Oliver Marson - Manipulator (Official Video) #Darkwave #Postpunk

Manipulator is the first track recorded with Joshua Rumble (Black Country New Road, Clockworks) and mixed by Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel Pink, Kirin J Callinan). Me and Josh had a lot of fun recording over the pandemic and now its finally time to throw these tracks out into the world. The track also features Christina Lopez (Empathy Test, Lava la Rue). Guitars, synths and vocals are played by myself. We recorded this in the pandemic alongside many other tracks, which will be released this year. When I made this I was very much inspired by the guitar sound of Drab Majesty, whose influences I am sure you will hear. Also mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering. The video was filmed by me and my sister Chantal Marson around Canary Wharf and in an unused office. The first line of the song and overarching message is that ’’we’re sleepwalking with the loonies at the wheel’ and we tried to get across this in the video through me playing a dodgy Wall Street banker. Obvious influences being Americ