Ramona Gonzalez, a songwriter, composer and multimedia artist from Los Angeles is recording alongside fellow artist and sufferer of aural fixation Emily Jane under the moniker Nite Jewel, a duo of MIDI crusaders that specializes in hazy pop tunes heavy with synthesizers and throwback melodies.

Recorded solely on an 8-track cassette deck, this electro-opus is littered with a mixture of disco-ish tunes that range from highly danceable to mildly ambient all with the warm feeling of a bedroom studio. Nite Jewel makes sure to utilize every sound and cord available as the two mold brand new classics around barely audible vocals, which mostly act as tolerable background noise to the carefully crafted soundscapes. Tracks like ‘What did he say’ expose Nite Jewel’s love for early 90’s R&B, sacrificing upbeat poppy melodies for the familiar G-Funk tones that were made famous in the west. Still, ‘Weak for me’ has Nite Jewel paying tribute to other acts devoted to the art of moving butts like Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam.

Good Evening is unbelievably catchy and vintage but at times is weighted down by its own obscurity, sometimes becoming far too much background noise and not enough of an active listen to provide enough distinction between tracks.

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