Moving vocal from bandmate Erica Elektra sets off “I
Like The Way That You Hold Me” single, follow-up to 2018’s debut album “We Sleep
Again”.
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Dream System
8 (L-R): David Klotz, Erica Elektra.
Photo credit: Polly Antonia Barrowman.
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Dream System 8 | In The Press
“Evokes a dreamlike wonder.” — Billboard
“Beautiful dream pop.” — MAGNET
“The pair are bringing back all the nostalgia.” — Earmilk
“Jam packed with vintage synth tones.” — mxdwn.com
“Coaxes beguiling textures from their array of 80s era
keyboards.” — Keyboard
“Unabashedly starry-eyed.” — BuzzBands LA
“Dreamy.” — Magnetic
Magazine
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Dream System 8
We
Sleep Again
(Minty Fresh)
Out Now
Streaming Link:
Track Listing:
01. Losing All of You (STREAM |
MP3 | VIDEO)
02. It’s All Happening
03. Color the Stars
04. This Ride Called Life
05. Shine a Little Light (VIDEO)
06. Heather Runs the Marathon
07. Dedication
08. You Are
09. Little Ghost
10. Help Me See
11. Jenny's Ocean Drive
12. I Think of You
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Dream System
8 chats
with Billboard and shares the music video for “Losing All of You.”
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Dream System 8 | About
Dream System 8 is a synth-based pop duo out of Los Angeles that
combines the talents of veteran musicians Erica
Elektra and David Klotz. The
band will follow up its debut album We Sleep Again (Minty Fresh) with a new single “I Like The Way That You Hold Me” on Nov. 1st.
Recording with synths and gear dating to the early
1980’s – a large assortment of Rolands,
Korgs, and Yamahas, the Crumar
Performer, LinnDrum LM-2, and Omnichord System 100 – Dream System 8’s sound emerges from
these origins of artifice with natural-sounding pop songs inspired by Vangelis, The Human League, Tangerine
Dream, and Duran Duran.
“I hit stop while we were recording and saying ‘Wait a
second, is this a love song? Did we just write our first love song?,” Klotz remembers about the session for “I Like The Way That You Hold Me”.
“Our album We
Sleep Again is filled with songs about break-ups, loss and grief,
so this new song is a welcome departure. When Erica and I met each other years ago, we were both in a
post-break-up fog and the album we made was reflective of that. But in the last
year, Erica and I both met new
partners and now we’re both happier and in better places in our lives.”
With that, Klotz
and Elektra agreed to try something
different.
“I came across an old Pro Tools session, something I
started years ago,” Klotz says. “I
didn’t think there was much of a space for a vocal, but Erica thought otherwise. We fleshed it out, but after laboring over
it, I finally suggested that we start fresh on a new idea. Erica continued to insist that it could still be a song, and a week
later she called me and said, ‘I have lyrics!’”
“It’s just the ultimate love song about meeting
someone and knowing immediately that they are the one and how good it feels
when someone is finally treating you the way you’ve always wanted to be
treated,” Elektra says.
Those feelings are crystal clear in Elektra’s performance.
“I put up a mic, played the track, and she sang the
whole song in one take,” Klotz
explains. “I hit record and I was absolutely beside myself. Her melody was so
inspiring. It elevated the song to an entirely new level and I’m not even
talking about the lyrics, but the vocal melody on its own! I loved it so much.”
“Erica and
I have worked together for three years now and I’m constantly surprised and
amazed at our collaboration. If it were
up to me alone, this song would never have seen the light of day. I’m glad Erica saw something in my little demo!”
“I Like The Way That You Hold Me,” the latest single by Dream System 8 is out Nov. 1st,
2019 via Minty Fresh. The band’s
debut album We Sleep Again is available everywhere now.
David Klotz and Erica
Elektra are available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Dream System 8 | Links
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic
Promotion | Contact
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