HAZARD LIGHTS HOLLOWLOVE is an award-winning 2017 May 26 independent electropop duo from Vancouver “Seductive & pulsing Canada. Think Junior Boys meet Pet Shop Boys. new synthpop”
Producer Keith Gillard & vocalist / illustrator RESET Ryan Slemko are Canadian Independent Music 2017 July 28 “Anthemic & breathy with Award winners, whose independent debut plenty of ambient melody ” album has risen to #4 in the Canadian national
electronic charts, & #22 in the US (NACC). SHAPESHIFTING 2017 October 31 Hollowlove pairs alternating soaring or hushed “Spooky, housy deep groove with mad marimba” vocals with analog synthesizers and original sounds, with no samples used. The focus is on ORIGAMI HEART mood & atmosphere, celebrating the frayed but 2018 January 24 sexy edges of life: existential angst, despair, “Brilliant imagery, 80s funk keyboards & rhythms” vulnerability, hope, love, & dance.
DIAMOND MINE Hollowlove won Best Album & Best Song (for 2018 April 30 “I Love My Computer”) in the 2019 Clouzine “A spacey epic with a International Electronic Music Awards. The gripping soundscape”
album was named the top synthwave album of SERPENTINE May 2019 by Ghostpile Records , who also 2018 August 6 awarded “I Love My Computer” best single of “One of the best anti-trump April 2019. “Computer” also made the top 10 anthems I’ve heard” Synthwave Chart & has hit #1 at several EVERYTHING FALLS IN LINE college radio stations. The “Hollowers” 2018 November 7 fanbase has grown with each release, over “Progressive & dreamy blend of 38,000 as of June 2019. electropop & melodic techno”
“An extremely fun listen that’s as striking as i ts cover art, I LOVE MY COMPUTER dynamic vocals soar with an impressive falsetto ” -Take Effect 2019 February 1 “Kraftwerk and Prince had a “This will delight fans of electro pop. It’s cool, it’s sophisticated baby & raised it on chillwave” & it will transport you to another place & time.” -Clouzine
DEBUT ALBUM “Exploding with tech noises & vocals writhing under an incessant beat… hard not to come back to ” -SSG Music 2019 May 1 “Hollowlove just keep getting “Absolutely pristine pop … immaculate production & better & better with each track” meticulous textures ... equally soulful & intimate like the
best of Erasure or Pet Shop Boys .” -The Vancouver Sun PARTICLE & WAVE
2019 July 1 “Modular synths & 808s clash while http://www.HOLLOWLOVE.com Ryan’s vocals drip with emotion” [email protected]