"I was lost she was there, took a chance she wouldn't walk away"
Norwegian producer Carl Louis (former one half of the electronic music project CLMD) has crafted dreamy indie pop affections within his evocative synthwave tones in his latest single, Portal To Happiness, an effervescent follow up to his well received (2019) eight track album "Silent Soldier" released late last year. Out via Toothfairy music, Portal To Happiness, is in some ways similar to CLMD, a full swing song pushing dance-able sounds telling relationship narratives. I thought of Tame Impala, Foster The People, Seeb and more but feeling a more emotional pull here than some of those bands that might get too lost in the dance moves and not as involved as creating vocal melodies that shine like they do here.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Carl Louis turned heads in the Norwegian music scene when he decided to leave CLMD to pursue his own solo-career. With songs that dive deeper into the organic and living landscape, Carl has
developed a unique expression that dances in the borderlines of the underground and mainstream scene. With pulsating synths, drum-machines and captivating vocal-melodies, the unconventional
expression of Carl Louis emerges.
After delivering his highly praised eight-track album ‘Silent Soldier’ near the end of last year, Norwegian producer Carl Louis is back to his bright and blissful ways as he shares his latest single ‘Portal To Happiness’, out on the 19th June via Toothfairy Music.
“The great part of Silent Soldier is that Carl Louis manages to create one memorable song after the other. This delivery is impressive, and with more time to grow, he will definitely surprise us again.”
- Musikknyheter about Silent Soldier // 8/10
“Carl Louis is talented, and with no doubt a multitasker. I can’t say anything else than that i am looking forward to hearing more from this guy”
- Disharmoni about Silent Soldier // 5/6
‘Portal To Happiness’ sees the artist adopt a far more organic sound throughout his newest offering.
Channeling the warm and inviting psych-pop direction of acts like Tame Impala, Vacationer and Caribou, this tranquil new gem showcases more of his ambient side, filled with soaring synths and a driven production from start to finish. Carl himself describes the single like this:
“Portal to Happiness is about living in the moment. To go to the place in you where time does not exist.
To me this place is both happiness and sorrow at the same time. This intense feeling is the portal to happiness.”
‘Portal To Happiness’ is the first piece of new material lifted from Carl’s forthcoming new EP, which is set to be unveiled later this year.
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