Red Mercury, a duo based in London, creates electronic music that challenges typical genre boundaries through their extraordinary musical skills. The two members are highly creative and skilled, with a deep passion for the genre. They blend both vintage and state-of-the-art equipment in their West London studio. Through extensive experimentation and innate musicality, Red Mercury fuses Progressive House, Trance, Breakbeat, and Drum and Bass in unconventional and imaginative ways.
Their sound is truly one-of-a-kind. As experienced producers with excellent technical abilities, they present ingenious journeys for listeners, skillfully combining pounding basslines with polished, meticulous production marked by attentive handling of both analog and digital instruments.
Red Mercury’s recent hit, “Firefly”, resulted in the innovative tandem “Romeo Echo Delta” now expanding its presence into new genres. While percussion parts fill up the sound stage, synth voices join, shimmering through rhythmical shears. Here the rhythm is also held constant by glitchy clicks that interpolate tension and by drums that re-enter for a build. The tension is built as echoed distorted beats delicately adorn the mix and then merge with the climax. This track experiences the ride through the modulation of the sound type, rhythm, and stereo imaging through different builds and drops.
Red Mercury wows its audience with material that makes you want to visit the world of dreams, using high-frequency samples and positive filtering that goes from one bass to another. Other sounds, which are also in the mix, are repeated back and forth, using a very exhilarating type of reverb. The digital signal with the forecast of melodic patterns gambols over the space.
Audio/video producer Steve Gregory states, “virtual production is now accessible to the average person. We harnessed the power of Unreal Engine 5 and employed motion tracking via a Lidar scanner to create virtual sets that move with our physical camera.” What makes them one with the viewer is the fact that their music is accompanied by very good graphics, sounds, and mostly utilitarian tools like Midjourney and Runway.
The collective approach implements the senses to discover Red Mercury’s creative capabilities. “Romeo Echo Delta” would be the video that appeals to listeners and viewers. I have faith that this band will continue to break musical boundaries. They have been doing a great job so far but still, each new song surprises me more.
Supporters can be hopeful for Red Mercury’s arrival of “Romeo Echo Delta” and witness their outstanding fusion of different genres that continues to improve the band. With production at the highest level of expertise, “Romeo Echo Delta” embodies the same emotions they are famous for, only this time the approach is more modern and more likely to attract a new listener.
Make sure to watch the “Romeo Echo Delta” video and follow the band on social media if you want to experience the band firsthand.
