A fusion of Darkwave, Coldwave, and Post-Punk, driven by organic textures, danceable rhythms, and introspective lyrics.
NLIGHT, frelu's solo project, started in late 2022 with a fierce desire to create darkwave tracks with dense, organic sounds and explicit lyrics. The lyrical inspiration is based on self-awareness (with Eckhart Tolle being his favorite author) or poetic, drawing inspiration from late 19th-century British poetry. Bands like Lebanon Hanover, She Past Away, Boy Harsher, as well as inevitably Joy Division, Bauhaus, Christian Death and The Cure, serve as musical influences. However, it is primarily from attending live concerts that frelu draws inspiration, consistently discovering the energy of new post-punk and shoegaze bands.