Stream: World Below - Raindear

Following singles Sky, Coins and Elephant Heart (which appeared on BlackPlastic back in August), Raindear is back with another piece of glittering electronic glam pop with World Below.

World Below is instantly recognisable as Raindear’s work - analogue-sounding electronics shifting beneath swirling and sultry vocals whilst a throbbing bass line kicks things up a gear

Raindear is the musical persona of Swedish artist Rebecca Bergcrantz. Raised by parents known on the jazz and classical music scene, Bergcrantz quickly absorbed as much music as possible from a young age and released her debut album in 2016.

The focus World Below is losing yourself and briefly feeling above everything, as described by Raindear:

“It's edgy, sinful, playful and hazy. It's the feeling of having the world wrapped around your finger for a while. I wrote it after a wild summer night that ended as a dance party in the dawn in an abandoned train tunnel.”

Stream: Elephant Heart - Raindear

Raindear is the musical creation of Swedish artist Rebecca Bergcrantz, and she has just released her single Elephant Heart, a song about love, during a week of pride celebrations.

Elephant Heart is a pulsing record, melodic synths crash against a bedrock of electronic drums and elastic bass lines. The vocals hang above this record with surprisingly lightness - everything musical feels concrete and grounded in earthly distortion. It’s a bit Goldfrapp - a little pop, a little electro, a little weird. Which is to say, it’s a little bit great.

The song’s title is a reference to big hearts, an allusion to the song’s topic of unconditional love and being a romantic. In Bergcrantz’s words:

“The song is a tribute to all of us hopeless romantics who over and over again open our big but fragile hearts, just to let them be filled with darkness once again.”

Check out Elephant Heart below: