D.D. Mirage

𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝟳” 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝟭𝟮” 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 ‘𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚’ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 ‘𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙄𝙩 / 𝙎𝙤 𝙃𝙤𝙩’, 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙭𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿.𝘿. 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙮-𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙝 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙚.

D.D. Mirage opened up lines of communication with some of their favourite musicians from the Neapolitan scene, bassist 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙤 (𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨) and drummer 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝘿𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙤 (𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙪/ 𝙉𝙪 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖), who recorded the rhythm section for ‘So Hot’. They also wrote to the Manchester-based singer/producer Private Joy, who graced ‘Night Time’ with a smoother-than-silk street soul vocal that helped the single secure crucial plays on NTS and BBC Radio 6.

Written and recorded with a range of vintage keyboards and preamps, instruments and digital studio software, Exotic Illusions is a cosmopolitan love letter to the immaculate blend of 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤, 𝙉𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠, 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚, 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝-𝙥𝙤𝙥, 𝙐𝙆 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 that have inspired D.D. Mirage since they began this iteration of their ever-evolving musical relationship.