The new Diamond Field single “Belinda” is out now on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp.
“Belinda” captures the sound of the mid-1980s FM radio with mid-tempo ballad about yearning, lost love. Featuring lush synths, clean 80s electric guitars, powerful vocals from Jenny Bates and a soprano sax solo by Nathan Haines, “Belinda” gives all the feels you'd get from the soundtrack to a John Hughes movie!
Check out my Diamond Field remix of Sight Telma Club‘s “Bad Thing“ (feat. LAU) from “The New Ancients” special edition on AZTEC Records.
Available now on all streaming platforms
Diamond Field will be appearing live at Factory Records, Dover NJ with The Motion Epic on August 16th 2023!
Come for a live in store show featuring The Motion Epic and Diamond Field, plus meet-and-greet and record signing!
Tickets $15 from EventBrite
NB: Only 45 Tickets available!
Initial Talk has made massive retro waves with their officially commissioned 1980s-kissed remixes for Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Sia, STEPS, Erasure, The Vivienne, Sam Sparro, KA’BEL and their own original releases.
Initial Talk has collectively racked up 30 million plays on Spotify alone and their remixes recently appeared on physical deluxe editions of Kylie’s “Disco” and Erasure’s “The NEON” albums.
For their latest single ‘Dream Lover’, Initial Talk teams-up with London retro pop/synthwave artist Roxi Drive to deliver an upbeat, feel-good slice of ‘80s pop. Roxi Drive is one of synthwave’s most popular artists having released several albums, hit singles and collaborations delivering her fans a-plenty.
Roxi’s ‘80s chic and vocal chops perfectly combine with Initial Talk’s synthy sensibilities to create a catchy number for dream lovers everywhere. ‘Dream Lover’ comes as a maxi-single with additional mixes by Diamond Field and is the second Initial Talk single to be released by Luca Discs, following on from 2020’s ‘Skydiving’ featuring Sasha Brown.
The four track maxi-single features a remix by Diamond Field and an ‘80s-style 12’ extend version.
Diamond Field is now taking bookings for live shows - contact diamondfieldmusic@gmail.com
It’s official - Diamond Field is hitting the stage for a live show in NYC on Friday June 10th 2022!
Diamond Field will be joined by Beckerton’s Jenny Bates on vocal duties and the lineup also features Baltimores’ Power Rob along with NYC’s Bunny X and Parlour Magic! Your host for the night is Kal-Elle Jagger!
The “Night of the Synths” show is at Brooklyn Music Kitchen and tickets are on sale now from Eventbrite! Get ‘em quick as it’s a small venue!
Watch the promo video:
Featuring 10 new songs and contributions from Cody Carpenter, Chelsea Nenni, Nik Brinkman, Belinda Bradley, Kyle Brauch, Becca Starr, Miriam Clancy, Nina Luna, Matthew J. Ruys. The Saxophone Warrior and Rodger Cunningham.
Check out some of the early reviews:
“Applied with engaging productions and arrangements, the music captures the spirit of the pioneering MTV era and classic Brat Pack movie soundtracks. Like a high tech K-Tel compilation album but from the baton of one conductor, this is perhaps the most cohesive multi-vocalist album since the only long player to date by KLEERUP which combined electro-soul, synthpop, Italo, kosmische and ambient. DIAMOND FIELD has successfully thrown in new wave, synthpop, funk, R ‘n’ B’ and AOR into one escapist pot.” – Chi Ming Lai, the Electricity Club UK 7/30/21
“The result is an eclectic wonder of a record that is masterfully unique and that can stand alone with its own perspective and amalgamation of musical DNA, transcending a plethora of genres. It gives its retro flavor, but without being too affected or too honed in on trends, paying utmost respect to dynamic, nuanced writing afforded by the wide range of Diamond Field’s influences. The complex layers in the composition and the arrangements, along with the distinctive choice of vocalists showcase a seasoned, bold musician and producer with a vision that he can call his own. All we can say is Bravo! This is a record that everyone must listen to and take notes from.” – CZARINA, Absynth.Space
After a run of outstanding singles, on July 30th NYC’s Diamond Field is set to release their self-titled debut album of 10 brand new songs, shimmering with the sound of the 1980s.
Diamond Field’s Andy Diamond worked on the album with vocalists and musicians from across the U.S., to Scotland and New Zealand. All fine artists in their own right, vocalists include Cody Carpenter (Ludrium, John Carpenter), Chelsea Nenni (Late Slip), Nik Brinkman (Junica, Over The Atlantic), Belinda Bradley (Selon Recliner), Kyle Brauch (MIDWAVE, Rain Rabbit), Becca Starr and Miriam Clancy, with return appearances from previous Diamond Field collaborators Nina Luna and Matthew J. Ruys. The Saxophone Warrior (Felix Pastorius’ Hipster Assassins, Fischerspooner, Lord Huron) makes a special appearance on sax, with LA’s Rodger Cunningham on guitar. Andy has also performed and recorded with many of these artists outside of Diamond Field, making the collaboration process feel like a musical family affair.
Diamond Field’s sound is inspired by ‘80s producers like Hugh Padgham (Phill Collins, The Police), Rupert Hine (Howard Jones, The Fixx) and Peter Wolf (Wang Chung, Survivor), whose production techniques mixed traditional instruments with the latest tech of the time. On Diamond Field, electric guitars, bass, and ‘real’ drums are combined with drum machines, sequencers, and synthesizers; vocals are up front and stacks of backing vocals regularly fill out the choruses.
For the songwriting, inspiration comes from many places – from ABBA to Michael Sembello, The Go Go’s to Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark. Careful attention is given to song arrangements – intros to draw you in, pre-choruses build, choruses soar, solos and middle eights keep you engaged. Hooks are everywhere and stick in your head – this is “ear worm central”! Despite the varied song styles and different vocalists, Diamond Field still feels like a cohesive album – like a compilation of pop hits, but all from one artist.
All the album’s tracks were written before the covid-19 pandemic with final mixing taking place over the course of 2020 and early 2021. By chance, many of the song lyrics deal with hope and positivity, and combined with the album’s catchy music, it makes Diamond Field an ideal soundtrack as find our way forward.
The physical release will be available on limited edition hot pink vinyl with a 12x24” insert and on high quality cassette distributed via LA-based boutique vinyl label Sofa King Vinyl. In 2019 Sofa King Vinyl released Diamond Field and Bob Haro’s ‘Won’t Compromise’ on colored 7” vinyl, the first title in Sofa King’s “Synthy Sevens” series which included 7” vinyl releases from Let Em Riot, TEEEL, Palm Lakes and Glitterwolf. Sofa King Vinyl’s previous releases include Opus Science Collective, The Motion Epic and Australia’s much loved synth duo Client Liaison.
Note: Due to increased production times, vinyl and cassette availability will be available later in 2021.
The compilation features new and previously unreleased music from Anoraak; Betamaxx; Bunny X; Deadly Avenger; Diamond Field & Dana Jean Phoenix; FM Attack; Forgotten Illusions; Highway Superstar (feat. Zoe Polanski); In Mirrors; Johan Agebjörn (feat. Tom Hooker) & remixed by Wolfram; LE MATOS; Maethelvin; Mecha Maiko; Metavari; The Midnight; Parallels; and introducing VH x RR (Von Hertzog and Rob Rowe of Cause and Effect).
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