Category: Synthie/EBM/Industrial

Artist:
K Á R Y Y N

Title:
Anthem For Those Who Know

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
MUTE671

Release Date:
10th January 2024

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Anthem For Those Who Know

Press Info:
Armenian-American vocalist, songwriter, videographer and composer/producer KÁRYYN shares her first new song in four years, ‘Anthem For Those Who Know’. The single was co-produced with Hudson Mohawke and is out now on Mute.

“I wanted to give this song to you now because I think it speaks to the moment. It’s about standing up with the magnitude of peace in the face of violence of any kind. This was my own personal protest song for the last few years, for myself and for my life.

The message of this song is about liberation; personal and collective. My hope is that it inspires strength in anyone who needs it, to speak truth to power, and cut through bullshit and illusions to say: “I’m not going to let fear imprison or silence me.”

I know what it’s like to be alone and afraid of being punished for speaking up. I also know the immense freedom that arises from embracing your worth & using your voice for the truth.

If nothing else, know that you’re not alone, and if no one else knows, I know.”

— KÁRYYN

In communing with her past, present and future selves, KÁRYYN reaches through time to tell stories of her lineage in scientific and spiritual language; childhood summers in Syria and winters in Indiana. Her debut project The QUANTA Series saw her explore her own past to dizzying effect, bringing acclaim in the press (Pitchfork, WIRED, The Guardian, DAZED, Fact, i-D) and a cult audience of fans and fellow artists (Björk, Actress, Hudson Mohawke) alike.

As KÁRYYN readies new music for the year ahead, she first offers this rallying cry to see if it can be put to use personally and collectively.

Full Track Streaming:
“Anthem For Those Who Know”

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Artist:
K Á R Y Y N

Title:
The Quanta Series

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
STUMM437

Release Date:
29th March 2019

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Ever

02.
Yajna

03.
Purgatory

04.
Binary

05.
Ambets Gorav

06.
Un-c2-See

07.
Mirror Me

08.
Cytokinesis

09.
Aleppo

10.
Today I Read Your Life Story 11 11

11.
Segment & The Line

Press Info:
Multi-disciplinary artist, composer and vocalist K Á R Y Y N today shares details of her forthcoming debut album ‘THE QUANTA SERIES’. The album will be available from 29 March 2019 on Mute. Alongside today’s announcement, K Á R Y Y N shares a new edit of her single ‘EVER’, available to buy and stream on all partners. Listen below…

Written and recorded over a seven-year period, ‘THE QUANTA SERIES’ tracks K Á R Y Y N’s movements across continents on a voyage of self-examination. Beginning in 2011 following the death of two relatives in Aleppo, K Á R Y Y N left her native LA for Cherry Valley, upstate New York to process her grief in seclusion. During the 18 months she lived in Cherry Valley, K Á R Y Y N wrote two songs for ‘THE QUANTA SERIES’.

The first was a visceral, emotional piece recorded in one take called ‘TODAY I READ YOUR LIFE STORY 11:11’. The second, a musing on impermanence and understanding the impact of our choices called ‘SEGMENT & THE LINE’. Over the years that followed, K Á R Y Y N spent time living in Berlin where she wrote ‘PURGATORY’, a song inspired by a memory from her childhood spent in the Forty Mountains of Idlib province in Syria.

As she travelled, she found inspiration everywhere, leaning into her own familial legacy, feelings of grief and love and observations on human interaction. A deep connection to her lineage is a concurrent theme in K Á R Y Y N’s work, with an interpretation of traditional Armenian folk song ‘AMBETS GORAV’ present on the album plus a beautiful choral patchwork called ‘MIRROR ME’ providing an introspective break in the album – a track about “facing yourself, the good, the bad; searching for the parts in us that have been lost.”

After a steady drip feed of songs released to widespread acclaim, including ‘ALEPPO’ and ‘BINARY’, the first two singles released under her artist moniker in 2017, ‘THE QUANTA SERIES’ will soon be available digitally and on vinyl via electronic music powerhouse Mute. The album’s full tracklist is below. In addition to the album, K Á R Y Y N today announces her upcoming tour with Mute labelmate Apparat. Beginning in Munich, the tour covers seven cities including a performance at London’s Barbican on April 27th with full details below.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Segment & The Line”

“Un-c2-See”

“Ever”

“Binary”

“Aleppo”

“Yajna”

“Purgatory”

Special:
“Boiler Room x VIVA! Festival”

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