"It's Buggles meets Mi Sex meets Unknown Mortal Orchestra meets a flanger meets a hook".

Purple Sneakers, Yellow Shoes is a polished slice of 80s nostalgia - as if M83 met Mi-Sex in a crowded bar. It's a musical statement on the 'fakeness' of so much of our modern consumerism, and those that remain a slave to the 'dumb' fashion that guides it all. The song was written and performed by Zolton, produced and played on by 19-year-old Aussie music whiz, Taka Perry, and mixed by David Hemming.

Review here on the Purple Sneakers website: 
http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2018/05/listen-zolton-purple-jacket-yellow-shoes/

Purple Jacket, Yellow Shoes

Back Again is a hook laden trip down the 80s freeway of rock, complete with big synths, big guitars, and big hair!

Back Again

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0aW8o1m2GTBWsRWpUInTSW?si=PCHOAGkZRumtXdE5ip3cYA

'Pure pop spiced with a tinge of sentimentality.' Zolton’s anthemic When The Lights Come Up On New York City looks back with reverence on his decade living in America. 

"This song is about my first year living in New York when I met my now wife and we explored the city together fascinated by the whole energy of the place. I ended up living in New York for eight years, and loved the experience. So the song is my tribute to New York, the mystique of the city, and some of the fun areas we hung around in."

The song was written and co-produced by Zolton and co- produced by Taka Perry.

WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP ON NEW YORK CITY
Follow shadows into Brooklyn
Lower East Side, Williamsburg

The night hung heavy
Walking Bedford Avenue

When The Lights Come Up On New York City
We're Still Dancing

Down through Fort Greene's winter lanes
I held your hand against the cold

And everything felt in its place 
And anything felt possible

When The Lights Come Up On New York City
We're Still Dancing

Where are the blue skies?
Follow me

When The Lights Come Up On New York City
We're Still Dancing

When The Lights Come Up On New York City

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Ghosts is a meditation on the fragility of life and a quiet nod to those beautiful, gentle souls that hover silently around us - some visible, some not. "These ghosts have voices now, they sing and pray with us, shadows and memories, dance upon the stairs ... "

The song was written and co-produced by Zolton, produced by Taka Perry and mixed by Tony Hoffer.

GHOSTS
As I lie in wait
The silence feels impenetrable 
A soft light filters through the trees 
Like whispers of my life 
As it was beyond these walls 
But the walls are closing in

These ghosts have voices now
They sing and pray with me
Shadows and memories
Dance upon the stairs

As I lie in wait
These shadows lie with me
The rain subsides, illuminating 
The pictures in my mind 
That play and play again 
The end is near, the music stops

These ghosts have voices now
They sing and pray with me
Shadows and memories
Dance upon the stairs

Ghosts

Noise Electric is a neon-imbued track by Zolton that conjures up sonic images of late 80s dark retro wave and upbeat synth pop. 

The song was written and co-produced by Zolton, produced by Taka Perry, and mixed by Mark Needham.

Hear the song on Spotify, too! 
https://open.spotify.com/track/3AmJ3VZMVL9r8e1FRztYj2?si=8ITzyrouRtC2ga-MkslLNg

NOISE ELECTRIC
Take a ride down to the Neon City
Where the rooms are cheap 
But the lights aren’t pretty
Where happiness lives, there’s no regret 
When all you need is all you get

Noise electric 
Pleasure and pain
Hope and fear
It’s all the same

A passing charade turn away
When you’ve got nothing
There’s something to say 
And heartbreak lives on every street
And what you know is who you meet

Noise electric 
Pleasure and pain
Hope and fear
It’s all the same

Noise Electric

80s-styled power synth and guitar rock, this is a lyrical tribute to the (supposed) freedom of youth. 

