On Monday, June 15th 2026 my 7th FREE album « NOSTALGIA SYNTHESIS » was released.
It contains the following tracks :
01. GLAMOUR AND BRIGHT LIGHTS 4:24
02. WHEN THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN 3:54
03. PARADISE (AIN’T AS COLD AS ICE) 4:05
04. LIKE WE USED TO DO 3:24
05. THE ANGELS WALK WITH ME 4:00
06. THERE IS A GOD FOR YOU 3:16
07. REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND 3:38
08. SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (ONLY YOU CAN) 3:42
09. HIS COUNTRY IS IN HIS SOUL 4:34
10. DADDY LISTEN 4:20
THE REMIXES :
11. GLAMOUR AND BRIGHT LIGHTS long version 6:26
12. THE ANGELS WALK WITH ME long version 5:25
13. SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (ONLY YOU…) long version 5:50
14. DADDY LISTEN long version 6:52
THE BONUS TRACKS :
15. ALWAYS A PLACE (IN MY HEART) 3:08
16. THE LAST SONG EVER MADE 4:20
I wrote this album in 2018 right before the album « POP STORM » which I wrote in 2019 and just a little bit before the end of 2021 which was the moment where I decided finally to start releasing all my music on-line.
I kept it so long before releasing it because I was very proud of it and like the next free album which I will release probably in early 2027 I always thought to keep it as a safeguard in case I ran out of inspiration ‘cos these albums are so good that they really could have been standard albums and not free albums.
The first track especially « Glamour And Bright Lights » is an amazing dance track almost techno which I’m very proud of. That’s why I also made a long version available as Track 11.
This album is made of modern music like dance and techno mixed with an 80’s music feel. As for an 80’s music feel goes, I had fun on « When The Walls Come Tumbling Down » using a Linn Drum emulation software for the drums to sound like Prince drums did on his ’84 number 1 hit « When Doves Cry ».
« Paradise (Ain’t As Cold As Ice) » has sick sounds which I had fun pilling up. It’s experimental as can be, I love it. I even tried to make a very long almost 8 minute version of it but I wasn’t satisfied with the final results of this extended. But the short mix on track 3 remains excellent.
« Like We Used To Do » is a good simple track. When I wrote the album I thought at first to start the album with it. But since lately I always loved to start an album with a banger, I thought it was better to start right away with the techno banger « Glamour And Bright Lights » instead.
Initially « Paradise (Ain’t As Cold As Ice) » was supposed to have a long version and « The Angels Walk With Me » didn’t have one. But recently I’ve listening and loving « The Angels… » very much so I created a new long version in 2026 even though this is an old 2018 track. And I don’t regret it. « The Angels… » is amazing.
When I wrote this album back in 2018 I was quite a spiritual and religious person even though I am less so today, hence track names with words like « God » and « Angels ». It’s maybe wrong of me but my spiritual beliefs, even though I still have some are quite different today from what they were in 2018. But I love these tracks today anyway.
I wrote the track « Requiem For A Friend » when a co-worker of mine died. We weren’t really close but when you see a fifty-something mother every day and that she brings joy and wonder in your work environment you can’t be not shaken when she’s very lively on a Friday and that the next Monday someone at work tell you that she just died.
I was in shock at the time, since she had children and talked to us about a lot about her future plans for a soon coming vacation that never came in the end. I was so sad, I wrote this track about her.
I love the track « Save Me From Myself (Only You Can) » even though I’m not crazy about the sound of the main melody. I think it’s a bit harsch. In 2018 I didn’t had some amazing sounds I have today ‘cos I’m constantly buying new physical synthesizers and new VST softwares with amazing new sounds.
So I though about changing this sound for a better one now in 2026 but I didn’t want to risk changing the mood of this 2018 track which is beside that otherwise perfect so I didn’t. Since it’s one of the better tracks of this album with « Glamour… » and « Daddy Listen » I also made a long version of it.
The last 2 tracks of this album « His Country Is In His Soul » and « Daddy Listen » were made thinking about my Dad who died around the time of writing of this album.
