Looking for Luna - Names on the Wall
Hey everyone! I just released my first album as Looking for Luna - Names on the Wall. It’s inspired by The Midnight (of course), but also draws heavy inspiration from Billy Ocean, Midnight Star, brothertiger, FM-84, Go West, Steve Winwood and Chaka Kahn.
It took about 5 years working on it on and off and features a bunch of my friends lending their vocal talents! Jangle Boy is a YouTuber, Justin Young is the vocalist and guitar player of Better Blooms and Loraine, Jeff my life is a fellow synthwave/retro wave artist, Kelsey Rivers is an alternative RnB artist, and Allie Argent is an indie girly.
Pretty much everything music wise was made in-synthesizer, primarily Vital. I played guitar and sang, and the various saxophones and trumpets are sampled one shots and riffs chopped and flipped that I layered with brass VSTs.
I made the art myself in Aseprite! This is the Luna we’re looking for. She and the name were inspired by my youngest daughter outside one night staring at the sky saying, “daddy I’m looking for Luna (the moon)” and basically the whole concept of the project was born from that.
Currently I’m working on an animated album visualizer that I was hoping to release along side it but that probably won’t be done for a few more months (it’s an insane amount of work).
Absolutely NO AI was used at any stage of production of the music OR the artwork.
I hope some folks give it a listen! I’m really proud of it and would love to see what everyone thinks!
Thanks for reading!