Listen to the Damokles remix here: https://soundcloud.com/zolton/when-i-was-young-damokles-extended-remix

Written by Zolton, produced by Taka Perry, and mixed by Mark Needham.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG
When I was young
And dumb and free
When I was only seventeen
I could dream the world away
Or leave it for another day

I can see the shadows
They fall around my feet
I’m stepping into cracks
With everyone I meet

But when I was young and dumb and free
When I was blind enough to see
I could dream the world away
With Daft Punk radio
Playing all day

When I was old enough 
To know
When I could reap 
What I could sew
I could dream the world away
Or stand up (stand up)
With something to say 

I can see the shadows
That fall around my feet
I’m stepping into cracks
With everyone I meet

When I Was Young

When I Was Young (electric version)

Multi-part 80s themed quasi-instrumental featuring beats by Es-K (https://soundcloud.com/beatsbyesk/). Written and co-produced by Zolton, produced by Taka Perry and mixed by Matt Sim.

Check out a rap version of this song, featuring Rioux V, here:
https://soundcloud.com/zolton/anthemic-featuring-rioux-v

Anthemic

Driven by fierce guitars and sweeping 80s styled synths, Some Kind of Fantasy comes packed with big chorus hooks. Written and co-produced by Zolton, featuring production by Taka Perry and mixing by Mark Needham (The Killers).

Some Kind Of Fantasy

Outro refrain to the Zolton song, When The Lights Come Up On New York City: https://soundcloud.com/zolton/when-the-lights-come-up-on-new-york-city

Lights Come Up On New York City

Lights Come Up On New York City (outro reprise)

HeartBeatHero remix of Zolton's When The Lights Come Up On New York City by synth-wave producer, HeartBeatHero. This remix appears on HeartBeatHero's new album, out now: heartbeathero.bandcamp.com

Hear the original song, When The Lights Come Up On New York City, here:
https://soundcloud.com/zolton/when-the-lights-come-up-on-new-york-city

When The Lights Come Up On New York City (HeartBeatHero remix)

When The Lights Come Up On New York City (HeartBeatHero Remix)

Written by Zolton. Produced by David Kershenbaum, Taka Perry and Zolton. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

FALLING TO PIECES
When I wake up
Put my mask on
In my blue jeans 
Show my face to the day 

But there’s a chance 
I’m falling to pieces 
Falling to pieces 
Falling apart every way

Internally, this sanity is killing me
I’m making out
But I’m making it up as I go 

Externally, your sympathy is thrilling me
I’m inside out
And I’m making it up as I go 

Damn the walls
That hold me together
On days like tomorrow
Just like today, there’s no way
 
That this darkness 
Follows me gently 
Whispering softly
Hoping that I’ll find a way

Falling To Pieces

Canadian producer Mirrorvoid's (https://soundcloud.com/mirrorvoid) remix of Noise Electric, the neon-imbued track by Zolton conjures up sonic images of late 80s dark retro wave. Hear the original Noise Electric here: https://soundcloud.com/zolton/noise-electric

**REMIX BY MIRRORVOID**
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The original Noise Electric was written and co-produced by Zolton, produced by Taka Perry, and mixed by Mark Needham.

NOISE ELECTRIC LYRICS
Take a ride down to the Neon City
Where the rooms are cheap 
But the lights aren’t pretty
Where happiness lives, there’s no regret 
When all you need is all you get

Noise electric 
Pleasure and pain
Hope and fear
It’s all the same

A passing charade turn away
When you’ve got nothing
There’s something to say 
And heartbreak lives on every street
And what you know is who you meet

Noise electric 
Pleasure and pain
Hope and fear
It’s all the same

Noise Electric (Mirrorvoid Remix)

AWITW remix of Zolton's Purple Jacket, Yellow Shoes.

**REMIX BY AWITW**
AWITW is a French music producer influenced by the 80s. 
Follow on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/awitw
Follow on Bandcamp here: awitw.bandcamp.com

Purple Sneakers, Yellow Shoes is a polished slice of 80s nostalgia - as if M83 met Mi-Sex in a crowded bar. It's a musical statement on the 'fakeness' of so much of our modern consumerism, and those that remain a slave to the 'dumb' fashion that guides it all.

Hear the original Purple Jacket, Yellow Shoes here:
https://soundcloud.com/zolton/purple-jacket-yellow-shoes

Purple Jacket, Yellow Shoes (AWITW Remix)

Written and produced by Zolton. Mixed by Dave Way. Mastered at Howie Weinberg Mastering by Howie Weinberg and Will Borza. Saxophone by Hugo Lee.

