Three new releases from UAE creative producer Sarah R Jay continue to showcase the diversity and depth of her sound. Crossing the Tempest and 300 Fallen Heroes mark two new cinematic instrumentals, and both will be accompanied by EDM remixes in the very near future.
We begin with Crossing the Tempest, dramatic yet minimal piano, guiding us into a striking house groove that quickly ignites a sense of possibility and progress. We’re storming towards success, absorbing the drama and moving forward with power and pride.
This celebratory essence is infectious as multiple layers of synth rain down for the classic euphoric embrace. All the while, however, the tone and traits of the production consistently lean towards the remarkable style of Sarah R Jay. Something almost electronic ethereal that carves out its own lane.
For 300 Fallen Heroes, the mood swiftly matches the drama and devastation of the title and artwork, but the music later evolves into another more optimistic celebration and euphoric peak. Cascading layers of synth intertwine and collide, for a complex and colourful sense of rising anticipation that’s both delicate and dense throughout this post-four-minute track.
There’s a noteworthy breakdown section at the midpoint, a moment of reflection and drum-free ambience, which really lets the scenes and individual imaginative journey take hold with clear emotional poignancy. Then we rise up once more, the distorted fuzz of the dance-floor letting that sheer excitement draw you in for one last drop into the action and embrace of the completed, faultlessly captured mix. As ever, Sarah R Jay masters both the compositional journey and the detailing and effects, for a dance track that sounds all the more enchanting when listened to at volume.
Also recently released is the Sea Of Sorrow Hope & Love Remix – a gentler capture but still pairing that piano-techno warmth with subtle intricacies and those evocative vocals from Sarah’s debut as a singer.
The ambience of this arrangement lets the emotional weight of the subject matter, these vast numbers of abandoned animals, really sink in. It’s a heart-breaking yet intensely immersive listen, rising up towards a heavy midsection that begs for you to lose yourself entirely in the moment. The juxtaposition between the high-octane set-up and the devastating lyrical content is profound. This remix presents stunning EDM production with a timeless backbone yet a quickly distinct melodic and conceptual thread.
If you’re still not in tune with the Sarah R Jay repertoire, now’s the perfect time to start streaming. High quality and purposeful dance music, ideally designed for the pure escapism and simultaneous sense of connection that music fans crave.
