No Moon At All. What A Night

Shcaa shows off his artistry once more on

stunning new album, 'No Moon At All, What a

Night', which lands on Apollo on October 9th

following two lead singles in September.

Paris based Shcaa makes abstract and emotional

electronic music. The producer, composer and guitarist

is meticulous in his use of space and time, arranging

harmonies, rhythm and texture with a rare sensibility.

He combines the synthetic and the organic and

transcendent ways and has done so on the likes of

Sharingtones, Archival and Grow before now landing on

Apollo. This new album emerged from recording

sessions first started in NYC in autumn 2017 and is one

heavily influenced by nocturnal urban moods.

'No Moon At All, What a Night' is made up of dense

synthesised soundscapes, layered with rich melodies

and harmonies that were composed on guitar. The artist

explains more, saying, "I wanted the album to reflect a

certain period of my life, the process of recognizing

illusions, leaving them behind, discerning the important

things, like shapes emerging from the dark. It is less

hidden behind experimentalism than my first one. It is

more lyrical when it needs to be but also draws more

openly on club energy in some instances."

The record opens with introspective and downbeat

offering 'Faroh's Bird' before melting into the lullaby like

melodies and lilting grooves of 'Auguries' which is subtle

yet uplifting. The off-beat 'Moralia' layers up more

freeform and jazzy chords with lumpy rhythms and

closely mic'ed vocals to enthralling effect. After the slick

dub techno hypnosis of 'Oons Ide' come the gorgeous

keys and spoken word vocal musings of 'If You Fall',

then the lush piano interlude 'Sometime'. The second

half of this most alluring album takes in deep, driving

rhythms on 'Sister,' hot and steamy, lo-fi r&B on 'When

Eternity' and cosmic soundscapes on 'Until We Meet.'

Excellent breakbeats and pitch shifted vocal sounds

make 'Fantastic' a dream-like trip then 'Aurora' closes

with some eerie and cavernous ambient that provokes

deep contemplation.

This album shows true artistic maturity and honest

expression that results in a richly rewarding listen and

another real winner from the Apollo label.