Armenian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer/producer and multimedia artist KÁRYYN announces the first single ‘the REAL’, taken from her just announced Calm KAOSS! EP, due for release via Mute on 22 May 2024.

Born in the prolific period following her European tour, Calm KAOSS! was created in partnership with British record producer James Ford (Blur, Haim, Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, Florence & The Machine). The project sees KÁRYYN commune with her past, present and future selves, traveling through time to reveal transformative premonitions from the future in scientific and spiritual language.

On the EP’s lead single ‘the REAL’, KÁRYYN steadies herself in humility and a newfound power. One of the first productions from her collaboration with James Ford, the song strips away at posturing and ego, reminding us that we are all one consciousness. The song is steeped in the Sumerian poem The Descent of Inanna — a tale of a goddess who enters the realm of death in search of wisdom — and themes from the Vedic text The Upanishads, which declares: “[o]neself is a world for all beings.”

“I’ve always been an I to We person,” she notes. “What excites me is collaboration.” The track shines with both producers’ transcendent chemistry, building a limitless recording space where KÁRYYN’s vision can come to life. “There is no other,” she reminds us. “We are all reflecting one another.”

Calm KAOSS!

the REAL

Anthem For Those Who Know

'Anthem For Those Who Know' by KÁRYYN

Lyrics:
To oblivion
Existence may be, rearranged
The lines on my face
Are a map to where I’ve been
An admission, a condition, I would envelope
So no one knows

I will be the collider
You will be dark matter
I will not be afraid
You may be possibly
I will be the collider
You will be dark matter
I will not be afraid
But you may be possibly lost
I will be the collider
You will be dark matter
I will not be afraid
You will not be either
I will be the collider
You will be dark matter
We will not be afraid
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED EVER

We won't be lost to your violence
We will not be silenced ever
I will not be lost (will not be afraid of your
violence)
We won't be lost to your violence
We won't be lost to your violence
We will not be silenced ever
I will not be lost (or afraid)
We won't be lost to your violence
We won't be lost to your violence
We will not be silenced ever
I will not be lost
We will not be silenced ever
We won't be lost to your violence
We will not be silenced ever
I will not be lost
We will not be silenced ever

the REAL (HAAi Remix)

ODAR

ODAR (Airspace Remix)

GROUND

the REAL (Raven Bush Heart Strings Remix)

the REAL (Cosey Fanni Tutti Remix)

ALEPPO

Quanta 1

BINARY

PURGATORY

YAJNA

SPOTIFY

MOVING MASSES

MOVING MASSES a i r s p a c e REMIX

EVER

Un-c2-See

QUANTA 11

The Quanta Series

AMBETS GORAV

QUANTA 1:11

QUANTA 1

CYTOKINESIS

EVER (Edit)

Pronounced Kaa-RrrEEN (hard K, roll the R)

Armenian-American vocalist, songwriter, videographer and composer/producer KÁRYYN is a qauntum spiritual time traveler.

Following a prolific period of inward healing and creating, she readies her Calm KAOSS! EP, a work created in partnership with British record producer James Ford. The project sees KÁRYYN commune with her past, present and future selves, traveling through time to reveal transformative premonitions from the future in scientific and spiritual language.

Her debut release The QUANTA Series saw her unpack and explode her past to dizzying effect. The press dubbed her “a sonic architect” (Dazed); “an electronic adventurer” (FACT) who “makes music as a way of travel, moving through memories with sound” (CLOT Magazine). In the album’s Pitchfork review,Sasha Geffen wrote: “Death hangs heavy over the record, but in its shadow, KÁRYYN projects herself into the future.” 

With the upcoming Calm KAOSS! EP, she offers three tracks: the first offering- a plea to recognizing personal strength, wholeness, resolve, and singular consciousness through the lens of Sumerian Myth and Vedic philosophy (‘the REAL’).

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