PopMatters
says title song about unrequited love will “inspire a legion of imitators.” “Syn
Illusión” video streaming now at Sound
Vapors.
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J Hacha De Zola as photographed by Robin Souma
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“J Hacha De
Zola sings a song of unrequited love
with ‘Syn Illusión’. As songs on the
matter go, this is one that’s bound to light the way forward and inspire a
legion of imitators.” — PopMatters |
Listen to J Hacha de Zola’s “Syn Illusión” at PopMatters
or via the link below!
[STREAM | MP3]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/JHachaDeZola-SynIllusion
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“Heavy on the 80’s synth sound, the lead single and
title of the album, is intriguing. It’s
as if the late Michael Hutchence
decided to partner with Joy Division
and create a driving, emotional opus.” – Sound Vapors with the “Syn Illusión” video premiere by J Hacha De Zola
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“I got in touch with my inner ‘broken-hearted
17-year-old girl from 90’s,” says Rahway, New Jersey-based artist J Hacha De Zola about the title track
from his recently released EP, “Syn
Illusión,” streaming everywhere now courtesy of the Caballo Negro label. “I think of this as some kind of ‘undead Romeo
vampire-like dude crooning about love, power, and magic.”
As Hacha De
Zola preps Icaro Nouveau, his fourth album of “Urban Junkyard” tunes, which
previously prompting Paste to
proclaim him “a wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Captain Beefheart,” the risk-taking
artist has taken an unexpected detour.
“Syn Illusión” an original, all-Spanish language, 80s-era
synth-driven EP, could very well open the man that UTNE described as “the kind of alluring character found in old
children’s books” to an audience as unexpected as this release is itself.
“A dear friend
challenged me to step outside of this ‘J
Hacha’ guy,” Hacha De Zola says.
“Maybe ‘J Hacha’ had a more
sensitive side; maybe that guy would write a record in Spanish, my first
language. I originally went into this idea of a record in Spanish telling
myself, ‘I’m just going to do a stripped down Hacha record, but it didn’t turn out that way at all!’”
“‘Syn Illusión’
means ‘without delusion’ in Spanish,” Hacha
De Zola continues, “but it also refers to the heavy synth sounds on this
EP.” The “stripped down” J Hacha De Zola
sound that he says he was going for has actually turned out to be his most
produced effort to date. “My producer had all these really cool vintage synths,
keyboards, Mellotrons, farfisas and retro synth emulators in the studio, so I
thought, “well hell, let’s go heavy with these! I love retro 80’s synth
sounds.”
J Hacha De Zola albums (including his
upcoming 2019 full-length Icaro Nouveau, produced by Dinosaur Jr, Waxahatchee visionary, John
Agnello), tend to pull from various musical bags, which Blurt Magazine described “a compelling
all-over-the-map collision of jazz, blues, show tunes, garage rock, and Latino
flavors. At points, hypnotic, cinematic, lush, and dissonant.” The four songs
on “Syn Illusión” are none of that.
“Despite the
lyrics and vocals being in Spanish, the music is essentially just one thing,” Hacha De Zola says, “it’s not Latin by
any stretch; it’s some kind of dreamy emo synth pop.” One may be reminded of
the opening strains of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” or Irene Cara’s film theme “Flashdance… What A Feeling,” a
brilliant stroke that someone needed to make happen sooner or later.
“Syn
Illusión,” the new EP by J Hacha De
Zola, is out now via the Caballo
Negro label. Hacha De Zola’s
fourth full-length album Icaro Nouveau is scheduled for
release in early 2019. Hacha de Zola
is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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J Hacha De Zola
‘Syn Illusión’ EP
(Caballo
Negro)
Out Now
Track Listing:
01. Syn Illusión (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
02. Otro Lado
03. Lejos De Mi
04. El Mago Negro
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J Hacha De Zola Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
