C Z A R I N A | ATOMIC: AD INITIVM

Futurist Synth and Dark Electro Artist C Z A R I N A Releases New Gothic and Sci-Fi Cyberpunk Music Film and Single “Atomic: Ad Initivm”

Galicia, Spain-based American synth and electro artist CZARINA (styled as C Z A R I N A on all platforms) unveils her latest high-octane gothic and sci-fi cyberpunk music film and single entitled Atomic: Ad Initivm. The hyper dynamic track is the first single from CZARINA’s uncoming full length, “Arcana,” which is coming out later this year.  Mixing influences from her own cultural roots with the dark biomechanical and cyberpunk realm of visual masters like H.R. Giger and Masamune Shirow, the new music film takes us through a portal to a neon noir world that is alien, organic and electric. CZARINA sings and performs in various forms and stages of her own evolution.  The track explores themes of trans-humanism and cybernetics combined with spiritual awakening in a dark dystopian future.  She poignantly relates the human spirit to subatomic particles in nuclear fission at the core of the human body, defying space and time. Haunting gothic choir chants in Latin asking to liberate the spirit from the body and return back to its source, as pulsating electricity surges waves upon waves ominously in a neon-lit cyberpunk atmosphere, resulting in a new take on futurist dark electro that is both heavy-hitting yet ethereal.  The music film was directed and fully produced by The Kitsunés - who is both CZARINA and the visual artist DeadlyKawaii. The song was written, composed, arranged, produced and performed by CZARINA with additional production, mixing and mastering by Von Hertzog of The Social Club. Atomic: Ad Initivm and its accompanying music film will be available across all digital platforms on March 5th, 2021.

CZARINA is Vero Faye Kitsuné, an award-winning electronic musician, producer, songwriter, filmmaker, creative director, designer and visual and performance artist. She is known for her multi-disciplinary approach that combines trans-humanism and post-human aesthetic with new age mysticism, informed by her love for futurist culture, cybernetics, biomechanics and the discipline that comes with her Budo martial arts training.

CZARINA’s unique soundscape seamlessly melds electronic with organic sounds, transcending a vast spectrum of genres including progressive synths, art rock, future pop, cyberpunk, industrial, trip hop, post-punk and darkwave. Her eclectic list of musical and visionary influences include Nine Inch Nails, TOOL, Massive Attack, Bjork, The Knife, Fever Ray, Puscifer, Vangelis, A Perfect Circle, The Cranberries, Enya, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, QUEEN, Blondie, Kate Bush, Siouxie Sioux, Tori Amos, and visual masters and storytellers Masamune Shirow, Yoshitaka Amano, HR Giger, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo and Hajime Sorayama. CZARINA takes her audience into a smoky, neon-lit dimension, filled with atmospheric and cinematic synths, shimmering arpeggios, sonic guitar riffs, catchy melodies, powerful vocal hooks, and poignant, thoughtful lyricism that compels one to look inward, around and beyond the material world. 

CZARINA is part of darkTunes Music Group EU.

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OMNIMAR - Dark Pop

Moscow, Russia-based alternative dark pop duo OMNIMAR is Maria Mar and Alex VRT, a pair of rising dark jewels in the dark electro pop world. OMNIMAR initially made waves in the goth club scenes across Europe with riveting tracks such as "Boom, Boom" and "Sadizm." However, it's in haunting, soulful tracks like "Out of My Life" where the duo really takes the spotlight with their own particular brand of alternative dark electro pop. Their sound is a distinctive amalgam that fuses treatments from Eastern Europe's underground club culture with modern synth pop of the West, sometimes experimenting with dark techno, EBM and industrial atmospherics. Their latest full-length record Dark Pop fully exemplifies all their distinctive qualities. Club-ready, yet still soulfully executed with tastefully-crafted orchestral and downtempo elements perfect for vibing at home, Dark Pop explores the several layers of OMNIMAR's sound. Fronted by the very ravishing Maria Mar, Maria's distinguishable, stylistic vocals careen from dance pop to haunting ballad to feverish R&B, all against an eclectic backdrop of sonic synth arrangements by Alex VRT.

Notable tracks include the sultry and seductive performance in "Red" and "Feels Like Velvet"; the cinematic cyberpunk-inflected "Oxygene" and "Humans"; and the hyper earworm "Music is My Everything." The duo segues into dramatic, haunting ballads in their gothic track "You and I," before switching gears with ease into art pop in "Circulate."

On top of such an expansive array of dynamics the duo packs into their sound, another compelling aspect of OMNIMAR is their visual presence. Their music videos provide both stunning production quality and thoughtful story-telling. Check out their latest visuals for "Feels Like Velvet," which premiered along with the release of Dark Pop.

