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available on bandcamp:
https://nonirritating.bandcamp.com/album/quarz

Quarz is the second album in Princess Violetta’s ongoing series exploring geological phenomena. Following 2022’s Feldspar, this new release takes a more symmetrical and reflective approach. Built on hypnotic repetition and shimmering textures, Quarz turns the internal logic of crystals into music — precise, elegant, and strangely emotive.

Princess Violetta is the alias of longtime musician and multimedia artist Joey van der Kaaij, who has been releasing music since 2010 under various monikers, including Ayman Maas and Kid No. A lifelong explorer of sound — through bands, audio programming, and generative graphics — van der Kaaij blurs the lines between composition and code.

That fusion of disciplines comes into full focus with the parallel release of Quarz VR, a virtual reality experience that transforms the album into an explorable, deserted world. Arriving not in a submarine, but a sub-sand vehicle, the listener drifts through shifting dunes and crystalline remnants, guided by fragments of the music.

Together, Quarz and Quarz VR form a tightly connected audiovisual work — one that extends the album’s themes beyond sound into space and movement.

Quarz VR
on SideQuest - sidequestvr.com/app/43387
on itch.io - hobscure.itch.io/quarz

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