« His Country Is In His Soul » is about him being crazy about his country of origin which is Portugal. No-one loved this country more than my Dad. My sisters and my mother prefered France over it. Me too but I enjoy my summer vacations in Portugal a whole lot more than my sisters and my mother. But no-one loved more Portugal than my Dad and this track is about that unconditionnal love my Dad had for his country of origin.
The track « Daddy Listen » is about my Dad as well. He loved my music very much even though contrary to my sister and myself he often thought my music always sounded the same in a way. So I often disagree with him about that but when he died I made this track about him and I often cry when I listen to it. This track dedicated to him always makes me think about him when I listen to it.
It’s an amazing track maybe the best of the whole album. I’m very proud of it that’s why I made a long version of it. And I’m very proud about those very Depeche Modesque drums. Very « Strangelove », I loved them and they make this track truly unique and wonderful.
Tracks 15 and 16 « Always A Place (In My Heart) » and « The Last Song Ever Made » were bonus tracks made for extra-tracks or b-sides for the singles. They’re not as good as the rest of the album I think, that’s why I ended up isolating them apart from the standard track listing after the long versions but they’re nice tracks anyway that really deserved a listen or two as well.
« Always A Place (In My Heart) » has a vibrating melody that sounds like the melody used on the original Star Trek series, I had a blast using it, it sounds like a Teramine.
Finally « Glamour And Bright Lights », « The Angels Walk With Me », « Daddy Listen » and « When The Walls Come Tumbling Down » all have shorten edits or remixed short versions in case they were turned one day into actual singles or extra-tracks material.
These shorten versions will be made available in the near future when a new retrospective called « The Early Years Best Of (Volume 2) » will be released in early 2028 if all goes according to my plan. So stay tuned.
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7ème album GRATUIT NOSTALGIA SYNTHESIS
Le lundi 15 juin 2026 mon 7ème album GRATUIT « NOSTALGIA SYNTHESIS » est sorti.
Il contient les titres suivants :
01. GLAMOUR AND BRIGHT LIGHTS 4:24
02. WHEN THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN 3:54
03. PARADISE (AIN’T AS COLD AS ICE) 4:05
04. LIKE WE USED TO DO 3:24
05. THE ANGELS WALK WITH ME 4:00
06. THERE IS A GOD FOR YOU 3:16
07. REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND 3:38
08. SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (ONLY YOU CAN) 3:42
09. HIS COUNTRY IS IN HIS SOUL 4:34
10. DADDY LISTEN 4:20
THE REMIXES :
11. GLAMOUR AND BRIGHT LIGHTS long version 6:26
12. THE ANGELS WALK WITH ME long version 5:25
13. SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (ONLY YOU…) long version 5:50
14. DADDY LISTEN long version 6:52
THE BONUS TRACKS :
15. ALWAYS A PLACE (IN MY HEART) 3:08
16. THE LAST SONG EVER MADE 4:20
J’ai écrit cet album en 2018 just avant l’album « POP STORM » que j’ai écrit en 2019 et juste un peu avant fin 2021 qui a été la période à partir de laquelle j’ai décidé de partager enfin ma musique sur Internet.
J’ai gardé cet album et le suivant très longtemps dans mes tirroirs car j’en ai toujours été très fier et je pensais même les faire paraître un jour en tant qu’albums payants si mon inspiration venait à se tarir.
Le premier titre de l’album en particulier « Glamour And Bright Lights » est un fabuleux titre dance et techno dont je suis vraiment très fier. C’est pourquoi j’en ai aussi fait une version longue disponible en piste 11 sur ce disque.
Cet album est composé à la fois de titres dance et techno mais mélangés à une ambiance vintage proche des années 80.
Comme preuve de cette ambiance très eighties, je me suis beaucoup amusé sur le titre 2 « When The Walls Come Tumbling Down » à utiliser un logiciel simulant une batterie programmable proche du Linn Drum pour faire que la batterie de ce titre soit semblable à celle utilisée par Prince sont son tube de 1984 « When Doves Cry ».
