Void Vision – Sub Rosa

「Sub Rosa」は、Void Visionによる暗くも魅惑的なシンセウェーブの傑作です。このアルバムは、80年代のシンセポップやダークウェーブから強く影響を受けたサウンドで、リスナーを深い音の迷宮へと導きます。冷たくもエモーショナルなシンセサウンドが、孤独や内省の世界を描き出し、聴く者を引き込む力強い魅力を放っています。特に、リズムの鋭さとメロディの繊細さが絶妙に絡み合い、聴き手の感情を揺さぶります。Void Visionのヴォーカルは、切なくも力強い表現力で曲に命を吹き込み、アルバム全体に一貫したドラマチックな雰囲気を与えています。「Sub Rosa」は、シンセウェーブやダークエレクトロのファンのみならず、深く感情を揺さぶられる音楽を求めるすべてのリスナーにお勧めの一枚です。

A1. One
A2. Everything Is Fine
A3. Hidden Hand
A4. Sour
A5. To The Sea
B1. Slow Dawn
B2. Vulgar Displays
B3. The Source
B4. In 20 Years (Extended Version)
B5. Queen Of Hearts

**2024 Repress** 10 years later, back in a shiny new jacket

Mannequin Records is proud to present a full length by the Philly minimal-synth princess Void Vision

Void Vision is a Philadelphia-based electronic project helmed by Shari Vari. It began around 2009 at a time when a wave of synth-revivalists were materializing, but the quality of the songwriting and intense vocals set the band apart from the pack. In a rare instance, Void Vision has managed to combine vintage dance elements with melodic structures, haunting melancholy, and lyrics that have a palpable soul. The songs themselves are dynamic, referencing a cross-section of the last 30 years of electronic music, while simultaneously retaining a uniqueness all their own.

Wierd Records weekly club night in New York, which showcased a variety of talented electronic and coldwave artists, served as an incubator for Void Vision in it’s early stages. After a standout debut performance at the club, they immediately caught the attention of Blind Prophet Records, who consequently released their first 7″ single, ‘In 20 Years’, which received excellent reviews.

Vari has continued performing and recording steadily over the last few years, releasing songs on compilations for various labels, including Rough Trade, and in 2012 the song ‘Everything is Fine’ was selected for Artforum magazine’s ‘Best of 2012′ issue. In 2013, Void Vision toured the West Coast and later that year released a split 12″ with Portland-based band, Vice Device. The first official full-length album, entitled ‘Sub Rosa’ is set to debut on Berlin-based Mannequin Records, followed by a European tour in 2015.

Shari Vari formed Void Vision in 2009 originally as a duo, during the explosion of the new minimal synth and cold wave scene in United States. Sharing the same scene of the Wierd Records associates like Led Er Est, Martial Canterel, Xeno & Oaklander, Automelodi, in 2010 VV released ‘In Twenty Years’ on Blind Prophet (Sean Ragon’s Cult Of Youth record label), receiving also the attention of the Rough Trade dudes, who asked to put out a track for one of their synth wave compilations.

After other split vinyls, tapes and compilations, Mannequin approached Shari with the intention to continue what Wierd Records started, giving a proper shape to her beautiful and youthful dark electronic sound. The result is 10 hypnotic cold analog tracks dominated by the warm and fragile Shari’s voice, some more “pop orientated” some others belonging to the original “cold wave” atmosphere.