Into a world buried in monotony, crisis, and routine bursts the new release “Love Is The Revolution” by M4TR. This album brings back the spark that makes life real, vivid, and thrilling. More than that, it has the power to transform everything around us, to fill the everyday with meaning and joy. With this record, M4TR seems to deliver a message, living means more than just breathing. It means taking risks, dreaming big, and sometimes being a bit of a romantic. Like the frontier AJ Solaris, inspired by the winds of change, leading his project M4TR (Music 4 The Revolution) into a new era of sound. “Love Is The Revolution” was released, a grand concept where synthpop, funk-groove, and disco-light create a whimsical dance of retrofuturism, uniting the past and the future.
The album’s themes explore the power of love, its highs, losses, and reflections – reminding us that despite the dullness of routine and predictability, love is the very elixir capable of bringing back the passion, madness, and courage we so desperately lack. Solaris says: “We’re living in a time when everything feels like it could collapse at any moment.” And perhaps it is in this music that many will find the key to reignite the fire of adventure within themselves and make life more colorful once again. An album of twelve tracks that reveal the complexity and multifaceted nature of the feeling called Love.
If earlier the music of M4TR sounded loud, with the sweep of a protest battle cry, now it has transformed into a subtle exploration of the power and fickleness of love. The album doesn’t linger in distant build-ups. It begins right away with “Let Love Turn This World Around”, which draws you into an embrace of melodies with an Eastern flavor. What starts as a delicate whisper soon grows into a vivid symphony, enriched with the golden warmth of a saxophone and the flowing grace of cascading synthesizers, all held together by a voice that enchants. The sound of M4TR is like walking through the temporal layers of music. One can hear hints of classic Coldplay and Duran Duran, as well as modern echoes of Beck and Arcade Fire.
The tracks breathe the spirit of the ’80s and ’90s, but they’re seasoned with an apocalyptic modernity, creating something new and mesmerizing. Take, for example, “The Spektre” its dazzling opening transports you straight into the disco era. Then, gradually, through a variety of sonic tricks, it gains a rich, modern sound. The honey-voiced saxophone adds a special sophistication to the melody. Fans of precise, heartbeat-like drum parts and long, yearning guitar solos, like the sorrow of an eternal wanderer, will surely appreciate the track “Just Out of Time.” The guitar in this song is like the voice of a lost future that almost could have happened. And the drums, steps echoing through empty streets of memory, where the past still refuses to come to terms with the present. “Just Out of Time” is a track where time slips away, but feelings remain.
Dark shadows, like a tarry haze rising from the subconscious, envelop the track “Siren Song”, it’s like a vibrating musical fresco on the walls of the soul. In its melodies and vocals, one hears the moan of a lost ego, and the rhythm is a pulsating wound of inner fractures. A cohesive musical canvas, the embodiment of doubt and unspoken curses, whispering about the inevitability of reckoning for the betrayal of oneself. I recommend paying attention to the heartfelt “Life Without Her”, a complex musical landscape where mesmerizing percussion and live guitars create a unique atmosphere. The tom rhythms beat in sync with a broken heart, while brief passages with striking stereo panning transport the listener to a space where past and present merge.
The guitars sound like quiet confessions, restrained yet piercing. Everything sounds precise and meaningful. In the remarkable “Love Is The Revolution”, the artist offers a wonderfully integrated handclap, all set against a backdrop of new wave-style guitars and layered keyboard “solitaire” arrangements. Here you’ll also find sequenced synth rhythms, and even “Indian motifs.” The result is a danceable, passionate, multilayered whirlwind. This is music of change, where every element serves a single purpose: to awaken, to inspire, to unite. The release concludes with the grand, cinematic ballad “Polaris”, the true culmination of the album. By the way, it’s the longest track on the album, clocking in at 5:49. AJ Solaris gave his all, 200%, delivering an overwhelmingly powerful finale, where energy and silence merge into one, leaving behind an echo and a feeling of catharsis.
What’s the main thing in “Love Is The Revolution” by M4TR? Strangely enough, everything at once. Staccato guitar drops, drums with an emphasized midrange,and clearly defined tom accents. Bright guitars, a well-audible bass that often climbs upward, with slap-style “punches.” A lace of ‘80s-style synthesizers, an overall rich stereo field, flanger, arpeggiation… And above it all – the vocals. Iconic, they hold and bind together the entire sound of the album. Going forward, I believe M4TR will bring us much that is new and unexpected.
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