maya dhondt - wow, x

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: VNVR006
Barcode: 5414165091240
Release Date: 11 Oct 2024
Genre: Glitch-Pop/Contemporary Piano

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The Belgian pianist and producer maya dhondt releases a new album titled 'wow,x', marking her debut solo album under her own name. Navigating between bedroom glitch-pop and contemporary piano, she presents sounds of alienating beauty.

The first single, 'desire,' is a mutated synth-pop track that gets under the skin. The song centralizes longing for something you don't know (yet). Perhaps it's the smell of damp earth, which can be both pleasant and unsettling? The single is now available on all streaming platforms and comes with a schizophrenic video by Sakis Brönnimann.

A postmodern cramp, that's how one could describe the music of pianist and producer Maya Dhondt. Her music is an intuitive and a never ending exploration that has the potential to be and become a multitude of things at once.

On her first solo album under her own name, 'wow, x,' she presents 10 varied tracks in which she creates equally idiosyncratic sound worlds. She takes the liberty to endlessly experiment with vocals, piano, and a mix of distorted lo-fi electronic sounds with an open mind. The result is sometimes synthetic and weird, sometimes compellingly beautiful, and always captivating, drawing you into its underlying melody. These intelligently crafted productions are connected by a penchant for alienating beauty: like a warm, but damp cave where it’s pleasant to linger just a little longer. Her original sound moves within a sonic spectrum reminiscent of contemporary artists such as Lolina, Astrid Sonne, claire rousay, aya or Carla Dal Forno.

A1. intro - bye bye wendy A2. tip toe tip A3. untitled A4. kleine cijfers, groot verlies A5. i love solfège B1. parasiten B2. desire B3. it.com B4. minimal - invasiv B5. outerlude - petite ode sentimentale