Abbotsford/Cultus Lake – The Fraser Valley husband and wife team Saint Solder & Rozsa, wrote “Dark Shades” , in an effort to spread a message of hope, self-love, and awareness around the harsh realities of domestic abuse.
The couple have been on the local music scene 2009 and in 2016 , Saint Soldier won the Fraser Valley Music Award for Hip Hop.
This production was successfully funded by a Kickstarter campaign and CreativeBC grant. The video was filmed and produced in Canada with an all Canadian cast & crew.
Saint Soldier was born in Punjab, India in 1984, a politically tumultuous time in the country for certain ethnic and religious groups. As for many Sikh families, it was not a hospitable place to be at the time. Shortly afterwards, he and his family moved out of the country to Canada to pursue better opportunities and a healthier environment. Following an enjoyable but oblivious childhood in an immigrant neighborhood with his family to live in British Columbia, and now resides in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he seeks solitude. His music entails a variety of topics and has been influenced by controversial social issues that face South Asian youth of his generation, but issues that are perhaps relatable to youth from many backgrounds. The music is a rebellion against cultural and religious indoctrination of our young generation which has lead to hypocrisy and empty ritualism. As such, Saint Soldier’s music is a discussion and rebirth of old ideas in a new, up-lifting, organic and realistic manner that young people may find they can relate to.
