Diana Azzuz’s (@dianaazzuz) first solo installment on Standard Deviation is the artist’s initial connection to electronic club sounds and presents a subtle transformation within her artistic practice. Through her mostly conceptual approach, Azzuz seeks to challenge notions of sound explicitly by disobeying common expectations and preconceptions. The EP is called ”Anastrophe”, a fitting title describing rearrangement as a strategy to create sound.  

While ”A Very Touchy Spot”, the first track of the EP is a subtle and mysterious entry into Azzuz’ world of sounds, using ambient textures combined with classical drum elements, ”Recursive Gesture” tries to escape this initial idea towards influences of Grime, Bass and contemporary forms of Dubstep creating a powerful bass roller. ”Pathos”, the last track on the EP, is a heavy hitting roundup taking on modern club sounds, using elements of Gabber, Trance and Hardcore. Inherent to all tracks, a rather dark mood carries the tracks and embeds them into a coherent ambiguous feeling of unpredictability, uncertainty and fluidity. 

The EP get’s supported with remixes from M.E.S.H. (@m-e-s-h), who’s contributing with a new Alias ”eea” (Extreme Energy Availability) on ”Recursive Gesture” and Cologne based musician Swan Meat (@swanmeat) rounds it up, taking a shot on ”Pathos”.

releases July 20, 2021 

Tracklist:

1: A Very Touchy Spot
2: Recursive Gesture
3: Pathos
4: Recursive Gesture (eea Remix)
5: Pathos (Swan Meat Remix) 

Original tracks written & produced by Diana Azzuz 
Remixes by eea fka M.E.S.H., Swan Meat 
Mixed by Paul Georg, eea fka M.E.S.H., Swan Meat 
Mastered by UTC+16 
Artwork by Diana Azzuz 
Art Direction by Diana Azzuz

Anastrophe

Bandcamp

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curating and organizing @actinginconcert
i am also a @fam_sounds member : )

∄ is a cultural institution in Kyiv, established in 2019 on the territory of a former brewery, located at 41 Kyrylivska Street. It serves as a multifunctional space for club events like ∄ Community Events, Curated By, Enareї, for experimental music concerts like Miasma of the Real and other cultural events.

∄ also manages the in-house music label Standard Deviation. Established in September 2020, Standard Deviation is a multidisciplinary label for music, art and publishing, cultivating creative exchange between an aspiring Ukrainian scene and a global community.

K41 is the community-born name of the institution embraced and widely used by the public.

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