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 First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Psy'Aviah - Bittersweet (Deluxe Edition) Release Date: April 01, 2022 Label: Alfa Matrix Format: Digital Duration: 02h 52m Genre: Trip Hop / Dark Pop / Synthwave Origin: Antwerp , Belgium This year we can congratulate Yves Schalke not only on the twentieth anniversary of his project Psy’Aviah, but also on the release of a new album. The album that completes the trilogy conceived by him will be available on April 1st on all streaming platforms. So far, only 4 out of 42 (!) tracks are available for review and your listening pleasure, but judging by them, this album fully continues the theme of two others from the trilogy - “Lightflare” (2018) and “Soul Searching” (2019)  Ever since the release of “Lightflare”, I have noticed a very precise approach to vocal production. While listening, there is n...

     Psy’Aviah – Sunbird (feat. Oliviya Nicole)   Release Date: October 1, 2021 Label: Alfa Matrix Format: EP Length: 43:20 Genre: dark electro, dark pop, synthpop, indie pop, dream pop Yves Schelpe, the mastermind behind Psy’Aviah, is by no means a newbie to the electronic music scene. The Belgian-based act was established in 2003 and since then has been producing diverse, high-quality releases. The latest one is dedicated to the new song, “Sunbird’, and is packed with a dozen remixes of all shapes and forms.   Psy’Aviah is signed to Alfa Matrix, an underground electronic label, and seems to always stay a bit below the mainstream radars, but definitely can’t be called obscure - Yves worked with a few famous artists, like Kyoko Baertsoen of Hooverphonic, Jennifer Parkin of AYRIA and Jean-Luc De Meyer of Front 242.   And this kind of explains exactly what you are about to hear - a full 45 minutes of sterile 90’s nostalgia worship, wrapped in every style imag...