{"id":28910,"date":"2018-04-20T12:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28910"},"modified":"2019-05-31T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:05:22","slug":"vive-la-void-shares-hazy-synth-epic-death-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28910","title":{"rendered":"Vive la Void shares hazy synth epic &#8216;Death Money&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vive la Void, the solo project of Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo, has shared the new single \u0093<em>Death Money,<\/em>\u0094 along with an accompanying video directed by Yamada herself. The track is taken from Vive La Void\u0092&#8217;s self-titled debut, out May 4<sup>th<\/sup> via Sacred Bones. \u0093<em>Death Money,<\/em>\u0094 is a multi-layered, propulsive exploration of the synthesizer\u0092s power to concoct swirls of psychedelic atmosphere, as well as a testament to Yamada\u0092s skills as a songwriter. Here she deftly wields repetition and haze, creating interlocking synth lines that build throughout the track as swirling orbs of color overtake the screen. Watch the video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOJNc84SK-c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following her well-received debut hometown show in Portland, OR opening for labelmates The Soft Moon, Vive la Void will be playing the upcoming Levitation Festival in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Vive la Void is the new solo project of Sanae Yamada, co-founder and keyboard player of Moon Duo. Yamada wrote and recorded the self-titled debut album over roughly a two-year period, during windows of downtime in Moon Duo&#8217;s substantial touring and recording schedule. The dense, shape-shifting atmospheres of the seven songs grew out of late-night basement experiments in the layering of synthesizer tracks, a process that also led to meditations on the changeable nature of memory and perception. The result is an undulating blend of ethereal swirl, low end thrumming, and electric crackle, buoyed by Yamada\u0092s understated but captivating vocal melodies and her striking lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>\u0093The lyrics were a way of reckoning with my own memories and also of trying to process my reactions to the human situation,\u0094 Yamada explains. \u0093I wanted the voice to have a kind of ghostly quality, to emerge from and recede back into the song, or to pass over it like weather. It&#8217;s one of many layers of sound, which are meant to blend together in such a way that on one listen you might hear one thing, and on another listen you might hear something else, so the music seems to change even as it stays the same.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>Yamada has spent the last decade as a working musician, moving between semi-permanent home bases whenever she isn\u0092&#8217;t living in a tour van. In some ways, then, it feels inevitable that Vive la Void became a meditation on the strange rhythms of long-term touring, constant relocation, and the accompanying stream of brief but compelling encounters. It\u0092s a testament to her empathy and creativity that these songs feel both specific and universal, familiar yet tantalizingly unknowable.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;\u0093I feel like the movement of life in the sphere of consciousness is this process of trace-leaving&#8221;<\/em>,\u0094 Yamada reflects. \u0093<em>&#8220;Wherever we go, whomever we interact with, whatever we touch, we leave and absorb these invisible traces, this residue of memory that lingers. I wanted the sonic textures of this record to explore that state of being there and not there, of something being with you but not tangible.\u0094&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-28913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=327%2C327\" alt=\"Vive la Void cover\" width=\"327\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=176%2C176&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1ns0j4j.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vive la Void \u0096<\/strong><b>track listing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matter<br \/>\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Red Rider<br \/>\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Death Money<br \/>\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smoke<br \/>\n5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blacktop<br \/>\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Devil<br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Atlantis<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order &#8216;Vive la Void&#8217;: <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001anzrHaclndD8N9YNW1BxzvDFy0fLijfjZCSQSwoiPqg4hRD-DSlcFKpUCLPe0Xy9OYU16-1f3RhsOBdPPwkANXuWO6-7wXtv7zKDAUigfuwfrbQ_71cNNuaPPTpjqHiBaBxzEvLrhECjzhv4-vhP-0AAHg0RWEHNUBycEC0z54kcQ7mxJ9Accm7G5Qv2ZkjAoxumnXP1YNNM35xuJ5osLwYBHxmNtWMTK3UJC9LUFDM5TNIZtcQdpQ==&amp;c=iAj-sKwQ2-ZYE1QlPTlcRz5vjngLEFAseuO3cOh42Mt5PNkhLAOxPA==&amp;ch=7se4jusFCZoGINuunsChKYRGihuCBRQz2ftt3igZYnNi_9oKVcGb9A==\">sacredbonesrecords.com\/products\/sbr198-vive-la-void-vive-la-void<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Live dates<\/h3>\n<p>April 27 \u0096 Austin, TX \u0096 Levitation Austin<br \/>\nJune 19 \u0096 London, UK &#8211; Lexington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vive la Void, the solo project of Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo, has shared the new single \u0093Death Money,\u0094 along with an accompanying video directed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28910\" title=\"Vive la Void shares hazy synth epic &#8216;Death Money&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[13,23,28,29,30],"tags":[7454,792,3282,7330,7329],"class_list":["post-28910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-death-money","tag-moon-duo","tag-sacred-bones","tag-sanae-yamada","tag-vive-la-void"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0Lmgdlc.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7wi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28669,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28669","url_meta":{"origin":28910,"position":0},"title":"Vive la Void announces debut + shares &#8216;Red Rider&#8217; video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This spring, Sanae Yamada, keyboardist for Moon Duo, will release her debut solo album as Vive la Void. 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