"Joking" pictures New Order smoking cigarettes with The Cure in a rainy Kabukicho alley at 4 a.m., all eyes on the puddles gathering at their feet. Released in December 2021 on Molio Holi’s own Soleil lunatique imprint as part of the brilliant "White Sunlight EP," the song combines sparse drum machines, synth bass, melancholy chiming keys, and searing, razor blade guitars. The beautiful vocals are a detached kind of sorrowful, an aloof despondency. Secret Disco splices up the original, rearranging it to more than twice its original length to maximize the pensive 120 bpm dance floor experience.
credits
from Harmless Joking Edits,
track released August 18, 2022
Written, arranged, performed, recorded, mixed by Molio Holi
Remixed by Secret Disco
Mastered by Cristobal Urbina for See You Mastering
Soleil lunatique/Secret Disco, 2022
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