Coming up on Saturday March 25th Diamond Field play NYC’s Delancey
Showtime is 9pm.
The Delancey is located at 168 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
Diamond Field is Andy Diamond (instruments) + Jenny Bates (vocals).
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Coming up on Saturday March 25th Diamond Field play NYC’s Delancey
Showtime is 9pm.
The Delancey is located at 168 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
Diamond Field is Andy Diamond (instruments) + Jenny Bates (vocals).
Initial Talk has made massive retro waves with their officially commissioned 1980s-kissed remixes for Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Sia, STEPS, Erasure, The Vivienne, Sam Sparro, KA’BEL and their own original releases.
Initial Talk has collectively racked up 30 million plays on Spotify alone and their remixes recently appeared on physical deluxe editions of Kylie’s “Disco” and Erasure’s “The NEON” albums.
For their latest single ‘Dream Lover’, Initial Talk teams-up with London retro pop/synthwave artist Roxi Drive to deliver an upbeat, feel-good slice of ‘80s pop. Roxi Drive is one of synthwave’s most popular artists having released several albums, hit singles and collaborations delivering her fans a-plenty.
Roxi’s ‘80s chic and vocal chops perfectly combine with Initial Talk’s synthy sensibilities to create a catchy number for dream lovers everywhere. ‘Dream Lover’ comes as a maxi-single with additional mixes by Diamond Field and is the second Initial Talk single to be released by Luca Discs, following on from 2020’s ‘Skydiving’ featuring Sasha Brown.
The four track maxi-single features a remix by Diamond Field and an ‘80s-style 12’ extend version.
After a run of outstanding singles, on July 30th NYC’s Diamond Field is set to release their self-titled debut album of 10 brand new songs, shimmering with the sound of the 1980s.
Diamond Field’s Andy Diamond worked on the album with vocalists and musicians from across the U.S., to Scotland and New Zealand. All fine artists in their own right, vocalists include Cody Carpenter (Ludrium, John Carpenter), Chelsea Nenni (Late Slip), Nik Brinkman (Junica, Over The Atlantic), Belinda Bradley (Selon Recliner), Kyle Brauch (MIDWAVE, Rain Rabbit), Becca Starr and Miriam Clancy, with return appearances from previous Diamond Field collaborators Nina Luna and Matthew J. Ruys. The Saxophone Warrior (Felix Pastorius’ Hipster Assassins, Fischerspooner, Lord Huron) makes a special appearance on sax, with LA’s Rodger Cunningham on guitar. Andy has also performed and recorded with many of these artists outside of Diamond Field, making the collaboration process feel like a musical family affair.
Diamond Field’s sound is inspired by ‘80s producers like Hugh Padgham (Phill Collins, The Police), Rupert Hine (Howard Jones, The Fixx) and Peter Wolf (Wang Chung, Survivor), whose production techniques mixed traditional instruments with the latest tech of the time. On Diamond Field, electric guitars, bass, and ‘real’ drums are combined with drum machines, sequencers, and synthesizers; vocals are up front and stacks of backing vocals regularly fill out the choruses.
For the songwriting, inspiration comes from many places – from ABBA to Michael Sembello, The Go Go’s to Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark. Careful attention is given to song arrangements – intros to draw you in, pre-choruses build, choruses soar, solos and middle eights keep you engaged. Hooks are everywhere and stick in your head – this is “ear worm central”! Despite the varied song styles and different vocalists, Diamond Field still feels like a cohesive album – like a compilation of pop hits, but all from one artist.
All the album’s tracks were written before the covid-19 pandemic with final mixing taking place over the course of 2020 and early 2021. By chance, many of the song lyrics deal with hope and positivity, and combined with the album’s catchy music, it makes Diamond Field an ideal soundtrack as find our way forward.
The physical release will be available on limited edition hot pink vinyl with a 12x24” insert and on high quality cassette distributed via LA-based boutique vinyl label Sofa King Vinyl. In 2019 Sofa King Vinyl released Diamond Field and Bob Haro’s ‘Won’t Compromise’ on colored 7” vinyl, the first title in Sofa King’s “Synthy Sevens” series which included 7” vinyl releases from Let Em Riot, TEEEL, Palm Lakes and Glitterwolf. Sofa King Vinyl’s previous releases include Opus Science Collective, The Motion Epic and Australia’s much loved synth duo Client Liaison.
Note: Due to increased production times, vinyl and cassette availability will be available later in 2021.
The Diamond Field single with Bob Haro ‘Won’t Compromise’ is available as a very limited ‘wax mage’ 7” single from Sofa King Vinyl.
These super limited wax mage record variants can be considered works of art, no two copies look exactly the same. They are built, poured, and manufactured by hand in Cleveland, Ohio. They are still pressed from lacquer masters, but done manually and not through an automated machine.
They will be available starting at 10:30am Pacific Time (Wed, June 3) via the Bandcamp release page, so set your timers and alerts because these will likely go very fast. We encourage you to "pay more if you want" since Bandcamp allows that ability and the money will be going to a good cause
https://sofakingvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/wont-compromise
The remaining tow copies are available to bid on at eBay
***100% OF ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS VARIANT WILL BE DONATED TO
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Out now - the Diamond Field rework of Driver86 / Bunny X’s 2019 single ‘If You Say Goodbye’.
This rework ups the BPMs and takes the original into synthpop territory.
Available now on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and streaming services.
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