Ever have a recurring dream? You know, a familiar place; a perpetual sensation; a regular, first-time rendezvous. Ever notice that “crimson river” flowing beside you? Ever wonder what that was? Well, chances are it means you’re a serial killer, whose nocturnal hallucinations end in cellophane mixture of blood and Day-Glo, wrapped in Miami Vice’s neon finesse.
At least, that’s according to the dreams of electro-pop songstress Claude Violante, who molded her imagined nightly blood sports into a dense, electronic soundscape of 1980s pop fantasies. Layered behind a bubbling electronic bass, “I Kill By Night” pulsates between a cadre of synthesizers. Sometimes it’s a rattle. Other times it’s a wave, like the psychedelic ambiance of its shoulder-padded, neon finale. Violante tempers a chord progression into the background, tying “I Kill By Night” into a lucid dream.