The instrumental version of Days of Thunder was released on March 20, 2016. 10) 11) The singles included the original songs and remixes that would later appear on the 2017 remix album The Midnight Remixed. No singles from the EP were released prior to its release, but in 2016 the label Silk Music issued singles for the songs WeMoveForward and Days of Thunder. This is our love song to our city and a testament to the weight these years can hold. The songs were written in North Hollywood and Santa Monica over two years and represent the first fruit of The Midnight. The Midnight is a marriage between a songwriter from the Deep South and a producer from Denmark who both live in Los Angeles.
How do we capture them? How could we possibly be able to fully appreciate them in the present? This project is our attempt to put time under glass.
These are the days that we will return to one day in the future only in memories. It means basically, the sad beauty of seeing time pass - the aching awareness of impermanence. The band's sound and philosophy were self-described as follows: 9) 8) The EP contains six tracks and was entirely written, produced, and mastered by Lyle and McEwan, with additional instrumentation provided by Thomas Edinger (saxophone) and Oliver McEwan (synths). 7) Other band names that they considered were “Lightyears”, “Temporary Tigers”, and “The Midnight Tigers.”Īfter the initial meeting in 2012, Lyle and McEwan continued writing together over the next two years and independently released their debut EP Days of Thunder on July 15, 2014. The first song they wrote together was WeMoveForward, 5) 6) which was included on their debut EP Days of Thunder.Īccording to Lyle, the name “The Midnight” came from McEwan and himself throwing out random names until they found one that stuck.
THE MIDNIGHT DAYS OF THUNDER MIDI MOVIE
McEwan had previous exposure to the burgeoning genre and was inspired by the movie Drive. After initially struggling to define their sound, McEwan suggested that they compose songs in the synthwave style. Despite differing musical backgrounds, they bonded over a mutual love of 80s rock and began to write songs together. 4) Before meeting, McEwan had listened to some of Lyle’s previous work and liked Lyle’s folk sound. The pair met for the first time in 2012 at a songwriter’s workshop in North Hollywood organized by Katie Donovan, Lyle’s A&R representative at the time. McEwan was a drummer and producer based in Denmark, later becoming a member of the Danish production group Deekay who has written and produced songs for many popular artists. Lyle was an indie-folk singer-songwriter based in the state of Georgia and gained initial notability with several self-released titles, becoming regionally and nationally known. Tyler's emotive vocal soars above PROFF's simultaneously dance-friendly and introspective arrangement.Prior to forming The Midnight, Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan were both established musicians. His composition features adrenalin-fueled beats, which are soothingly offset by lush and tranquil pads and other melodic accents. The Midnight's neon-tinged instrumentation and inspired vocal performance coalesce in the form of a sonic masterpiece.įaced with the daunting task of remixing a superlative track, PROFF demonstrates his enviable artistic versatility by tapping his Soultorque alias the result is another blissful drum & bass rendering. The euphoric, sing-along chorus is punctuated by an equally emotive saxophone riff, which ultimately enjoys an extended solo.
We are soon met by an uptempo groove and Tyler's thrilling vocal, the first of several verses that lyrically feature a playful conceit, regarding the dark side of love. The Midnight's original version of "Days Of Thunder" kicks off with a start-your-engines sample, hinting at the titular Tom Cruise-helmed feature film. As fans anxiously await their debut artist album, we have revived their characteristically 80s-inspired classic "Days Of Thunder," featuring a brand new drum & bass remix by Russian legend PROFF. In recent months, the duo have continued to generate tremendous buzz (including hundreds of thousands of streams on YouTube and Spotify) for their latest self-released singles. The single has since been championed by the likes of Chicane and Roger Shah. The Midnight, consisting of Danish-born (LA-based) producer Tim McEwan and NYC-based singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle, made their triumphant Silk Music debut earlier this year with "WeMoveForward," an electrifying peak-hour anthem.
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