a darkwave / synthpop trio based in Naples, Italy, set up by Amir Sabljaković and joined by his son Daniel and Caroline Darko. The band debuted in 2020 with the album “Follow The Light” on ScentAir Records. “Breathe”, the ten-track follow-up, is released on Space Race Records according to the label credited on the band’s Bandcamp page and the Side-Line news announcement, although this review’s own background text names EL Product; the discrepancy is noted here rather than merged into a single unverified claim.
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