*I was travelling constantly, I guess I was trying to fix something. During that period, I experienced difficulty sleeping, focussing, and I also had troubles with my short term memory. My partner at the time would tell me about things we had done just a few days earlier, and I would find myself in the embarrassing situation of remembering nearly nothing of what she was talking about. Sometimes I even pretended I actually remembered, just to feel less awkward.*
AQAXA
Xennial Sehnsucht was made using recorded memories in the form of audio messages and videos taken while travelling. These memories were then processed through AI algorithms and other means of electronic music production. The process was a way of experimenting with sound, as well as a way of remembering and looking back at one’s own recent past. The video was made by Tim Grabham, a UK director that worked closely with AQAXA to visually express the sense of longing and loss of the track as well as its relentless pace and rhythm.
The track is part of Corporeal EP—AQAXA’s upcoming debut release on Punch Up Records (UK)—which merges deep beats, densely layered synthetic and acoustic sounds, and echoes of sonic memories fused into warm sheets of noise. The result is a space that is both introspective and euphoric.
