New Night Beats 45" 'Behind The Green Door' out now

New Night Beats 45, 'Behind The Green Door', out now. Available on clear green 7" (limited /500), you can pick up a copy and the Rah John rework on the flipside here

On Night Beats’ latest offering, which follows the critically acclaimed 2023 album ‘Rajan’, Danny Lee Blackwell presents two markedly different renditions of his song ‘Behind the Green Door’. On side A, we’re treated to a down-tempo, minor key track drenched in the haze of vice, as if some aspiring Motor City outfit had travelled down to Austin and snuck into the studio to cut a song while The 13th Floor Elevators were on a smoke break.

Side B features the Rah John version of ‘Behind the Green Door’, also streaming today at all the usual spots. Rah John was discovered by Blackwell on his recent expedition to the island Koh Khram Yai, located off the coast of Pattaya in the Gulf of Thailand. Not much is known about the young artist besides his love for 70's Thai disco and dancehall tapes received from local sailors. Hearing a streak of revelry buried in the Night Beats’ tune, Rah John summoned a sunnier, breezier, and more exotic side to the Rhythm and Blues sway of the original.