Phew... Is it time to flex the superlatives again? The new album by Italian Avant-Garde singer Dalila Kayros and her congenial partner Danilo Casti would surely justify it, because this impressive expressive Electro music masterpiece is just outrageously good.
DALILA KAYROS - Khtonie (red and orange swirl vinyl LP) (2025)
Most of what I've written about its 2022 predecessor "Animami" still stands. Kayros hasn't drastically changed her general course - but she has refined it and made it more accessible.
So expect an album that boldly puts the vocals into the foreground, not by neclegting the instrumental part - which in fact is a superb, flawlessly produced mix of Electronic beats, drones, glitches, noises, chords and melodies - in any way, but just by being so spectacular.
Unfazed by the challenge of jumping between octaves and all kinds of emotional intensity from luring sweetness to outright raging aggression this vocal enchantress captivates your attention and never looses her grip with a chameleon performance which calls out to a multitude of legends and remarkable contemporaries, yet ultimately always remains her very own self.
But just to name those which came into my mind only during the last time I listened to "Khtonie": Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush, Lisa Gerrard, Björk, Lili Refrain, Milla Jovovich, Anna von Hausswolff, Otay:onii, Kristin Hayter, Zola Jesus... you get it, right?
Dalila Kayros is just a stunningly unafraid artist - and I think it's not only her undeniably great singing talent, yet also just the sheer level of confidence in her performance, which makes me immediately put her into this circle.
The greatest improvement in comparison to the last album - which already was amazing from start to finish - is that the nine tracks on here feel less like the canvas to Dalila's performance art, but much more just like very strong songs in their own right - without sacrificing any of her... let's just put on our normie shoes and call it quirkyness or weirdness.
And if between the Folk influences in "Nea" and "Mitza", the feral incantations of "Lamia", the punkish energy bursts in "Terranera" and the overwhelming both mystical and painful grandiosity of "Corous Sonorum" there weren't already enough musical reasons to enjoy this release, the artwork and coloured vinyl are an absolute icing on the cake!
Just look at the cover and the pictures below and tell me this isn't one of the finest looking records you've seen in a while! Well, let me tell you that the music definitely keeps what the visual impression promises.
So expect an album that boldly puts the vocals into the foreground, not by neclegting the instrumental part - which in fact is a superb, flawlessly produced mix of Electronic beats, drones, glitches, noises, chords and melodies - in any way, but just by being so spectacular.
Unfazed by the challenge of jumping between octaves and all kinds of emotional intensity from luring sweetness to outright raging aggression this vocal enchantress captivates your attention and never looses her grip with a chameleon performance which calls out to a multitude of legends and remarkable contemporaries, yet ultimately always remains her very own self.
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| Dalila Kayros live in Hamburg 2023 |
Dalila Kayros is just a stunningly unafraid artist - and I think it's not only her undeniably great singing talent, yet also just the sheer level of confidence in her performance, which makes me immediately put her into this circle.
The greatest improvement in comparison to the last album - which already was amazing from start to finish - is that the nine tracks on here feel less like the canvas to Dalila's performance art, but much more just like very strong songs in their own right - without sacrificing any of her... let's just put on our normie shoes and call it quirkyness or weirdness.
And if between the Folk influences in "Nea" and "Mitza", the feral incantations of "Lamia", the punkish energy bursts in "Terranera" and the overwhelming both mystical and painful grandiosity of "Corous Sonorum" there weren't already enough musical reasons to enjoy this release, the artwork and coloured vinyl are an absolute icing on the cake!
Just look at the cover and the pictures below and tell me this isn't one of the finest looking records you've seen in a while! Well, let me tell you that the music definitely keeps what the visual impression promises.
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