"As well as making atmospheric electronic compositions, the Baghdad-born, Barcelona-based musician Dania also works night shifts as an emergency doctor. These nocturnal hours are the influence behind her new album Listless: all seven tracks were composed and recorded after midnight, while the artwork features the spindly flower of the Japanese snake gourd, a plant that only blooms after dark. But there is little trace of the chaos of her late-night schedule here: instead, the record embodies a quiet calm that is sometimes blissful, sometimes eerie."
"A new addition to Dania's usual setup, they lend a gentle downtempo kick to several of the songs. The shuffling, murky beat in Personal Assistant recalls the late-90s groups Scala and Seefeel, while Car Crash Premonition is the closest things get to urgent. Written after an unnerving taxi journey to her studio one night, it is both brooding and woozy, fit for a film montage."
"The closing track, A Hunger, has a subaquatic quality, with bubbling and beeping electronics that sound like hospital monitors, interwoven with distorted answerphone-style vocals. Dania's soft, murmuring voice is featured through almost the entirety of the record. The lyrics are almost imperceptible as her vocals are suspended, looped, layered, sometimes barely there at all. Growing up in a household where singing was frowned upon, she's said it's something she's always felt private about."
Dania, a Baghdad-born, Barcelona-based musician who works night shifts as an emergency doctor, composed and recorded all seven tracks after midnight. The album artwork features the nocturnal Japanese snake gourd bloom, reinforcing the after-dark inspiration. The music blends trip-hop, shoegaze and ambient with touches of pop and introduces drums that add a gentle downtempo kick. Personal Assistant recalls late-90s acts Scala and Seefeel, while Car Crash Premonition is brooding and fit for a film montage. Other tracks remain stripped-back and amorphous. A Hunger uses bubbling, monitor-like electronics and distorted answerphone vocals. Murmured, layered vocals enhance a dreamy, intimate atmosphere.
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