Rose Ringed drops emotional new LP singles ‘I Miss You’ and ‘Deep Inside’
His deeply personal debut album ‘Mylène’ drops 17th October
DJ/composer/live artist/drummer/jazz pianist Rose Ringed presages his long-awaited debut album with new singles ‘I Miss You’ and ‘Deep Inside’, both out now. Typically, despite the deeply personal theme of childhood loss, the Amsterdam producer’s sound carries a positive, even at times euphoric feel, and a universal relevance while not shying away from raw emotions.
Previous LP singles have won support from global dance media and discerning tastemakers, including Mixmag NL, Radio 538 (+ a Hot Mix), SLAM! FM, Studio Brussel, Reprezent Radio, Byte FM (DE), Geek Pie Radio, and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, among others.
His full LP ‘Mylène’ drops on 17th October on his Closed Eyes Recordings imprint. It’s dedicated to and narrates the early death of his beloved mother, a jazz ballerina, when he was only 11. This primal loss shaped his music, its emotional heft and euphoric chords intensified by an underlying melancholy celebrating the woman and the mother she was. The music, vocals and lyrics were all created by Rose Ringed himself as a guide through grief, an example of hope — of pain transformed through creativity into art and even joy. Rose Ringed emerges as not only a talented musician/composer but a melodic, heart-stirring singer.
The two new singles are from the LP’s ‘Stage 3’, where Rose learned to re-frame his grief as an adult from that of his inner child, who was still seeking to ‘save’ his mother – to be instead at peace with her passing, to honour her and her role in his creative adult life.
‘I Miss You’: An accessible, compelling though personal song. Echo and pulsating emotional synth, a low, breakbeat-influenced resonant bassline, as Rose Ringed sings his heartfelt lyrics. Tear-jerking, yes, but as always with him, there’s an upbeat feel to the accompaniment as, true to his signature sound and the album’s theme, he brings the joy of creation out of childhood tragedy.
“I did this therapy exercise where I spoke to the 11-year-old me. The first thing that boy told me was ‘Have fun’. Such a powerful message of letting go. I had been a son trying to protect his mother, to find a way of saving her, too late. ‘I Miss You’ tells the story of me finding a new way of expressing my feelings about her passing.”
‘Deep Inside’: starts with slow organ notes and his yearning, light but powerful voice in his “deepest, strongest vocal work”, then a more urgent beat with matching insistent synth theme strikes up to carry the beautiful lyrics – dark undertones, yet with light breaking through, and promise for the future.
“‘Deep Inside’ is a song summarizing the process of my recent emotional growth. It marks the transition from my search for answers into acceptance, when in therapy I found a way through love of her and of myself to have peace.”
Rose Ringed ‘I Miss You’ and ‘Deep Inside’ are both out now on Closed Eyes Recordings, ahead of his ‘Mylène’ LP on 17th October. Pre-save the full album HERE.
