Hungarian electro-pop noir duo Black Nail Cabaret have just released a new EP entitled ‘Teach Me How To Techno’. The title track is an extended version of a song from their recent issued ‘Chrysanthemum’ album, with two remixes of this track and a remix of previous single ‘Darkness Is A Friend’ rounding out the EP.
The acclaimed album also includes the singles ‘Autogenic’ and ‘Roadtrip’ and was promoted with a well received UK tour in April.
BLACK NAIL CABARET
TEACH ME HOW TO TECHNO
new EP
out now
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The beautiful chrysanthemum derives its name from the Latin version of the ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον, which translates as ‘gold flower’. Its humble white form is also known as the ‘cemetery flower’ as its longevity is often used to adorn graves. For the Hungarian electro-pop duo Black Nail Cabaret, its blossom paves the way for our own deathbed portraits.
Musically, BNC’s outstanding songwriting ability has been brought closer to perfection with ‘Chrysanthemum’, their sixth album and a record that effortlessly blends dark electronic sounds with pop noir elements. That they have form in delivering strong compositions rather than merely relying on studio wizardry was recently proved with ‘Woodland Memoirs’ (2023), an album of BNC songs that were recorded acoustically and released as Black Nail Cabaret & Friends.
Although ‘Chrysanthemum’ sees BNC remaining true to a penchant for sexually explicit provocation, the primal and subconscious fear of death that triggers emotions, anxiety and the fear of letting go is also a thread running the new album. Moreover, their eroticism has always sought to avoid cheap cliché; rather, they depict their living BDSM reality in artistic fashion framed by high aesthetic standards.
BNC self-released their 2018 fourth album ‘Pseudopop’, a record that successfully fused art, pop, dark harmonies and powerful electronics. It left an impressive mark on the electronic scene in their home territory and received an international relaunch after its 2020 follow-up ‘Gods Verging On Sanity’ saw their reputation spread rapidly despite enforced limitations caused by the pandemic.
The stars have now fully aligned for BNC to take on the world with a dark soundtrack to life’s glory symbolised by a shiny white flower of seeming innocence that at closer inspection also carries the eternal might of death in its scent: ‘Chrysanthemum’.
BLACK NAIL CABARET
Emèse Árvai-Illes – vocals
Krisztián Árvai – keyboards, programming
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