more from
Geographic North
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Voz

by Dania

supported by
BenPujara
BenPujara thumbnail
BenPujara Grouper, Karima Walker, Midwife, Ekin Fil, Dania. All voices doors, our compass pointing skyward, trails awakening under mist. Favorite track: Whale Song.
Jakub Knera
Jakub Knera thumbnail
Jakub Knera There have been many albums for voice and solo electronics, this one adds another image to this panorama. Dania Shihab with her voice creates a peculiar musical introspection, she creates an intimate world, in a globalised world full of chaos and anxiety building a subtle and courageous statement.

More: noweidzieodmorza.com/15649-best-2022/ Favorite track: Aleph.
Mr. Conner
Mr. Conner thumbnail
Mr. Conner Gorgeous. Contemplative. Addictive. An abstract vocal expression of oneself set in an encapsulating dreamy atmosphere. An album that plants a seed and begins to grow deep roots from within.
marine eyes
marine eyes thumbnail
marine eyes tender & emotive, this debut from Dania tugs on my heart strings more and more with each listen. a new favorite from 2022 <3 Favorite track: An Individual.
Michael Wehunt
Michael Wehunt thumbnail
Michael Wehunt 23 minutes of shimmering ambient dream pop with great promise. Geographic North does it again. Favorite track: An Individual.
more...
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 USD  or more

     

  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Voz via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
I Lied 04:15
2.
Aleph 03:37
3.
Fire Dash 02:26
4.
Whale Song 04:00
5.
6.
7.
Anomaly 02:31

about

Born in Baghdad, raised in Tasmania, and now based in Barcelona, Dania Shihab moves between cultures and continents with an amorphous creative vision directly tied to her transient existence. As founder of experimental outpost Paralaxe Editions, Dania divides her time between Spain and the remote corners of Australia, where she works as an emergency doctor. Now, Dania presents her solo debut 'Voz,' which finds her rediscovering her voice as a primary instrument.

The title “Voz”—Spanish for “voice” and signaling to her transnational experiences between Spain and Australia for the last decade—is especially fitting, as Dania grew up in a household where singing was culturally frowned upon. “I used to record myself privately by dubbing my vocals onto tapes in my bedroom and lied about joining the school choir. A lot of what I did musically was done in secret. For that, I have a difficult relationship with my voice,” Dania explains. And although not all the songs have vocals, the tracks here show Dania’s voice in an undeniably self-reflective, introspective, and cathartic light.

Created using a smattering of looped-and-layered vocals, instrumental samples, modular synthesis, cassette tapes, and piano, 'Voz' is an entrapped exploration of harmonics and tonality, weaving together manipulated vocal fragments, processed field recordings, and meditative atmospheres.

Dania sets the scene with the melancholic majesty of “I Lied,” a solitary chorus of lifted and lilted vocals and peripheral drones wafting through the air. “Aleph” floats in an ascending, slow-motion sprawl of synth tones, distant pianos, and kaleidoscopic lyrical abstractions. The low-fi churn of “Fire Dash” offers a vibrant milieu of witching hour merriment; a sinister snapshot that searches in the shadows to find even odder beauty.

“Whale Song” departs the well-trodden path and ventures into a thick brush of humid ambiance like a sweltering aural travelog of some uncharted place. The backward drift of “An Individual” levitates in a bubbly fog of heavenly harmonics, while “The Other Thing Is” awakens in a calm, piano-drenched state of hustle and bustle. “Anomaly” closes 'Voz' in a grandiose din of ethereal melody and glorious devastation.

credits

released August 19, 2022

Composed, performed, produced by Dania
Mixed by Dania & Rupert Clervaux
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
Designed by Farbod Kokabi

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dania Barcelona, Spain

Dania is a musician and also heads the Paralaxe Editions label.

paralaxe-editions.com

contact / help

Contact Dania

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Dania, you may also like: