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| Wish you were a pony (2011) |
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| Elsewhere Factory Records |
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| Dot to Dot (2014) |
| London and Sardinia. The deep contrast between these two inspiring environments gave a distinct shape to the sound of the record. This dynamic journey evoked a retro futurist sound blended with electro dream pop, experimenting with vintage organs, synthesizer, psychedelic oscillations and echos. Drums are also an important and versatile element throughout the whole record, combining hypnotic programmed beats with warm acoustic drums played by Valentina Magaletti (Fanfarlo/The Oscillation) recorded on one channel and surrounded by a wave of space echo. Dot to Dot was anticipated by the release of "Oceanic Landscape", featuring Franco Battiato, which was picked as "Track of the Week" by Simon Raymonde (Bella Union/Cocteau Twins) on his radio show at Amazing radio UK.
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| Oceanic Landscape (2013) |
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| Long Song Records |
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| Dream of Bees (2013) |
| "Dream of Bees" is the first single from Lilies on Mars' full-length Dot to Dot, to be given worldwide release early next year on Saint Marie Records. Previous recordings by the London-based, Sardinian multi-instrumentalists Lisa Masia and Marina Cristofalo have established the duo, formed in 2009, as purveyors of poignant, otherworldly "retro-futurist" dreampop.
"Dream of Bees" opens with a hovering organ chord that's quickly overtaken by an instrumental preview of a chorus that always pulls the listener aloft on a softly turning but slightly dizzying carousel of sound, an image bolstered by a vertiginously calliope-like keyboard line. With the first verse commences a high, distant vocal that soars gently through the rest of the track. Nimble drum work contributed by Valentina Magaletti ensures that the proceedings never quite touch the Ground.
The first remix included with the single comes by way of San Francisco's ethereal pop team Silver Swans, whose sparer, more synthetic approach to the song brings the vocal line to the fore and uses programmed drums to pull the track's rhythmic emphasis inside out. A remix by Vancouver-born, New York-based cellist Julia Kent startlingly recasts "Dream of Bees" in purely instrumental terms with an exquisite string arrangement. |
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| Crazy For You (Slowdive Cover) (2014) |
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