Video of the Day LETTEN 94
The Zurich, Switzerland-based Coldwave duo Letten 94 has dropped, “Not Enough”, the first single since their 2021 debut EP, “Empty Landscape,” suggestively visualized by the first of two music videos, the second will be unveiled this Autumn, directed by Romain Guélat, known for collaborating with bands such as Carrousel, The Young Gods, and Muse, as well as for his work in photography and documentary production (Passe-moi les jumelles), shot, in collaboration with his students and Letten 94, during an Eracom Session live at RTS.
The Swiss pair, Dolorès (Slaughterwytch) and Freddy Van Ballast, build on Freddy’s syncopated electronic rhythms and Dolorès’ post-punk guitar and deep, haunting voice to create a sound that is by turns energetic, melancholic, and uncompromisingly nihilistic.
“Not Enough”, recorded, mixed and mastered in Courfaivre and Mervelier by Swiss producer and sound designer Josué Salomon (aka Remove), leans into the sincere, inner desperation felt by a person who has been built, by a sick paranoid’s truth, to be empty, cold, and hopeless.
A magnetic fusion of visceral moody intensity wrapped in a chilly and evocative, electrifying dark sonic, propelled by snapping whipping snares, along with bouncy, crisp staccato bass lines, sharpened by agonizing stabs of resonant jagged guitars and desolate icy-cold swirling synth, while aloof melancholic female vocals long with cold anger and twisted emotions, swept in deep sadness and bitter regret.
Acclaimed producer and director Romain Guélat chose Letten 94 to collaborate in an annual multicam course production that he teaches at the Romand School for Arts and Communication (Eracom). The paired visuals for “Not Enough,” made in the RTS image studio during the class, are reminiscent of an 80s cyberpunk movie. The dramatic use of light and shadow, combined with glitchy number sequences, rainy picture-in-picture urban views, and a stylish vanity room set, evocatively brings forth the inner tragedy of the soundtrack.
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