Tropics
Tropics is the project of British electronic producer, composer, and singer Christopher Ward. Based in Los Angeles, his fusion of ambient electronica with soulful touches of house, R&B, and jazz can be heard on releases like 2014's Rapture and 2018's Nocturnal Souls.
Tropics debuted in 2010 with Soft Vision, an EP on U.K. indie Planet Mu Records which introduced Ward's dreamy, warmly melancholic style. Following a second EP, Mouves, he issued his full-length debut, Parodia Flare, in 2011. Blending elements of chillwave and electronica with organic piano and guitar-led songwriting, the album fared well critically and led to some collaborative work remixing bands like Bear in Heaven and Little Dragon. Over the next few years, his music began to increasingly rely on a more organic approach, and, after a handful of additional singles, Ward began employing a live band to better represent his newer material. After signing with American indie Innovative Leisure in 2014, he delivered his sophomore LP, Rapture, early the following year.
A move to Los Angeles preceded his next record, which proved to be his most eclectic yet. Released in 2018, Nocturnal Souls infused Tropics' sound with echoes of jazz, light psychedelia, and French new wave and Italian film music. It was followed a year later by the Petite Noir collaboration "Opioid."
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Infinite (For Real)
R&B - Released by All My Thoughts on 12 Jul 2023
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Nothing Strange
Electronic - Released by All My Thoughts on 6 Sep 2023
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Rapture
Electronic - Released by Innovative Leisure on 16 Feb 2015
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Home and Consonance
Electronic - Released by + FOURS on 29 Apr 2013
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Idle Away
Electronic - Released by All My Thoughts on 23 Aug 2023
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Popup Cinema
Electronic - Released by Tiny Torches on 5 Nov 2012
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Minor Delays
Electronic - Released by All My Thoughts on 14 Jun 2023
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Parodia Flare
Electronic - Released by Planet Mu Records Ltd. on 1 Jan 2011
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Soft Vision EP
Electronic - Released by Planet Mu Records Ltd. on 4 Oct 2010
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Scattering
Alternative & Indie - Released by All My Thoughts on 10 May 2023
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Harbor
Electronic - Released by Innovative Leisure on 28 Aug 2015
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Pale Trash
Punk / New Wave - Released by Pleasence Records on 15 Mar 2018
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Blame (Machinedrum Remix)
Electronic - Released by Round Hill Records on 3 Nov 2014
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Scattering (Cameo Blush Remix)
Electronic - Released by Tropics on 24 Oct 2023
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