Zola Jesus, Jg Thirwell & Mivos Quartet - Versions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Taeyeon - Letter To Myself - SMini Version - incl. Keyring Ball Chain, Music NFC CD + Photocard [DISCLESS DIGITAL] Photos, Asia - Import date 12/06/2024

Seven years ago, it was winter break at university in Madison, Wisconsin. There was a snowstorm that covered the city with a still white haze. Not a single person in the streets. I was sitting on my bed with a cheap keyboard and a computer, screaming into the void. I barely remember writing the songs. It was a chaotic point in my life. I had no time to think about process or intent. It was a purge. I do remember taking a break from recording, bundling up, and walking through the barren streets while listening to the demos I'd made. The world, at once, felt clear. These songs were a huge leap of faith back then. It was my first time singing without layers of distortion, echo, and reverb. It was the first time I peeled back the layers to find out what was at the core. I'm still on that path today, seeing how far I can push myself into unknown places, whether through clarification or destruction. It's like Stridulum's still here with me, underneath it all. -Nika Roza Danilova, June 2017

In the last three years Nika Roza Danilova has gone from being an outsider experimental teenage noise-maker to a full fledged internationally celebrated electronic pop musician. It was a huge feat to accomplish, and despite her age (young), her geography (mid-western, desolate), her accelerated scholastic requirements (high school l and college were completed in three years each) and her diminutive physical size (4Inch11, 90 lbs) she has triumphed. She has emerged as a figurehead- a self-produced, self-designed, self-taught independent woman.