« Paradise (Ain’t As Cold As Ice) » has sick sounds which I had fun pilling up. It’s experimental as can be, I love it. I even tried to make a very long almost 8 minute version of it but I wasn’t satisfied with the final results of this extended. But the short mix on track 3 remains excellent.
« Like We Used To Do » is a good simple track. When I wrote the album I thought at first to start the album with it. But since lately I always loved to start an album with a banger, I thought it was better to start right away with the techno banger « Glamour And Bright Lights » instead.
Initially « Paradise (Ain’t As Cold As Ice) » was supposed to have a long version and « The Angels Walk With Me » didn’t have one. But recently I’ve listening and loving « The Angels… » very much so I created a new long version in 2026 even though this is an old 2018 track. And I don’t regret it. « The Angels… » is amazing.
When I wrote this album back in 2018 I was quite a spiritual and religious person even though I am less so today, hence track names with words like « God » and « Angels ». It’s maybe wrong of me but my spiritual beliefs, even though I still have some are quite different today from what they were in 2018. But I love these tracks today anyway.
I wrote the track « Requiem For A Friend » when a co-worker of mine died. We weren’t really close but when you see a fifty-something mother every day and that she brings joy and wonder in your work environment you can’t be not shaken when she’s very lively on a Friday and that the next Monday someone at work tell you that she just died.
I was in shock at the time, since she had children and talked to us about a lot about her future plans for a soon coming vacation that never came in the end. I was so sad, I wrote this track about her.
I love the track « Save Me From Myself (Only You Can) » even though I’m not crazy about the sound of the main melody. I think it’s a bit harsch. In 2018 I didn’t had some amazing sounds I have today ‘cos I’m constantly buying new physical synthesizers and new VST softwares with amazing new sounds.
So I though about changing this sound for a better one now in 2026 but I didn’t want to risk changing the mood of this 2018 track which is beside that otherwise perfect so I didn’t. Since it’s one of the better tracks of this album with « Glamour… » and « Daddy Listen » I also made a long version of it.
The last 2 tracks of this album « His Country Is In His Soul » and « Daddy Listen » were made thinking about my Dad who died around the time of writing of this album.
« His Country Is In His Soul » is about him being crazy about his country of origin which is Portugal. No-one loved this country more than my Dad. My sisters and my mother prefered France over it. Me too but I enjoy my summer vacations in Portugal a whole lot more than my sisters and my mother. But no-one loved more Portugal than my Dad and this track is about that unconditionnal love my Dad had for his country of origin.
The track « Daddy Listen » is about my Dad as well. He loved my music very much even though contrary to my sister and myself he often thought my music always sounded the same in a way. So I often disagree with him about that but when he died I made this track about him and I often cry when I listen to it. This track dedicated to him always makes me think about him when I listen to it.
It’s an amazing track maybe the best of the whole album. I’m very proud of it that’s why I made a long version of it. And I’m very proud about those very Depeche Modesque drums. Very « Strangelove », I loved them and they make this track truly unique and wonderful.
Tracks 15 and 16 « Always A Place (In My Heart) » and « The Last Song Ever Made » were bonus tracks made for extra-tracks or b-sides for the singles. They’re not as good as the rest of the album I think, that’s why I ended up isolating them apart from the standard track listing after the long versions but they’re nice tracks anyway that really deserved a listen or two as well.
« Always A Place (In My Heart) » has a vibrating melody that sounds like the melody used on the original Star Trek series, I had a blast using it, it sounds like a Teramine.
Finally « Glamour And Bright Lights », « The Angels Walk With Me », « Daddy Listen » and « When The Walls Come Tumbling Down » all have shorten edits or remixed short versions in case they were turned one day into actual singles or extra-tracks material.
These shorten versions will be made available in the near future when a new retrospective called « The Early Years Best Of (Volume 2) » will be released in early 2028 if all goes according to my plan. So stay tuned.