“With the force of a dropkick to the solar plexus, Charlottetown-based multi-disciplinary artist Russell Louder levels listeners with “Cost of Living”. The song’s stealth beat — a mix of sparse bass, polished synths, and spotless production — is hypnotic; Louder’s voice is seductive and confident all at once. ”
“Et le frisson s’installe : il y a de ces titres qui, dès la toute première minute, vous touchent au-delà du raisonnable. Ainsi, le flair prophétique du label Lisbon Lux Records a encore frappé, réussissant ce vendredi un véritable doublé gagnant : la sortie simultanée des singles de Russell Louder et Radiant Baby.”
““Lyrically, Cost Of Living is written about a relationship that left me feeling traumatized, and my need for escape from that trauma after the dust had settled. “”
“Russell Louder finally drops a couple of tracks that have been sitting in their drawer for a couple of years. “Windows” and “Ocean” shimmer with a gossamer beauty that almost masks the subtle details. ”
“Russell Louder describes their two song EP Nip as “an instrumental grief-baby” – a description that I adore. As you would expect, “Windows,” the first track of the EP, is an expulsion of layered electronic sounds, I like the faint, siren-like, sound that whirs in the background of track and then gets dragged to the forefront by the end. There’s something different to latch onto during each listen.”
“Quilty pleasure: Day-old coffee. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 8 years old. I used to steal what was left at the bottom of my dad’s coffee in the mornings and save it up and drink the old nasty cold coffee and learned to love it. ”
“Prince Edward Island performance artist and musician Russell Louder is in the midst of a busy month of performing, teaching and curating live events throughout the Maritimes. Later this month, Louder will be in Fredericton taking part in Flourish, one of New Brunswick’s flagship festivals dedicated to the celebration of artistic expression through music, art installations and exhibitions. ”
“I spent some time flipping through record bins this past week, a favourite pastime that’s sadly not as easy to do as it once was for me. Although I came up empty-handed in my searches, I did find that every once and awhile, I need to do something out of the ordinary, shake up my music exploration routines, and tune out the noise to better tune in. ”
“There aren’t many artists I can think of who can successfully pull off creating entire songs – that’s writing, recording, singing and producing – completely independent of collaboration or outside help. Imogen Heap is one who instantly comes to mind and then I draw a blank”
“Think of Light throbs with electro-pop instrumentals – crafted in a bedroom but ready for a glitter-filled club circa 1999. “Another Day” twinkles like dial-up internet and is flushed with the possibilities of the new millennium. ”
“Bouncy bedroom electro-pop from Charlottetown? Yes please! We’re thrilled to come across Russell Louder and their “self-produced/self-written/self-played/self-everything” Think Of Light EP. ”
“The first thing one might notice on "Another Day," the opener on Russell Louder's Think of Light EP, is the well balanced synth parts, including bubbly high-range stuff and a staccato-mid-range bass line-like part (matched by the actual bass line, which enters with punchier drums after a moment), but the most captivating element is definitely their melancholic, resonant voice.”
“What gives a song its "feel"? How can you detach from someone in a way that isn't hurtful? How can you incorporate your audience into a performance without forcing them? These are the kinds of questions Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island-based musician and performance artist Russell Louder is sensitive to and asking, and the answers they're finding are helping put them on the map in a Canadian city not known for its electronic music. ”