Everyone needs a point each day where they can be free to escape themselves.
Today, Kayla Painter's 'Drones' is that point. A lush, densely layered piece of atmospheric electronics, it's the latest curious nugget from the Bristol producer.
Almost ambient in places, it's glacial movement is nonetheless formidably engrossing. The accompanying visuals expand on this, utilising the subtle grace of a dancer.
"I wanted to create sounds which convey a sense of beauty but also touch on the mechanics of something underneath the beauty," says Kayla. "This fitted really well into the concept of the synthetic appearing to be a perfect and graceful whilst underneath having more complex workings."
"I wanted to work with a dancer because I wanted to use someone that could push their bodies to extremes which ordinary people aren't able to do. I was interested in playing with the limitations of the body, and showing someone exceed limitations through specific training of the body," she explains. "Flavien Esmieu seemed like the perfect person to explore this with, not only is he a ballet dancer but he has been dancing since he was four years old. Over months of emailing, watching and exchanging clips he choreographed a dance which fitted the story I had been building of a synthetic in a factory-type setting."
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