FADING STAR

BY PHOEBE RINGS

FADING STAR BY PHOEBE RINGS

Phoebe Rings’ storytelling ranges from tongue-in-cheek musings on gentrification, to commentary on the housing crisis (‘Mandarin Tree‘), musicians moving on in their careers (‘Fading Star‘).

“’Fading Star’ was built upon harmony inspired by city pop and disco jazz,” Freer shares. “I wanted the verses to have more of a Talking Heads/Orange Juice rudimentary groove while the choruses have twinkly, dreamy layers with string synth and warbly guitar. The bridge allows a moment of full disco excess with percussion, clavinet synth, and a tube screamer guitar solo.”

Funded by NZonAir.

WITH THANKS TO:

Chillbox Creative, Silo Theatre, Lucy Gardner, Dan Lee, Sam Phillips & Sherry Zhang.

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MUSIC CREDITS

Produced by Phoebe Rings
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome
Mixed by Jeremy Toy
Keys and Vocals: Crystal Choi
Bass: Ben Locke
Drums, Percussion and Vocals: Alex Freer
Electric Guitar: Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent
Electric Guitar Solo: Jeremy Toy

THE ARTIST

PHOEBE RINGS

Crystal Choi, Alex Freer, Benjamin Locke, Simeon Kavanagh-VIncent

MV TEAM

NAHYEON LEE

DIRECTOR
SAMANTHA DUTTON

PRODUCER
Milon Tesiram

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
JESS HORAN

ART DIRECTOR
WESLEY CHANG

CAMERA AND LIGHTING ASSISTANT
SAM SMALL

EDITOR
DEVAN NARSAI

COLOURIST
JUNGIE CHOI

GRAPHIC DESIGNER