September… The leaves are escaping from the trees, the sun becomes lazy and sleeps more and more. This is probably why we enjoy the Indian summer so much, because these warm days are the last ones. NOIA, a Spanish artist who is now based in Brooklyn and whose real name is Gisela Fulla-Silvestre, just released the soundtrack of these last moments: “Nostalgia Del Futuro.”

Starting with cracking sounds and reverb, the track in itself is, like its title, a beautiful oxymoron. The marimba, an instrument from Central America which is made of wood, quickly makes an appearance and brings us an ounce of peacefulness that is at times reminiscent of an ASMR experience. These traditional sounds are quickly mixed with a technoid and Balearic beat but the bouncy cadence never assaults the overall sweetness. It’s a trip to the natural and wild parts of Ibiza, not to its clubs. The whole track navigates between organic and electronic sounds and depicts a beautiful nostalgic trip.

The chorus is particularly catchy, even hypnotic. It is repeated like a melancholic prophecy. NOIA’s voice is bewitching: sweet like a brain massage but enough assured to make us believe that what she predicts for our future will come true. Like a modern saudade-inspired anthem, the artist brings the spleen to another level: what will remain from our ideas and our existence?

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“Nostalgia Del Futuro” is taken from her forthcoming debut “Habits EP”, due out October 14 on Cascine. You can find the tracklisting of the 4-track EP below:

Tracklist

1. Carl Sagan vs Zeus

2. Nostalgia Del Futuro

3. Love Hack

4. Itaca Tropical

NOIA‘s “Nostalgia del Futuro” is a contemplative piece of electronic pop written about our tendency to see the future as a perfect landing point.

NOIA was born and raised in Barcelona by her parents, who were intellectuals and activists during Franco’s dictatorship. The artist completed a degree in film scoring & sound design at Berklee and is now based in New York. She was introduced to Cascine last spring by the director Allie Avital and “Nostalgia Del Futuro” is the first result of this collaboration.

In the press release, the artist explains:
[su_quote]‘Nostalgia Del Futuro’ is about the recurring and destructive feeling so many of us have of idealizing the future as a perfect place that we’re constantly striving for, but never actually reaching. It’s the idea that peace exists in a shiny version of ourselves: when I’ll achieve that, I’ll feel complete, when I lose X pounds, my self-esteem will be on fire.[/su_quote]

The track was premiered on Gorilla Vs Bear and will be featured on the “Habits EP.”

About her EP, NOIA says:
[su_quote]“ It is a reflection of my many idiosyncrasies – deep solitude, rigid eating schedules like a retired old man, nostalgia for an imagined future, desired memories of a better past, bread with olive oil & avocado, masturbation, etc.”[/su_quote]

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NOIA‘s “Nostalgia del Futuro” is also featured on our daily-updated Spotify’s playlist “Daily Dose for Music Junkies.”

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