Immersion in the listening of “Past Present Continue” by the collective “Black Like Oil” is like crossing a temporal portal within which nostalgia and the future merge together and leave you breathless.

This magnificent musical creation clearly takes inspiration from the most cinematic synthwave style, intertwining deep echoes of retro influences with the rhythm and energy of synthpop, creating a truly exhilarating mix.

From a production standpoint, one cannot help but be amazed at how this sounds simultaneously “independent” and “professional,” as if someone highly talented were working on their own music, giving it that warmth that can only be found when working on something you believe in deeply, without the detachment typical of the professional relationship.

Each track seems to have several layers that merge together to create real landscapes composed of the most varied sound waves that move in the background, dancing in the air as if they were lights of some spell. The sound is spacious, voluminous; it fills and satisfies the senses in the right way just like the sunlight that slowly illuminates a landscape at dawn.

Each beat, each note seems placed with care, producing a texture rich in both subtleties and powerful punches that, like sparks, illuminate the imagination.

To give charm to this vortex of emotions is the stunning voice of the singer who, with her sweet, almost ethereal tone of voice, makes the words float like feathers in the breeze.