NICA live: RAY LOZANO | Release-Konzert "SILK&SORROW"

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Let's be honest: life is an eternal swipe left and right, an "I love you" here, a ghosting there - until you find yourself bursting into tears over a meme at two in the morning. RAY LOZANO demonstrates a special feel for these moments on her new album "SILK&SORROW", which will be released on March 28, 2025 on Melting Pot Music. Her songs are like a compassionate message from a friend who sends a simple "Are you OK?" late at night - without pressure, without expectation, simply as a silent presence.

On "SILK&SORROW", the German-Filipino singer and producer deals with the contradictory emotional worlds of our time - the constant change between intense connection and complete distance, between emotional flooding and inner emptiness. The album title says it all: "Silk" stands for the gentle, warm moments, while "Sorrow" captures the inevitable emotional impacts. Each track feels like Ray is looking over your shoulder as you scroll, like she's there at the exact moment when your laughter turns into a sigh and you're suddenly hit with a nostalgia you didn't see coming. Her superpower? Turning those mundane, bittersweet moments into something that feels almost sacred.

"SILK&SORROW" doesn't want to solve anything. It wants you to feel - and really feel. At a time when vulnerability often degenerates into a pleasing playlist aesthetic, Ray is forging his own path. "SILK&SORROW" dispenses with polish and perfection. The songs move gently between sorrow and consolation, revealing a simple truth: the real brilliance lies in cracks and fractures. Consider this album your anthem through the quiet hours of the night.

In 2023, Ray Lozano released her debut album "Pairing Mode" - co-produced by Samon Kawamura. "Pairing Mode" has become a milestone in German-Asian (pop) culture and received support from Spiegel Online, 1Live, WDR Cosmo and BBC 1 Xtra. Since autumn 2023, RAY LOZANO has been supported by the NICA artist development program based at Stadtgarten Köln. In 2024, she was also awarded the prestigious Holger Czukay Prize.

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RAY LOZANO (vocals), Gabriel "Sir Pryce" Denhoff (keyboards), Fritz Dinter (guitar, bass), Lukas Berg-Rohwer (drums)