SUMMERS ON REWIND
Remember all the days we spent
Talking 'bout the changes that we sensed
Would you buy a one way ticket
To the backstreets of our lives?

We could always dream together
Running from our past forever
Underneath a blue sky turning
Far from the other side

Summers on rewind
The sound of expectation
Is in the air
Summers on rewind
So we should live without a care

Give a little
Take number
And wrap it up

Summers on rewind
The sound of expectation
Is in the air
Summers on rewind
So we should live without a care

Remember how the days felt long
Forever young but never wrong
Now it seems the nights are longer
Still waiting for the bomb to fall

Summers on rewind
Summers on rewind
We could always dream together
Running from our past forever

Summers on Rewind

Summers On Rewind

Produced and recorded by Zolton. Mixed by Sean Cook.

HEY HEY HEY
It's radioactive and out of control
When the choppers are buzzing
There’s nowhere to go
So we're running wild, with eyes to the ground
We'll deny not abide

They're going down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down 
And there’s nowhere to hide

Hey hey hey
I gotta say
The world has gone crazy 
Hey hey hey
Get me off this awol nation

With Karma closing, there’s someone to find 
If you’re out of luck, you’re out of time 
Keep your hands on the pulse
The eyes in the sky can sense when you’re close

They're going down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down 
And there’s nowhere to hide

Hey Hey Hey

Written, produced and performed by Zolton. Mixed by Dave Way; mastered by Howie Weinberg.

GOOD LIFE
Don't go chasing airplanes
To keep your eyes on
The stars on radio

If you're ready or not
You've gotta give it a shot
You've gotta take take take it today

If we make it all night
It'll be alright
We gotta shake shake shake away

Living nothing but a good life

So you're taking photographs
Of the stars
Looking down from your bedroom wall

If you're ready or not
You've gotta give it a shot
You've gotta take take take it today

If we make it all night
It'll be alright
We gotta shake shake shake away

Living nothing but a good life

Good Life

Written and produced by Zolton. Mixed by Phil Tan. Mastered by Colin Leonard at SING Mastering, Atlanta, GA using SING Technology® (Patented). 

Backing vocals by Jarrett Johnson
Additional keyboards and strings by Michael Arrom
Additional guitar by Neil Taylor
Bass by Vinzenz Benjamin

LYRICS
Imagination is a powerful receiver
And the posters on my wall make me an audio believer 
On the other side of summer songs are playing on the radio
The voices of my idols as they sing to me in stereo

Music is my remedy 
Tonight 
The frisson gives me electric chills
It's karma dressed in melody
It’s so right
Cause music is my ...

I've got some cassettes in my pocket
They’ll soothe me, let me mellow 
Hearing words of introspection 
From Paul Weller and Costello 
If I shoot that poison arrow just as far as it can go 
Then the noises in my head will fill the silence of the after show

Music is my remedy 
Tonight 
The frisson gives me electric chills
It's karma dressed in melody
It’s so right
Cause music is my ...

Turn on
Turn it up

Music is my remedy 
Tonight 
The frisson gives me electric chills
It's karma dressed in melody
It’s so right
Cause music is my ...

Music Is My Remedy

John Grand's rework of Zolton's Summers on Rewind. 

Hear the original here: https://soundcloud.com/zolton/summers-on-rewind

Summers On Rewind (featuring Zolton)

John Grand's Summers on Rewind (feat. Zolton)

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Before launching his solo project, Zolton spent many years as the guitarist and vocalist for Sydney bands, Lucid and Jetstream. After Jetstream disbanded, Zolton moved to New York where he gave music away and focused on a new career running a digital media company. During that time, he launched the music and culture website, Lost At E Minor, which was a vehicle through which to promote and encourage the talent of some Australia’s hottest emerging creatives.

At the end of 2016, Zolton moved back to Sydney and was re-invigorated to get back into creating music again. He began work on a new musical project that incorporated big 80s-styled synths, beats, and melodic hooks.

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