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Chrysalis

by Sophia Loizou

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    *** Debut LP of brooding neo-classical/noise composition built from deconstructed instrumentation fed thru computer software and analog hardware by Sophia Loizou. Mixed & mastered by Paul Jebanasam.
    RIYL Roly Porter, Ben Frost, The Haxan Cloak ***
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1.
Uranium 05:47
2.
Archaea 05:01
3.
Baptisia 05:29
4.
Silica 05:58
5.
Demansia 05:06
6.
Phylum 05:24

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Sophia Loizou's debut album Chrysalis is an exploration of conflict
and balance. Using a unique set of sonic transformations, synthetic
materials and archival recordings of life both natural and
mechanised, the work depicts forms across a diverse range of
scales from the microscopic to those which exceed measurement
entirely.

Comprised of six movements, the recordings unfold an elaborate
landscape of intricate detail and severe natural forces whose end is
both a creation and a dissolving of recognised forms. The sound
masses that inhabit this space transgress between chaotic and
stable states in order to present life in and out of balance.

Central to Loizou's practice is an ongoing investigation of this
dichotomy and how it positions humanity’s relationship to nature.
Her work strives to capture the tension that binds the liminal states
between the formless and the formed, and the inherent conflict
employed by nature as it carves its diverging historical paths
towards growth and decay.

The instrumentation and methods Loizou has explored here are
crucial. Passages composed for solo flute, cello and soprano have
had their recordings fed through a labyrinthine array of granular and
spectral software tools. These have then been placed within the
industrial products of analog hardware wired into feedback systems
of electrical circuits and pulsating rhythmic structures.

The results emerge as a defining opening statement of an artist
exploring themes that are central to the conflicts between nature
and technology. In creating a sound world in which these concepts
violently collide towards a cyclical symmetry, Loizou has crafted
within Chrysalis a vision of a possible future that is both threatening
and unstable but ultimately cathartic.

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released September 16, 2014

Published to Bandcamp: 06th May 2021

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Sophia Loizou Bristol, UK

Sophia operates at the intersection of contemporary electronic music, speculative fiction and the ecological. She is currently working on a PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London and hosts a monthly radio show on Bristol’s SWU.fm.

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