Natasha Bai - Soldier Of Love EP (Ransom Note Records)

 

Title: Soldier Of Love EP 

Artist: Natasha Bai

Label: Ransom Note Records

Cat Number: R$N36

Genre: Electronic Pop 

1: Sun & Sky

2: Soldier Of Love

3: Human, Right

4: Outlaw

5: Two Words

This release covers a few electronic bases and manages to combine a keen ear for melody with lyrics that, I’m told, are “coloured by (Natasha’s) personal experience of Russia’s human rights violations.” The individual tracks draw on trance/breaks (‘Sun & Sky’, ‘Soldier Of Love’), trance (‘Human, Right’), and electro/trance (‘Outlaw’)  with, I daresay, techno being the unifying factor. ‘Two Words’ is an outlier here, slowing things down to a morbid plod. The social conscience on display here is put across in a very accessible way, which I guess is the idea. However, it lacks edge and would be more at home at Eurovision than in a dark basement.