The Midnight
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 The Midnight at one of her performances at The Globe Theater, Los Angeles, 2017 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Los Angeles , United States |
| Genre (s) | Synthwave , EDM , retrofuturism |
| founding | 2012 |
| Website | www.themidnightofficial.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Jamison Tyler Lyle | |
| Tim Daniel McEwan | |
| Guests | |
singing |
Nikki Flores |
The Midnight is a synthwave band from Los Angeles , which consists of the duo Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan.
history
Georgia-born singer and songwriter Tyler Lyle, who comes from a folk music family, met Danish producer and songwriter Tim McEwan in Los Angeles in 2012. Together the two founded The Midnight - inspired by the film Drive and its songs - in the same year.
The central theme of their music is the Japanese term “ mono no aware ” ( Japanese 物 の 哀 れ ), which describes a wistful, sometimes melancholy reminiscence of the carefree moments of childhood and youth; this in the knowledge of the knowledge that time is fleeting and unstoppable. As part of the Synthwave genre in the interpretation from 2000 and the so-called "New Retro Wave" - which is particularly characterized by the desire to make melodies and film and video game soundtracks of the 1980s revived - The Midnight combined retrofuturistisch elements of synth pop and House with the use of e-drums and characteristic saxophone solos. Tim McEwan described the duo's activity in the past as "songwriting that is done through the prism of nostalgia".
Two years after its inception, The Midnight released their first album Days of Thunder in 2014 . After the album Endless Summer , released in 2016 , which included a duet with the US singer Nikki Flores, the album Nocturnal followed in 2017 . The latter not only rose to number 17 on the Billboard Dance / Electronic Charts, it also stayed at the bestseller position of the online music service Bandcamp for several weeks . This album also included a duet with Nikki Flores, as well as a track that was created in collaboration with Synthwave artist Timecop1983. On July 14, 2017, the duo held their first live show; within a short time they managed to hold larger shows with similar artists from the genre. Another album, Kids , was released in September 2018 ; Lyle had become a father himself by this time.
After live performances in 2017 and a North American tour in 2018, The Midnight announced further performances in America and Europe in 2019 - including performances in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Vienna and Zurich.
Discography
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Albums
- Days of Thunder
- Days of Thunder (The Instrumentals)
- Endless summer
- Endless Summer (The Instrumentals)
- The Midnight Remixed
- Nocturnal
- Kids
- Monsters
Singles
- Lost & Found
- Sunset
- Vampires
- Crystalline
- Lost Boy
- America 2
- Arcade Dreams
- America Online
Web links
- Official website
- The Midnight at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Marotta: The Midnight are not merely riding a synthwave, they are re-shaping it. In: Vanyaland. October 8, 2018, accessed September 1, 2019 .
- ^ A b Aaron Tsangaris: Forever 1984: The Midnight in Portrait. In: Musikexpress . Axel Springer Mediahouse Berlin GmbH, August 8, 2018, accessed on August 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Ljubov Dzuzhynska: Interview: The Midnight. In: Âught Magazine. April 18, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019 .
- ^ Andrew Zistler: The Midnight - Nocturnal. In: New Retro Wave. October 23, 2017, accessed August 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Aaron Vehling: Reliving the Past with the Midnight: An In-Depth Interview. In: Vehlinggo. November 12, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Title Magazine: The Midnight Backstage Interview on YouTube , January 22, 2019, accessed August 27, 2019.
- ^ The Midnight Shows. In: themidnightofficial.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019 ; accessed on September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Chart sources: UK US