DZDZWRWR: January 2020
Meet this week’s artist: Zeller
Our favorite work from Zeller: MASS Sessions #009 | Zeller
Why we love Zeller: Dark, artistic, and industrial are three words which describe Zeller’s sound. The London based artist has driven dancefloors across the UK at parties like Jaded, Mass, and Live Now Sleep Later. In addition, she has also shared decks with DJs like AXKAN, Polanski, and Tapefeed. We’re excited to continue to see Zeller’s distorted sound fill more dancefloors and podcasts for the rest of 2020.
Where you can find Zeller: Soundcloud, Facebook
This weeks sound
Sets
Soenda Festival 2020 DJ Contest Entry // GIA
An aggressive and pounding set with a touch of EBM
Hypnotic yet experimental with dark, industrial, and apocalyptic textures
Tracks
MEIIER! - Overreacting (RAßßeAT Remix)
For those who love huge kicks, melodic pads, and distorted sounds -- this is the track for you
Huck Farper - Hymn Of The Aten
Soothing pads with intricate percussions and just the right amount of distortion
An Interview with…ØTTA (Oрфей [orpheus])
ØTTA is one of the most exciting artists bursting from the London underground scene. She is a regular at the Jaded After-parties in London and the Demain Kollectiv parties in Bordeaux. ØTTA also co-founded the Oрфей [orpheus] project based in London. The series focuses on combining art and techno as an inclusive and immersive experience. We recently had a chat with ØTTA to talk about her experience as both an artist and a co-founder of Oрфей [orpheus].
Can you tell us how and why you started DJing as ØTTA?
I started DJing five years ago when I moved to London. I’ve always had a very close relation with music, when in Portugal I spent 6 years in an orchestra playing classic viola and then I started my Architecture degree so I had to stop as it was impossible to do both so when I finished my Masters and moved to London decided to study at Point Blank Music School and that is how it all started.
What is your process for creating a DJ set?
For me creating a DJ set really depends on the party, duration & time slot . I believe that as artists we are not jukeboxes, however it is important to know how to adapt to different events without losing our identity or selling ourselves. This being said, I usually start by choosing an intro and/or a closing track - I am researching music on a daily basis and I keep tracks organised in folders by key words so I would say that I prepare the first 5 tracks and the last track and then I will build up the DJ set during the performance considering the site conditions.
You also co-founded the Oрфей [orpheus] project along with P RISCO, Metaraph, and Olha Korovina. Could you tell us how that came about and what were the motivations for starting it?
Oрфей [orpheus] is a London based techno music and multidisciplinary art’s project. We have decided to start this project after working together in different number of projects exploring the limits of expression through music, performance art, fashion and visual arts. As artists we gather similar views and objectives in the underground music scene and after years of working together in different projects, organizing parties with other collectives and being immersed in London underground techno scene we have decided to create a more free environment to promote emerging underground artists and challenge the forms in which electronic music can be experienced.
Oрфей [orpheus] presents a multidimensional, immersive and obscure rave experience communicated through techno music and elaborated conceptual constructions. Every event is curated following a certain narrative that presents a synergetic journey through hard, dark, raw, distorted, melodic and industrial soundflow aligned with live performance acts, visual, multi-sensorial stimulation shown in various forms and art mediums.
Our aim is building a space for diverse, queer audience that approaches party experience with great curiosity and openness to our vision. What we are offering is for people who are not grounded in a singular way of being, who are ready to involve themselves and embrace our way of transmitting music.
Were there any challenges or any surprises you encountered while starting Oрфей, and if so what were they?
I believe that every time anyone starts a new project it ended up being a constant learning process. In the beginning our biggest concern was the people’s response and how the message of the project and our vision was transmitted. I have to say that the response has been extremely positive and we couldn’t be more grateful and thrilled to keep working hard to develop a whole new different way of seeing and experiencing raves.
Another of our main concerns and challenges is to create a community where everyone feels comfortable in being and doing what they want. Nowadays we live in an age that freedom of expression is constantly condemned so we fight every day against pre concepts overall.
Lastly, can we expect anything in the future from you as ØTTA or from Oрфей?
This year is looking very positive! I will be performing more regularly internationally as at the moment my main bookings are in London. I also have tracks coming out very soon and some other surprise projects on the way.
Oрфей will also perform internationally and besides our monthly events we are being featured on “Sound of Darkness”, a documentary made by young multicultural filmmakers that intend to unveil the world of underground techno and immersive art through Oрфей [orpheus] - defined by them as “ A group of four individuals who orchestrate voyeuristic rave experiences, combining the hard-hitting beat of electronic music with soulful art performances”.
Links: ØTTA Soundcloud, ØTTA Instagram, ØTTA Facebook, Oрфей Instagram, Oрфей Facebook,
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