Rina Pavar – Vivid Night / Special Edition (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Minimal-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Rina Pavar is a female solo-project based in Leipzig (Germany). This album released by Cold Transmission Music features the self-released debut-album “Vivid Night” (2021) and the self-released EP “Things We Hide” (2022) as a little bonus. Notice by the way the vinyl edition only features the “Vivid Night”-album.
Content: Rina Pavar is one of those artists inspired by the icy, electronic, music from the 80s Cold-Wave movement which has been adapted into a deeply, minimal, composition. It sounds dark and even ominous with sterile, female, vocals on top.
+ + + : I never heard of this artist before but Rina Pavar is for sure a name I’ll keep in mind. I like the minimalism of the composition which doesn’t need that many sound layers to get a great, irresistible sound. It’s all about coldness and the mood matching with it; crystalline sound treatments and poignant retro-strings. I also have to say a word about the low, grunting, linear bass lines which are sometimes reminding me of early Mentallo & The Fixer. On top there’s this typical emotionless singing which is also very 80s driven. This project will appeal to lovers of Paradox Obscur, Rue Oberkampf and related artists.
– – – : I’ve been never that fond of songs ending with fade outs.
Conclusion: Rina Pavar took me by surprise unleashing a brilliant album of cold Electronics. This work sounds like an impressive debut.
Best songs: “The Things We Hide”, “Vivid Night”, “Nervous World”, “Lake Of Ice”, “Eternal You”, “Like Wolves”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082538510549
Label: www.coldtransmission.com / www.facebook.com/coldtransmissionmusic
About Rina Pavar
Rina Pavar is a solo project the artist launched in 2019, working from Leipzig, Germany, and preferring to remain anonymous behind the artist name. Before starting the project, the musician worked as a lyricist for other acts, took on live sound engineering work, and wrote and produced songs for the Synth-Pop project Butcher Lane. Musically Rina Pavar mixes Cold-Wave and Minimal-Electro with 80s Post-Punk and Wave influences. The self-released debut album “Vivid Night” appeared in 2021, followed by the self-released EP “Things We Hide” in 2022. Cold Transmission Music combined both releases as “Vivid Night / Special Edition” in 2023.
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