If you are the type who digs songs that hypnotize you from the get-go and drag you into their universe with no intentions to release you, “L’ange dans la mer” by Savagerus should be your next late-night listen. As soon as it starts playing, you are engulfed by a hazy yet resonant ambiance. The sound does not rush, and nor does it stop; the rhythm ebbs and flows in your ears while each beep softly coerces you to feel. The vocals of a female singer come in so faintly, you do not even realize you are leaning in closer. As she voices her words, you can almost see her sitting beside you, sharing the secret of a bygone, sacred place.
Featuring both Latin and French verses, Savagerus has made his track sound otherworldly. Even if you do not fully comprehend the lyrics, you can still detect the emotionality with which each word is delivered. The vocals and ambience never overplay their cards or overpopulate the space they were given. It feels like floating in slow-motion while waves of desire and memory pass by you. You get the idea of the song’s topic, something about an angel that has lost its way, but it is not directly spelled out for you. Savagerus builds its plot in a mosaic of broken thoughts, fleeting feelings, and incomparable sensations. You are being haunted, but in the most tender of ways.
If you are one of those who appreciated the work of Delerium or Mylène Farmer, you will be perfectly at home in Savagerus’s single, but his sound is never less than unique. Savagerus has proven a master at blending to perfection the classically sensual and genuinely unorthodox, building something so sensual yet never so noisy or brash. “L’ange dans la mer” is a song you fall into, one that can set the tone for the dullest of nights, most meaningful of silences, or purest yearnings for intimacy.
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