PREMIERE 'горбатый кит' Sofia Ivanova
Listen to "горбатый кит" by Sofia Ivanova taken from "алеа" out on October 16th via Fuselab
The album *alea* (from the Latin for “a dizzying game”) is a solo project by Moscow-based artist Sofya Ivanova, formerly known by the pseudonym trat.
In this album you’ll literally find: the click of a Sony camera, a sideboard smelling of medical cotton, an air conditioner running in winter, makeshift shelters, the sound of potatoes being peeled over a sink, whispers of secrets, a playground, a “truth” ride… The inner space of the compositions resembles an apartment where time has stood still, but its inhabitants have just stepped out onto the balcony to breathe in the frosty air.
Here, one finds either childhood memories or mature humility, all shrouded in a hyper-ambient ballad-like form.
Created over the course of two years, “A Dizzying Game” is the result of a meticulous dissection of everyday life, much like cutting one’s own crooked bangs in front of a mirror.