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Between Two Sunsets – The Story Behind the Afterglow Cover

Between Two Sunsets – The Story Behind the Afterglow Cover

by PZ

Afterglow by Boxedge came to me like a quiet current — slow, electric, emotional.
Each track seemed to speak of something fading… or perhaps something that endured despite everything.
A sense of melancholy, yes, but also of suspended beauty.
Like that moment when the day surrenders to night, but leaves a trace of light that stays burned into your eyes.

Those sensations sparked the image.
Not a precise image — but a direction.
A need to visually express that emotional threshold where light meets shadow, hope meets illusion, and memory meets time.

That’s when I felt the urge to paint the cover.
And so I searched within myself for the places that held those emotions.

There was a subtle light that day in Brittany.
I stood on the tip of the pink granite coast of Ploumanac’h, among cliffs carved by time.
A fine breeze moved gently through the air, as if trying to suspend everything.
The sun was setting slowly over the ocean, igniting the sky in shades I had never seen before — copper, blood, molten gold.
And above, within the clouds, flickered flashes of blue flame — like lit shadows in the sky.

That sunset stayed with me.

Years later, in another time and another world, I looked out from the window of the Boxedge studio.
The Tuscan hills after the rain.
A suspended silence. A hint of mist.
Another sun fading slowly — but with the same intimate, mysterious intensity as back then.
That’s when I knew the cover had to be born between those two places.

I took up my digital tablet and began to paint.
But I didn’t want it to look digital.
I chose to simulate oil painting: thick pigments, broad brush strokes, like those left by a flat, oil-soaked brush.
I wanted the layering to show, the texture to remain visible, the marks of the hand to survive.
I wanted it to feel like a physical painting — alive.

At the heart of the composition, suspended between earth and sky, there’s a line of light.
It’s not just the reflection of a sunset.
It’s a boundary — or perhaps a passage.
A place where light meets darkness — just like in the music of Boxedge.

To me, Afterglow by Boxedge conveyed these sensations: residual hopes and fading illusions,
hidden tears and enduring memory, stories that dissolve and others that return, always balanced between the shadow and the blaze.

The result is Afterglow.
A landscape that doesn’t exist — and yet feels real.
A horizon that unites two memories, two silences, two sunsets.

Afterglow. (Album) 2025

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AFTERGLOW – The “Core Vinyl Edition” is now available for pre-order

Afterglow core edition

AFTERGLOW – The "Core Vinyl Edition" is now available for pre-order

by The BXM Team

A new version of Afterglow — the album by Boxedge feat. Lunaria Payne that defines our cyber noir universe — is now available for pre-order on vinyl.

This is the “Core Vinyl Edition”: designed for those who want to listen to the music and own it on vinyl, but don’t necessarily need a collector’s item.

This edition is not limited and is offered at a more accessible price: €22 + shipping.
It’s the open, everyday version — for those who love Afterglow for its emotional depth and sonic power.

The three editions currently available:

  • Core Vinyl Edition – €22
    12″ vinyl, professionally pressed, unnumbered. Available for pre-order for at least 4 weeks.
  • Signed & Numbered Edition – now €40
    Limited to 200 copies, hand-signed and individually numbered. Remaining copies are available while supplies last.
  • Core CD Edition – €12
    Compact and versatile, the CD version remains unchanged in price. Perfect for those who want a physical format, even without vinyl.

All versions are available through our official stores on CDClick, Bandcamp, and Discogs, with shipping costs varying depending on your location.

Every purchase directly supports our work.
Every record sold allows us to keep creating music, images, and stories — and to give voice to the Cybernetic Angels, even in the real world.

Thank you for being with us.
The BXM Team
Boxedge (electronic music producer, software engineer)
PZ (2D & 3D visual artist, art historian)

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“Afterglow” on Vinyl (Signed Edition)

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Afterglow on Vinyl

 The first edition of the 12” vinyl of AFTERGLOW (Boxedge feat. Lunaria Payne) is finally available!

🖤 Only 200 copies, individually numbered and hand-signed by Boxedge. A must-have collector’s item for those who love analog sound and dark atmospheres.

💿 Special features:
– Exclusive 12” vinyl edition
– Cover artwork by PZ
– Hand-signed and numbered
Available until stock runs out

History is written with first editions.

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