The Lyon, France, based darkwave act Divine Shade has just unveiled its new single, “Stars”. The track was performed live during Divine Shade’s set in support of Gary Numan’s 2022 UK tour and is now being released as a single.

The song’s theme is simple. “It addresses the concept of our ‘inner child’ disappearing over time”, says, Rémi Thonnerieux, “I wrote this song to talk about the fact that love and resilience are the true paths to dreaming again.”

The song will also be part of a big musical project to be announced in 2023.

“Stars” was produced by Ren Toner and features Shan Moue on additional vocals. “Stars” is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp.

Here’s the official video for “Stars”.

Divine Shade was formed by musician Ren Toner in 2014. The band released two EPs and several remixes with Chris Vrenna (formerly Nine Inch Nails) and did three European tours in recent years including as the opening act for the Gary Numan‘s 2022 UK tour. A new project for Divine Shade will be announced in early 2023.

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The Lyon, France based darkwave act Divine Shade have released a new song “Stars” (featuring Shan Moue). It will be part of a bigger musical project which will be announced in 2023. The band have just returned from a major UK tour supporting Gary Numan playing twenty concerts including the Wembley Arena in front of 12,000 people.

The band was formed by musician Ren Toner in 2014 and offers a combination of styles and influences inspired by cold wave culture with a touch of industrial and electronic music. They released two EPs and several remixes with Chris Vrenna (former Nine Inch Nails) and did 3 European tours.

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Ren Toner, songwriter of the French cold wave band Divine Shade, has used this pandemic to work on a solo electronic music project. Out now is a video featuring a live session of the track “This Love is a Weakness”. Also present on this song and the video is singer Shan Moue.

This is the first track to introduce the project, it was mastered by Antoine Chabert who also mastered Daft Punk in the past. An EP, “Welcome The Chaos”, is planned for winter on Young And Cold Records.

Promising!

Check out “This Love is a Weakness”.

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