NOCTURNE BLUE

Nocturne Blue band Dutch Rall music

Nocturne Blue is an art rock band led by singer/songwriter Dutch Rall which incorporates elements of downtempo, progressive electronica, and dream pop post-rock.

"...distills all the best elements of Massive Attack, Brian Eno-era Bowie, and Roxy Music into a sound all their own: an effervescent sugar rush of sound and vision." - SLIS 

"Dutch Rall's rich voice bursts into a Jeff Buckley falsetto while his low register David Bowie crooning resurrects shivers of over-stimulation..." - Synthesis

Nocturne Blue sounds like “dark sky pierced through with soulful starlight." - Trey Gunn

The True Sparrow - full album

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'The True Sparrow' is a collection of original songs by art rock singer/songwriter Dutch Rall. Featuring Trey Gunn (David Sylvian / John Paul Jones) on Warr Guitar and Markus Reuter (Devin Townsend / Stick Men) on U8. Troy Jones lands a powerful drum punch to give this version of the band an earthier foundation and Mark Cook (Herd of Instinct)
'The True Sparrow' is a collection of original songs by art rock singer/songwriter Dutch Rall. Featuring Trey Gunn (David Sylvian / John Paul Jones) on Warr Guitar and Markus Reuter (Devin Townsend / Stick Men) on U8. Troy Jones lands a powerful drum punch to give this version of the band an earthier foundation and Mark Cook (Herd of Instinct) lends some essential icing on the cake. Ummm, cake.
Lyrically, the songs are more personal and political than past Nocturne Blue material, having been written over the summer of 2019 while watching the world burn.
Groove, feel, and mood, however, remain the band's underlying currencies.


"Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn." Leonard Cohen
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    No One Ever Returns 6:01
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    Emote Control 5:13
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    Think it Over 6:44
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    Last Star in the Black Sky 5:51
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    Overboard 6:17
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    Straight Line 8:20
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I Came for the Light and Stayed for the Shadows - full album

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"...distills all the best elements of Massive Attack, Brian Eno-era Bowie, and Roxy Music into a sound all their own: an effervescent sugar rush of sound and vision." - Michael Taylor, 'Smells Like Infinite Sadness'

"Dutch Rall's rich voice bursts into a Jeff Buckley falsetto while his low register David Bowie crooning resurrects shivers of
"...distills all the best elements of Massive Attack, Brian Eno-era Bowie, and Roxy Music into a sound all their own: an effervescent sugar rush of sound and vision." - Michael Taylor, 'Smells Like Infinite Sadness'

"Dutch Rall's rich voice bursts into a Jeff Buckley falsetto while his low register David Bowie crooning resurrects shivers of over-stimulation..." - Synthesis

"Markus Reuter has perfected a style of lush, layered, complicated process composition that combines surfaces of straightforward beauty with hidden depths of complexity and sometimes a richly forbidding darkness. " - AllMusic
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    Siren's Shore 4:44
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    The Good Stuff 5:05
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    Solitude in Berlin 5:33
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    I Came for the Light and Stayed for the Shadows 6:24
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    Brand New 5:14
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    Feel It for You 7:55
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    Dripping Every Drop 6:35
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    Slips Through Fingers 4:30
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    From Within 3:49
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    Velveteen 6:04
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Under Covers (just for fun)

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A collection of covers and quick demos of songs by a few artists I admire. Recorded just for fun and leaving in imperfections of first takes whenever possible.

"Dutch Rall's rich voice bursts into a Jeff Buckley falsetto while his low register David Bowie crooning resurrects shivers of over-stimulation..." - Synthesis

"Like a great film actor,
A collection of covers and quick demos of songs by a few artists I admire. Recorded just for fun and leaving in imperfections of first takes whenever possible.

"Dutch Rall's rich voice bursts into a Jeff Buckley falsetto while his low register David Bowie crooning resurrects shivers of over-stimulation..." - Synthesis

"Like a great film actor, Kaitlyn has the ability to pull the listener into the lyric and deeper into the thought behind the lyric."

All cover songs licensed through Easy Song Licensing.
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    Sleepless (King Crimson cover) 4:44
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    Running up that Hill - (Kate Bush cover) 4:33
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    Not Dark Yet - (Bob Dylan cover) 5:48
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    Love to be Loved (Peter Gabriel cover) 5:13
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    Let's Go Out Tonight (The Blue Nile cover) 5:40
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    Coming up Close ('Til Tuesday cover) 4:38
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    Ship of Fools (World Party cover) 5:17
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    Black Coffee 4:41
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    Winter Kills (Yazoo cover) 5:02
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