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STDEV005 - ANASTROPHE

In July, Diana Azzuz (@dianaazzuz) releases ”Anastrophe” on Standard Deviation, including remixes by M.E.S.H. (@m-e-s-h) with a new alias ”eea” (Extreme Energy Availability) and Swan Meat (@swanmeat). It’s the first solo project by the Kyiv based multidisciplinary artist, following her collaborative audiovisual release ”Sui Noxa” from October last year. Listen now to ”Recursive Gesture”, the second track of the EP.

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Teaser: https://youtu.be/-WqoXcOuLC4

Release date is July 20th

Written & composed by Diana Azzuz
Mixed by Paul Georg
Mastered by UTC+16
Photography by @studyofnight

Anastrophe

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Premiere: DIANA AZZUZ - RECURSIVE GESTURE (STDEV005)

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

DIANA AZZUZ - ANASTROPHE (W/ REMIXES BY eea FKA M.E.S.H. AND SWAN MEAT) PREVIEWS

"Pathos" is the latest track from @dianaazzuz 's upcoming EP out on the 20th of July for @standard-deviation

Read More: https://soulfeederweb.com/premieres/premiere-diana-azzuz-pathos/

[Premiere] Diana Azzuz - Pathos

Taken from Diana Azzuz (@dianaazzuz) new EP Anastrophe, out July 20, 2021, via Standard Deviation (@standard-deviation)

Read: https://bit.ly/3xmvyVa
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Diana Azzuz’s 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.

The Video shot for the second track ”Recursive Gesture” revolves around the idea of metamorphosis in the modern world, highlighting unpredictable, unidentifiable aspects of human ways of thinking within the so dominantly emerging cross-virtual world. Azzuz wants to present the limitations of human preconceptions in the virtual age of uncertainty and fluidity. As the artist describes, ”why are things perceived to be fixed and certain and how can I communicate and articulate this contingency?”, Azzuz draws on different tools like AI in her work, visually depicting a fluid state of self-modulation, morphosis within time and space, aiming to emphasize the fundamental ambiguity within our lives.

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., who’s contributing with a new Alias ”eea” (Extreme Energy Availability) on ”Recursive Gesture”. Cologne based musician Swan Meat rounds it up, taking a shot on ”Pathos”.

Artwork by Diana Azzuz

Mixed by Paul Georg, eea fka M.E.S.H., Swan Meat

Mastered by UTC+16

Released by Standard Deviation

Premiere: Diana Azzuz - A Very Touchy Spot [Standard Deviation]

Kyiv club ∄’s label, @standard-deviation, readies the dark, genre-hopping debut EP from @dianaazzuz. Hear @swanmeat's scorching acid trance remix of ‘Pathos’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-diana-azzuz-pathos-swan-meat-remix

Premiere: Diana Azzuz ‘Pathos (Swan Meat Remix)’

PAN mainstay M.E.S.H. dons a new alias, evolving Diana Azzuz's original into a menacing, swaggering electro rhythm.

'Anastrophe' is out July 20th on Standard Deviation.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3hyNhmT

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Premiere: Diana Azzuz - Recursive Gesture (eea Remix) [Standard Deviation]

∄ 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.

STDEV005 - ANASTROPHE

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