TANIMURA MIDNIGHT, “aย compositional duo that channels the feelings of the far east and John Carpenter action films with a swathe of neon in an obsidian sushi-restaurant nestled amongst skyscrapers”, has returned with its new full length Tears Disappeared In The Nightย in late October. The record marked their first release since 2015โs Ruby Dareย and divesย even deeper into the dramatic and guitar-laden approach to synth-wave. With a love of 80โs cinema scores, 8-bit gamer soundtracks and influences like AIR, TANIMURA MIDNIGHT is the perfect accompaniment for Reagan era tech-noir film thrillers. The record isย easily their best releases thus far and the new VHS music video below proves them to be able toย extend beyond the headphones, enthral you with its layers and let you inhale some fine retro synths baked into one breathtaking journey. Watch below.
Shelby Cinca of TANIMURA MIDNIGHT commented on the song and music video:
This track is the first track I wrote for the album and the one that set the tone for the rest of the album. Itโs interesting that out of all the songs it still ended up as track 1 but I feel like it captured the initial inspiration of being a follow-up to the first Tanimura Midnight song I had guitar on which is the track โWrong Numberโ from the Ruby Dare EP. It really took me years to figure out how to integrate guitar with my electronic music compositionsโ which is one of the reason I stopped doing electronic shows (as Triobelisk) back in 2010. Being from a punk rock background I just couldnโt get as into pushing buttons and needed something more physical and now I finally feel like I figured it out. I would even say a lot of the guitar playing and approaches werenโt too far off with what I would do with Frodus on the last album we released back in 2001 โAnd We Washed Our Weapons In The Seaโ.
With the video, Initially I imagined doing something more directed with some actors but this came together out of circumstance when an artist on my label, Brahm, actually sent me the first 10 seconds of the video while he was messing around matching the music to footage. I riffed on that and included some ninja/crime video game footage and footage of myself playing guitar to round it out. Over time I have developed a style of this kind of video collage with the videos I made for other label artists Jean Micheย and Nounverberย (watch both videos below) – and my brain has started to piece together this type of footage for loose narratives. If I could I would have a video for every track but alas, didnโt have the time!
“Tanimura Midnight have taken their admiration for 80โs cinema scores, 8-bit gamer soundtracks, and Air to soaring heights. Deeper waves of synth, dramatic guitars conjure up classic tech-noir film soundtracks vibes.” โ GhettoBlaster Magazine
Originally a purely synth duo including Nick Anderson (Aloha, Title Tracks), Tanimura Midnight is now under the full guidance of Shelby Cinca. To many Cinca will be forever revered for his 90โs and early millennium work in DC punk/emo outfits Frodus and Decahedron. Now Cinca has incorporated both live guitar and bass playing to add to the projectโs sound.
As one of Swedish Columbia Records โSynthwave Octoberโ releases, the cassette version of the album appears in the labelsโ Mock-VHS 80โs packaging (pictured below). Over the last few years the project has developed global recognition for scoring a live action video for the Playstation 3 gaming hit, Hotline Miami 2. Perfectly fitting the retro vice aesthetic of that game.
