Soran - 'Mango'
Contemporary space boy Soran releases soundtrack of summer.
Ever since his adolescence, music has surrounded Soran. Both parents were creative individuals in their own right with his father a multi-instrumentalist and his mother a journalist for Japan, so it wasn't major news to anyone when everything aligned for him in embracing magic within the Arts.
Now, the Montreal-based half-Japanese and half-French artist architects a new vision for both pop and R&B uplifted by spaced soundscapes and irresistibly infectious hooks, amalgamating to a smooth-talking indie-pop conclusion.
After busking on the streets of New York City for a year and a half, Soran decided to put thought to practice by issuing his six-track self-titled EP in the back-end of 2018, playing every instrument on the run-through. The likes of softly-spoken indie-pop stalwarts Julia and Emma resulted in traction for the EP before he swooned into viral soundbite, IG Comments Song. Next to come was Space Boy, a DIY project harnessed by his mothers' passing which, in more ways than one, was the coming-together of his calling-card - this sonic, immersive backdrop underpinned with warbling vocals.
Now, a new year embraces Soran at its most musically-adept. Loneliness Confetti comes off the back of an already-prolific roster of doozy indie-pop marks that have given Soran the Upper Hand in what ticks for him already, as an artist. Here, Soran picks out pop touchstones from the likes of Beach House and Tatsuro Yamashita and wields it into a sprawling sphere of sonics through his own weightless design.
Mango - featuring smooth-talking rhythmic wordsmith Zach Zoya - sets the scene as the glitzy embodiment to his record here. The glittery love-bug follows on from the infectiously-happy Diamond and catchy-as-sin Magic that reflects the very merriment that shines off Soran's music. Inspired from the 8-bit instrumentals from '80s mainstream pop, Soran is here to bring his version of events to the forefront of a whole, new audience.
Words by Alex Curle
