KØCAZE seduced darkness into sensory cinema with their newest single, Cîmes et Souvenirs. The composition defies its personal quiescently tempered physics, washing over listeners in waves of unsettling Avant-Garde synergy. The timbres really feel as if they’ve all the time belonged inside you, coming residence to reconcile the haunting, hymnal, and harrowing atmospheres deep inside your soul, bringing with them a barrage of grace, bruises, and beguilement to make sure you received’t neglect listening to it for the primary time.
Belgian duo KØCAZE, shaped by classical artist Elsa Verhoeven and instinctive self-taught musician Olivier Jacqmin, craft music born from artistic collision. Working from Liège since 2020, they initially debuted in a full-band formation earlier than reworking into their present stripped-back however emotionally potent aesthetic. Their forthcoming EP, D’Or et de Sang, produced by Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe, Blood Moon) and mastered by Alan Douches, digs deeper into the veins of darkish pop and neoclassical atmospherics, balancing intimacy with huge emotional landscapes.
Completely sung in French, Cîmes et Souvenirs confronts grief, reminiscence, and inherited id, enveloping the listener in a shadowy soundscape of piano, vocals, and delicate menace. In case you’ve ever wanted a sonic mirror to face your darkest depths and rediscover your individual hidden sanctuaries, KØCAZE have offered the reflection.
Cîmes et Souvenirs is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms through this hyperlink.
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Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
