Nika roza danilova aka zola jesus was a maverick genius right from the beginning. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Conatus zola jesus see all 10 albums by zola jesus. Zola jesus listen and stream free music, albums, new. Zola jesus lyrics 47 song lyrics sorted by album, including ixode, skin, lick the palm of the burning handshake.
Zola jesuss profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Apple music and spotify users can stream it in full below. Since her debut lp for sacred bones last summer, zola jesuss profile has grown exponentially. A former opera singer, she began creating her dark pop with just drum machines, keyboards, and her singular voice. Danilova showed an interest in singing early on, buying voice lesson tapes and opera sheet music at age seven. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics and personalized marketing. Emerging to critical acclaim at a young age with 2009s the spoils, her hypnagogic synth pop electrified by her trademark booming vocal had matured long before her third fulllength release, 2011s conatus. Did you understand i dont have the choice, cause do you wanna go. In the seven years that followed, we released eight albums together three lps, two eps, two 7s, a cdr, and even a dvd.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Zola jesus, the project of wisconsins gothic chanteuse nika roza danilova, that debuted with a number of singles, including soeur sewer 2008 and poor sons 2008, penned the bedroom lofi psychedelic pop ditties of new amsterdam sacred bones, 2009. In 2006, she began writing and performing as zola jesus, and in the past two years released a torrent of intense, mesmerizing songs on three. Stridulum ii is the second fulllength studio album release by zola jesus, released by the german label souterrain transmissions on august 23, 2010. Goth rock, experimental zola jesus stridulum ii 2010. In all her obscurity and gothic persona, zola jesus cant help but remind me too much of many other synthpop singers, like lady gaga or even lykke li, producing some material that tries hard to sound dark and eerie, but ultimately ending up sounding like a simulacra of more wellknown artists like the ones mentioned before.
Download zola jesus songs, singles and albums on mp3. Zola jesus have the mainstream acclaim and the underground backing, the interesting operasingercumalternativebandfrontwoman backstory and the token celebrity fan in lady gaga. Zola jesus was born on april 11, 1989 in phoenix, arizona, usa as nika roza danilova. If there was ever a doubt zola jesus had talent under all the noise and electronics, then here is the raw proof, howling at you from the stereo. The rhythm will not improve in sophistication for the rest of the. Zola jesus played at the moore theater in seattle in 2012. Her usually blonde hair was a light brown and she stood in front an orchestra complete with a director. Stridulum ii, an album by zola jesus on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. After a go with mute records for her 2014 album, taiga, the gothic pop. As a classically trained opera singer with a penchant for noisy, avantgarde sounds, she launched her career with a series of lofi releases that pitted her soaring vocals against harsh industrial clatter and jittery synths. Aug 22, 20 like neko case or antony hegarty, zola jesus sings with the kind of timbre that gets listeners to describe her as that voice. Following on their stirring fulllength debut, the spoils, zola jesus return with a terrific ep that applies their gothic drama to more immediate. Inhabiting the more monochromatic, gothic end of the current revival of heavily reverberant vocals and dreampsychedelic pop is the surprisingly accessible sound of zola jesus her debut uk album, confusingly titled stridulum ii, is due out in august on berlin based, indie label souterrain transmissions. Zola jesus is the project of madison, wisconsins nika roza danilova, who crafts dark music dominated by her operatic vocals and keyboards.
Howl black dub remix original mix black dub, black asteroid, zola jesus last gang records. Howl time traveler uk remix time traveler uk, black asteroid. Tom waits, billy bragg and zola jesus are among those to salute don van vliet, who died last week aged 69. Zola jesus s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Nika roza danilova is the voice behind the project. Zola jesus is nika rosa danilova and her new album stridulum ii is a very nice little nightmare. Her wild persona enters the scene howling over powwow drumbeats in odessa.
Jun 17, 2011 fan video for zola jesus stridulum on stridulum ep movie is phenomena by dario argento. Sky torrents zola jesus live at roadburn 2018 2020. The album combines all six songs from the stridulum ep with three of the four songs from the valusia ep. She possesses a strong voice which runs the full gamut of colours from grey through to black. Zola jesus lets it all bleed out on okovi, a typically grandiose new album of towering gothic operapop and embittered electronic textures. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. To bring it to life, i decided to enlist the help of alex degroot, who has been the only constant in my live band and helped mix the stridulum ep back in 2010. Percussion pounds like a marching drum, a high pitched violin pierces the ears, and a booming voice from a petite and beautiful woman fills the air.
Save for a few guest appearances on records by jozef van wissem and run the jewels that displayed her artistic mutability, nika roza danilova has arguably been conspicuous by her solo absence since taiga for mute in 2014, and corrects that in a big way. By continuing to use the service, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookie policy. The biography links her 10year study of opera to her unique childhood in the woods of wisconsin raised by wolves. Live at roadburn 2018, wiseblood johnny jewel remixes, okovi. Like neko case or antony hegarty, zola jesus sings with the kind of timbre that gets listeners to describe her as that voice. Only lovers left alive original soundtrack atp recordings. Stridulum ii also demonstrates the perils of revisiting the past, especially if, as is undoubtedly the case with danilova, you were too young to live through it first time round. Ep from zola jesus called stridulum track listings disc. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. Nika roza danilova, better known as zola jesus, has a pretty amazing voice and this is a pretty amazing cd. The nine pieces in this collection combine big echoing backbeats and dense washes of atmospheric synth chords as a framework for her tortured vocal. Zola jesus didnt need to clean up to stand apart from the lofi horde they already had nika danilovas voice, which tends to cut through a track and leave an indelible impression no matter how. Its getting late its getting dark in the end of the night i can feel your warmth come up close clo. Nika roza danilova has been recording and performing.
As a classically trained opera singer with a penchant for noisy, avantgarde sounds, she launched her career with a series of lofi releases that pitted her soaring vocals against harsh industrial clatter and. Stridulum is the sixth release and second ep by zola jesus, released on march 9, 2010 by sacred bones records. The music still manages to have some pretty decent pop hooks, which is probably why i was drawn. Find zola jesus discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Fan video for zola jesus stridulum on stridulum ep movie is phenomena by dario argento. Zola jesus ash to bone johnny jewel remix official music video duration. Zola jesus stridulum ii lyrics and tracklist genius. Nov 30, 2011 in 2006, she began writing and performing as zola jesus, and in the past two years released a torrent of intense, mesmerizing songs on three eps and three fulllength albums, including this falls. Find zola jesus discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic new releases.
Skin, wiseblood johnny jewel remix, pawfluffer night zola jesus remix, wiseblood, exhumed, biography. Nika roza danilova has been recording and performing as zola jesus for more than a decade. Today marks the release of okovi, the new album from zola jesus. Stridulum by zola jesus released in 2010 via sacred bones. The colony zola jesus remix, ash to bone johnny jewel remix, bound, siphon, soak, top tracks. Mar 11, 2010 zola jesus didnt need to clean up to stand apart from the lofi horde they already had nika danilovas voice, which tends to cut through a track and leave an indelible impression no matter how. Get all the lyrics to songs on stridulum ii and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The lyrics are compassionate, even nurturing, but zola s voice has basically no emotion in it.
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