Omnimar – Darkpop (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Russian formation Omnimar has released their fourth full length album four years after the previous one. The duo Maria Mar – Alex Vrt invites you to embark on a trip of thirteen songs. Several tracks of “Darkpop” were previously released as singles.
Content: Omnimar remains inspired and driven by Pop music, but “Darkpop” accentuates this influence. You’ll find no longer heavier Metal influences, but clearly Electro/Indie-Pop compositions. Some passages are mixed with darker elements. The work is achieved with a melodic approach and emotional vocals.
+ + + : Omnimar clearly doesn’t like repeating themselves, this opus being already a new adventure and experiment. Their Pop interpretation has something atypical –which I like, and yet is easily recognizable. I like the emotional side of the work, which comes mainly through on, “Drama”. I also have to mention “The Road”, which is pure melancholia. “Circulate” is another attention grabber for its great melody line. Last, but not least I also have to say a word about the production of the vocals, Maria being clearly a talented singer for such a production.
– – – : I sometimes miss an essential catchy touch, but that’s probably what would have made the difference with the album’s ‘dark-pop’ approach.
Conclusion: “Darkpop” is an enjoyable production, which is not only meant for ‘classical’ Electro-Pop lovers.
Best songs: “Drama”, “The Road”, “Circulate”, “Wishing For Life”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/omn1mar
Label: www.darktunes.com / www.facebook.com/darkTunesMusic
About Omnimar
Omnimar is a darkpop duo founded in 2012 by singer and lyricist Maria Mar and producer Alex Vrt; Oleg Xaler was a third member around the time of “Poison”. Side-Line reported on the debut album in the October 2015 item Omnimar debuts with ‘Start’ album and ran the Face The Beat profile Side-Line introduces Omnimar – listen now to ‘Reason (Remix By Cutoff Sky)’ in March 2017. The album Poison followed on darkTunes Music Group in 2017 and was reviewed in October of that year. Discogs also lists the singles “Forever” and “Anger” (2018), “Dream On”, “Humans” and “The Road” (2019) and “You & I” and “Red” (2020).
“Darkpop” was released by darkTunes Music Group on 12 February 2021 on CD and as a download. The thirteen tracks are “Wishing For Life”, “Serenity”, “Oxygene”, “Red”, “Music Is My Everything”, “Drama”, “Humans”, “First Snow Day”, “You & I”, “Circulate”, “Secret Plan”, “Feels Like Velvet” and “The Road”; “The Road”, “You & I”, “Humans” and “Red” had been issued as singles. The label describes the album as one “in which Dark Pop and Storytelling become one”.
A series of remix singles by Zardonic, Extize, Lazerpunk, Imperative Reaction, Frozen Plasma, Assemblage 23, Rroyce, Cold Vigor, ES23, Rotersand, ESA and Ruined Conflict led to the collection “Darkpop Remixes” on 26 May 2023, and the singles “Save Me Tonight” and “So Cold” (2024) and “WET” (2025) followed. The duo also appears on the darkTunes compilation Hard Pop, Vol. 1 (2021). “Darkpop” is the fourth Omnimar album.
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