OMNIMAR is part of darkTunes Music Group EU along with notable dark acts Dust In Mind, Toal, C Z A R I N A, Agnis and more.

For more OMNIMAR, visit https://omnimar.bandcamp.com/

AGNIS - I Am The Light

Polish mystical dark pop artist AGNIS unveils her ethereal, yet haunting new single and visuals I Am The Light thru darkTunes Music Group EU and joins dark electro and industrial/metal music acts such as OmniMar, Dust In Mind, C Z A R I N A and Toal in the German-French group’s roster. AGNIS (which means “pure” in Nordic, “to share” in Latin, and also the name of the Indian God of Fire) is the project of Agnieszka Leśna - a seasoned electronic music veteran and former front woman of the metal/industrial band DESDEMONA, which was a regular at renowned music festivals such as M'era Luna (Germany), Made Of Metal (Czech Republic) and Castle Party (Poland). AGNIS decided to start her own solo project after her brief stint in playing with bands and released I Am The Light as her first single - a fitting reflection of her own growth and transformation from darkness to light and calling listeners to do the same. Her music video reflects the duality of her single, showing a woman dressed in black dancing in harsh, abstract movements which AGNIS descibes as “the dance of the darkside” over ominous piano riffs and haunting vocals.

“The darkness knows she must let the light rule now but she fights, she wants to go into the light but it hurts,” AGNIS explains. “ When I was editing the video I saw a part where I was standing with my hands crossed on my chest, I knew I know the symbol that came out that way. I checked it and… Wow! It was the rune DEGAZ which means ‘TRANSFORMATION FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT!’ Pure magic!”

The video then reveals the “light side” - AGNIS now shown dressed in all white, in delicate and effervescent dance and quiet, peaceful oneness with nature and her surroundings.

All shot during the pandemic, AGNIS worked on the video in isolation with her husband, using the Baltic Sea, its surrounding flora and dramatic sunset as backdrop. The power couple captured the track’s lucid magic in its simple yet boldly atmospheric cinematography and gorgeous dance sequences. Her debut single and visuals offer merely a taste of who AGNIS is and she is an exciting rising artist to watch!

For more AGNIS, visit her Spotify

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Artist Spotlight: ACE BUCHANNON

Helsinki-based Finnish Synthwave producer, guitar and keytar hero ACE BUCHANNON is Vesa Tamminen’s brainchild, whose debut record Magenta Nights (2018) had grown into a synthwave essential with head-banging, shoulder-shimmying tracks such as ‘Buns of Steel” and moodier offerings like “Breakout.” His dynamic retro-futurist approach to ‘80s nostalgia is further revealed in his sophomore record Eye of the Storm, especially with “Come Alive’ (featuring vocals by the effervescent Anna Moore) - a jazz and funk-infused synthwave complete with the what we perceive to be the most tastefully executed sax performance over crystalline arpeggiated melodies and heavy-hitting TR 808s.

But what we love seeing in every musician is their growth and evolution. We see Ace Buchannon stretch his long Finnish legs further into darker, futuristic realms first with “Mizukage Prototype” and now with his new cyberpunk single, “Dreamer Archetype.” The track explores themes of archetypal psychology in the context of artificial intelligence. The story behind “Dreamer Archetype” is about an AI shutting down all communication outwards by its own will and is "dreaming" within a massive network - creating new worlds for the hive mind. (Word! We could use that particular kind of virtual reality right now.) The Ace Buchannon DNA is still apparent in his new direction with his signature high-octave melodies, though now looming over haunting staccatos and polyrhythmic, metallic machine soundscapes that transport listeners to a dark, cybernetic dystopian era.

But why do we adore the Ace Buchannon projects so much and why they matter? Ace’s first foray in electronic music production began in the ‘90s when he finally was able to make his first big purchase thanks to hoarding his weekly allowance: a Sound Blaster 16 soundcard, which enabled him to make music with DOS tracker programs such as Scream Tracker 3 and Impulse Tracker. He wasn’t serious about making and releasing music until he discovered synthwave, which led him to start this project in 2016. Yet since his debut, Ace Buchannon has not been shy about voicing his own journey both as an artist and as a human. His mission with this project is to lift the listener, to rouse them to seize the day and to defy odds. With a musical and philosophical DNA that rose from his own inner struggles and victories, tracks like “Never Surrender” (Featuring Gryff) further exemplify his sentiments about creating art. Now we witness an artist coming to terms with his own journey, developing his own paradigm, and eloquently churning all his experiences into an ever-evolving, compelling body of sheer creativity with a clear message about the peaks and valleys of life and - above all - never surrendering. Besides, we don’t know anyone else who can don clean-cut, colorful matching pants and blazers and Ray-Bans and while keytar-heroing live on stage better than this one true Ace.

For more Ace Buchannon, visit acebuchannon.bandcamp.com