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Zunz ▒█ █▒ Title - Hibiscus ▒█ █▒ ▒█ █▒ Genre - Electronic Year - 2020 ▒█ █▒ Format - Album Time - 32:45 ▒█ █▒ Label - Rocket Recordings Source - Web Store ▒█ ▀██▄▄▄ ▄▄▄██▀ ▌░▀▀██▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄██▀▀░▐ ▌░ ▀▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄████▀▀▀ ░▐ ▌░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀████████████████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ tracklist │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ 01. Y 3:46 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Four Women and Darkness 5:27 ░▐ ▌░ 03. J·piter 2:40 ░▐ ▌░ 04. 33:33 4:41 ░▐ ▌░ 05. White Labels 4:46 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Overtime 3:19 ░▐ ▌░ 07. America Is A Continent 4:50 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Ouve-Me 3:16 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ In an era of uncertainty and introspection, frustrations will ░▐ ▌░ inevitably arise. Yet there may also be the potential for ░▐ ▌░ change. ItÆs possible that the warping of time and the ░▐ ▌░ journey into oneÆs own headspace that come with altered ░▐ ▌░ circumstances allow a moment to render the inner voice in the ░▐ ▌░ service of something transformative and pure. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Indeed, Lorena Quintanilla - better known up until this point ░▐ ▌░ as one ░▐ ▌░ half of Mexican duo æLorelle Meets The ObsoleteÆ - has ░▐ ▌░ undergone just this kind of trajectory in her solo ░▐ ▌░ reinvention as J. Zunz æHibiscusÆ, ░▐ ▌░ her second under this name after 2017Æs æSilenteÆ, is the ░▐ ▌░ result of ░▐ ▌░ a metamorphic process whereby the minimal is rendered maximal ░▐ ▌░ and the personal fused with the political. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ôIt is hard to describe any record as they keep unfolding to ░▐ ▌░ me in timeö says Lorena. ôNow it is almost a year since I ░▐ ▌░ recorded it. What I know is that I wrote the album during a ░▐ ▌░ personal crisis inside and a political crisis outside. After ░▐ ▌░ being profoundly hurt by a person I trusted but also by the ░▐ ▌░ structures outside of me. I wrote it during sleepless nights ░▐ ▌░ filled with overwhelming thoughts and feelings.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The initial vision for the J. Zunz project was for Lorena to ░▐ ▌░ strip her ░▐ ▌░ approach down to the basics - ôI remember I was reading a ░▐ ▌░ biography of John Cage and that book detonated something in ░▐ ▌░ me. The author was referring to the influence of Buddhism and ░▐ ▌░ meditation, and ░▐ ▌░ modern artists like Sonia Delaunay, Lucio Fontana, Julio Le ░▐ ▌░ Parc, ░▐ ▌░ Duchamp, futirism. I was very charged with ideas.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ôLorelle is a collaboration, so every individual idea is ░▐ ▌░ transformed into something else. And I love that, but somehow ░▐ ▌░ I felt that I needed ░▐ ▌░ another outlet. I just needed simplicity.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Yet the strikingly confident and singular æHibiscusÆ marks a ░▐ ▌░ move ░▐ ▌░ on sonically from earlier comfort zones in her work, into ░▐ ▌░ minimal ░▐ ▌░ electronics, hypnotic repetition and compelling trance ░▐ ▌░ states, arriving ░▐ ▌░ at a soundworld in which cyclical synth patterns, eerie ░▐ ▌░ ambient textures and cathartic vocal exhortations coalesce ░▐ ▌░ into a beguiling atmosphere of otherworldly intensity. ░▐ ▌░ Although some might hear echoes amongst these songs of the ░▐ ▌░ like of Angelo BadalementiÆs ghostly raptures, the bleak ░▐ ▌░ epiphanies of NicoÆs æMarble IndexÆ or Fifty Foot HoseÆs ░▐ ▌░ spare sci-fi psychedelia, both the approach and the resulting ░▐ ▌░ tapestry here ░▐ ▌░ are LorenaÆs and hers alone. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Yet æHibscusÆ more than anything else is a process of alchemy ░▐ ▌░ - ░▐ ▌░ turning a less-is-more approach into a formidable psychic ░▐ ▌░ assault, ░▐ ▌░ and undergoing an artistic transmutation that renders ░▐ ▌░ compelling and ░▐ ▌░ uplifting work from trying times. ôI didnÆt want these songs ░▐ ▌░ to sound ░▐ ▌░ vulnerable.ö Lorena reflects.öI wanted the songs to be ░▐ ▌░ everything ░▐ ▌░ I wasnÆt at that moment: strong and fearless.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post . kraut ░▐ ▌░ darkwave . alternative . lo-fi . country . americana ░▐ ▌░ folk . folk/rock . psychedelic . progressive . metal ░▐ ▌░ heavy . hair . math . grunge . classic . southern . aor ░▐ ▌░ west coast . punk . garage . avantgarde . classical ░▐ ▌░ electronic . ambient ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bdwojsejrrbhlcdqwrdwfg77yki