Just a Dream Lea Porcelain

• 1Just a Dream04:07
• 2Ohio04:34
• 3Consent of Cult06:01
• 4Choirs to Heaven04:45
• 5Pool Song03:53
• Total Runtime23:20

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Two music worlds clash to produce a piece that is well-balanced and beautifully haunting. The duo had international music webs (such as Stereogum) sing odes to them soon after they released their first material. The British music site Velvet Independent wrote that their debut track Similar Familiar “proves you don’t have to be established to make something massive”. It seems that Markus Nikolaus and Julien Bracht have reached the perfect constellation of energies, both sonically and personally. Their debut album Hymns to the Night came out last year on their own label Lea Porcelain Recordings as well as a vinyl of remixes. 2018 has seen a release of three singles and a mesmerizing concert at the Funkhaus venue in Berlin.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that band members are close friends or that they both have music careers outside of the band. In the case of Lea Porcelain, however, the timeline is somewhat twisted. The pair first met in a Frankfurt club back in 2012. The night was already giving way to the morning when Markus and his then-eccentric hairdo struck Julien, but it wasn’t till the second chance meeting about a week later that they actually spoke, the duo recalls in a 2017 interview. Upon meeting they were both established musicians in their respective corners of the music universe, Markus as part of the independent scene and Julien as a techno DJ. The differences attracted each other and mutual interest in the other’s endeavours eventually grew into launching a project together. Searching for a name they wanted something timeless that they could fill with meaning rather than creating a hype, and so Julien picked Lea and Markus Porcelain.

Lea Porcelain
Berlin-based post-punk duo Lea Porcelain, made up of producer Julien Bracht and singer Markus Nikolaus, are one of the most exciting and refreshing bands to come out of the German capital. Having originally met at a nightclub in Frankfurt where Bracht was playing, the pair’s evergreen relationship and understanding is sinuous with their musical output over the years. From 2016’s ‘Out Is In’ EP to last year’s magnificent debut full-length ‘HYMNS TO THE NIGHT’, Lea Porcelain’s music couples poignant songwriting with lush, expansive soundscapes that invigorate and awake feelings with ease.

That’s exactly the case with ‘Pool Song’, the wonderful new single which the band have performed as part of their COLORS show. Taken from their forthcoming sophomore album, the single serves as the follow up to previous cuts like ‘Sink Into the Night’ and ‘Future Hurry Slow’ and features Nikolaus’ melancholic and brusque tones weaving their way through the synth-led soundscape penned by Bract. Dive into ‘Pool Song’ here and be sure to keep an eye out for more from Lea Porcelain.

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