(PRESALE 5/4/26) Tender Rain LP (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M) – – SYNTH-POP *NEW*

Ghia
Tender Rain LP

Label EDGE043 | The Outer Edge
Style Disco, Italo, New Beat
Format LP
Country Germany

01 Tender Rain
02 Auf Unserm Grnen Sofa
03 Teardrops In Your Eyes
04 Reise Bei Nacht
05 Change Your Sex
06 Und Recken Ihre Schlanken Glieder
07 New Love
08 Was Ich Dir Noch Sagen Wollte
09 What’s Your Voodoo (Dark Spirits Mix)
10 Letzter Tanz

Call it soulful dream pop, proto-trip hop or downtempo jazz Tender Rain is the follow-up LP to the successful This Is album and continues to deliver Ghias unmistakable sonic magic. On this release, the band shares a selection of previously unreleased vocal songs alongside instrumental pieces, all carried by their trademark chilled and almost meditative atmosphere. Most of the recordings date from the early 1990s, while early demo versions of New Love and Teardrops in Your Eyes may reach back as far as the late 1980s. The album opens with the title track Tender Rain, where smooth vocal jazz harmonies merge effortlessly with soulful pop elements. The track originally appeared only on CD in 1993 on the small Mikado label run by renowned German guitarist Ulli Bgershausen. The band recalls that the piece was first pre-recorded using MIDI equipment and a Tascam 16-track recorder before being completed in the studio with drums by legendary drummer Mickie Stickdorn (Carsten Bohns Bandstand, Cyklus, Elephant, Lake), percussion by Corinna Ludzuweit, and the final touch-Lisa Ohms remarkable vocals. At the time, Mikado was also looking for instrumental material for radio and synchronization use. They selected the track Tropfstein for a sampler CD and requested more pieces. In response, und recken ihre schlanken Glieder (roughly translated as and stretching their slender limbs) was composed especially for the project, as Frank Simon remembers. Both tracks appeared on the now rare Mikado sampler CD under the alias z. Zt., short for zur Zeit (at present or these days). Several further pieces in a similar vein were created during this period, including the previously unissued Auf unserm grnen Sofa, Reise bei Nacht, and Was ich Dir noch sagen wollte. These tracks are beautifully crafted downtempo pieces featuring smooth, jazzy piano lines combined with touches of ambient and New Age aesthetics. Auf unserm grnen Sofa stands out in particular and

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: SYNTH-POP
• Format Type: LP