Yon by Le Morte d'Abby

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Themes of darkness and light, and the technicolour tokyo sunset, accompanied with Le Morte d'Abby's incredible production and gloriously indulgent synthwave compositional skills has gifted the world a record so banger-laden that you just might not be able to withstand it. Well... you can. It's just music. Incredible music.

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INTERVIEW
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George Ernst (Triplicate Records): What was your mission going into Yon? And can you tell us about the title?

Abigail Lentz (Le Morte d'Abby): It’s all about four on the floor. It changes the mood of the tracks, versus something like the boombap in Five Minutes. And it impacts the melodic tracks through syncopation. And I’m a big fan of syncopation between the percussion and the gated chords and arpeggio tracks.

I’ve been learning Japanese the last couple years. Yon is four. And it’s tiled across the floor on the cover. I’m simple that way.

GE: How does it feel having the easiest-to-spell and pronounce name in indie electronica? I imagine that's been a real boon for you

AL: When I chose the name, I sort of assumed most people would have known the book Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur). A 15th-century compilation and tweaking of all of the King Arthur tales and folklore by Sir Thomas Malory. I read it in high school. It’s why my logo is what it is.

My next side project is going to have a more simple name.

GE: I loved the finale and Neko Mimi Overload the best. What're your favourite tracks on the record?

AL: I tried to balance the tracks between synthwave influenced chord progression heavy (which I have soft spot for) and more aggressive melodics. I think my favorite is Dangan No Pulse because I stumbled onto the opening gated chords by chance and it sucked me in. I like Wasabi Danish as well because it went down the more gritty path. I’m finding myself torn between the two. And when I can get grit with chord drenched melodics, even better.

GE: Can you speak about the Japanese theming present throughout the record

AL: I’ve been a huge anime fan since I was a small kid. And then it was classic samurai films. And then all the Godzilla. I’ve been learning Japanese the last couple years as well. With the release name, I decided to go all in on the track names.

GE: I wanted to translate all the titles for our patrons but frankly I'm scared Google will screw me over and I'll look like a dumbass when I proudly announce that a track is called like 'Grandmother Turnip Disappointed'; so I hate to do this but could you tell us what some of these titles mean? Other than Wasabi Danish, I mean. I think I can struggle through that one.

AL: I hope I got the context right on all of these.

1. Nyanko No Jigoku Beat - Hell kitten four-on-the-floor claws
2. Wasabi Danish - A tasty pastry?
3. Tetsukuzu Grind - Scrap metal grind
4. Yami No Hagane - Steel of darkness
5. Neko Mimi Overload - Cat ears screaming through distortion
6. Dangan No Pulse - Bullet Pulse
7. Burikko Overdrive - Fake-cute idol in full mechanical rage
8. Kagayaku Kusari - Shining Chains
9 Giri Giri Circuit - Grinding circuit

GE: What's new with you? What's been holding your attention the most lately.

AL: Have already started into the next release, something cinematic ambient. Less ambient than recent stuff, but still cinematic. Different than anything I’ve done before.

I’m also finishing the edits/revisions on a modern day vampire novel. This is another Japanese influence. The main character is the daughter of a 10th century emperor of Japan who spends her days hiding in a Manboo (cybercafe) and her nights on the streets of modern day Tokyo solving problems for the Old Man.

Synth-centric, heavily percussed Melodic Techno/EDM. And Cinematic Ambient.

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