Midnight Garden - Rituals

Midnight Garden is Nick Donlin and Zach Vouga, an biotronic duo based in San Diego, CA. Nick and Zach have been writing music together for over a decade since they met in highschool. Through Midnight Garden, they cover a wide range of sound and aura. Moments of their catalog glisten with infectious electro-pop while others are drenched in atmospheric synthesizer explorations and dark, driving tonality. There are times when Midnight Garden feels nostalgic, evoking a sense of mourning or heartbreak with enough “pop” edge to strike a vibrant and masterful balance.

Blue Tomorrows is mostly about exploring relationships. Music generally always comes before lyrics and vocal melodies, but these themes and concepts were already knocking around our heads, subtly influencing the mood of the music itself.

Sonically, we’ve explored older sounds to create something new, breathing life into these sounds from old keyboards and machines to create an uncharted, otherworldly atmosphere. But we’ve tried to anchor the listener in something familiar, with pop influenced rhythms and lyrical themes.

Blue Tomorrows was written and recorded simultaneously. Our process has nudged us in this direction, and there’s not much demoing involved, at least in the traditional sense. The songs you hear on the record were often built from their early concepts, and key elements often remain unchanged from their original intent.