Nadja Lind

Brain Candy

Lucidflow

Buy: Juno

Nadja Lind presents her debut solo album on the Lucidflow imprint, the label
run by she and production partner Helmut Ebritsch. Nadja’s formidable
recording CV includes music on Darkroom Dubs, Outpost, BBE, Gatspiel,
Parquet and Absurd Records. Based in Berlin she draws endless inspiration
from the German capital, fuelling her creativity to explore the many sides of her
artistic self. The desire to find people on the same musical tip, caused her to
leave her native Rhineland; now running a label, regularly playing solo DJ gigs
and working as one half of production duo Klartraum she has rarely looked
back.
Lind’s debut artist album, ‘Brain Candy’, draws its inspiration from the artist’s
passion for electronic music as well as the deeply spiritual side to her character.
The opening track, ‘Limbus’ (meaning the deepest level of dream state) is built
around a composition that offers a warm welcome to the listener, atmospheric
pads loom over a steady drum beat drawing you into a trance like state. ‘Chatlag’
encompasses spooky tones and a monotonous arpeggiated bassline that
really captures the essence of the darker side of Nadja’s production.
‘A Choice’ the fifth track on the album features a female spoken word vocal
about taking responsibility of your life and the choices you make, a gripping
subject that works well with the contemplative pads that sit nicely behind it,
delayed stabs add to the movement of the track creating a spellbinding groove.
‘Tyrannosaurus Lutz’ is a fast paced techno track similar to those of early
Plastikman records, rumbling bass with heavily delayed percussive hits that roll
off one another perfectly and a low pitched vocal that adds to the driving
approach she has opted for. ‘The Rain’ was a fantastic choice to wind down the
album taking things deeper with wonderful textures, house chords and the
sound of raindrops that she recorded during a thunderstorm, adding to the
ambience of the track.
The album as a whole is an incredible portrayal of Nadja’s way of being, She
has touched on many things that are close to her as a person and expressed
those feelings through her music, as her first solo album it has provided her
with the opportunity to showcase to the world what she really represents at
this moment in her life. The definitive vibe transcends as dark room dubby
techno made with a high level of intelligence and passi