Bodies In Grace - Musique

Kate Wax Is The Alter Ego Of Aisha Devi Enz The Swiss-Born Half-Tibetan Totally-Driven Selfproducing
avant-Garde Singer-Songwriter That First Came To Prominence With Her Debut Album
'Reflections Of The Dark Heat' Released By Switzerland's Ambassadors Of Cool Mental Groove
back In 2006. After A Natural Break For Baby-Making And Subsequent Months Spent Holed Up
with Her Beloved Machines In Her Cosy Studio Cave This Uniquely Gifted All-Rounder Artist Is Now
ready To Dust Off Her Kate Wax Persona Teaming Up With Border Community To Unveil A Bold
new Collection Of Dark Unconventional Vocally-Exhilarating Electronic Post-Pop Going By The
name Of 'Dust Collision'.
Aisha Devi Enz Was Born On The Shores Of Lake Geneva To A Mother With Old European Roots
stretching Back Deep Into The Austro-Hungarian Empire And A Father Whom She Has Never
met From The Defiantly Independent Tibet And Raised By Her Globe-Trotting Swiss Grandmother Following Her To Exotic Corners Of The World From An Early Age. This Eclectic Background Coupled With A Childhood Characterised By Constant Upheaval Initially Left The Teenage Aisha
feeling Something Of An Outsider Back In Her Native Switzerland Driving Her First Towards A
spell At Art College In Lausanne Leading On To A Successful Career In Graphic Design As An Early
bid For Self-Definition. But Soon Her Creative Tendencies Were Diverted Towards A More Musical
destination By Signposts Left By The Likes Of Aphex Twin And Autechre Here She Was To
discover A Magical Secret World Of Machines And Computers Opening Up A New Forum For Selfexpression A Playground Where Her Earlier Soprano Vocal Training Could Be Bent To Her Own
innovative Electronic Ends.
The First Subtle Hint At The Diverse Potential Of Her Schizophrenic Vocal Abilities Was Delivered
via A Pair Of Guest Vocal Outings On Felix Da Housecat's 2004 'Devin Dazzle' Album 'Romantique' 'Let Your Mind Be Your Bed' But It Wasn't Long Before The Dark Internal World
of Kate Wax Took On An Idiosyncratic Musical Form With Her Own Autocratic Solo Releases. Her
debut 'Black Sheep EP' A Reference To Her Perceived Status In Her Fragmented Family For
admirably Eclectic Swiss Label Viking Music Was Soon Followed By Singles On Fellow Swiss
bastion Of Music-And-Design-Cool Mental Groove And Their UK Counterpart Output RIP Eventually Feeding Into 2005's Fully-Fledged Artist Album 'Reflections Of The Dark Heat'. Forged
entirely By Her Own Fair Hand – Written Recorded And Produced Using The Beloved Collection Of
machines That Function As Her Home Studio – The Kate Wax Album Debut Was An Ambitious
proposition Distilling Production Influences From All Corners Of The Electronic Cannon Whilst
parading Her Powerful Penetrating Voice Through An Extraordinary Range Of Equally
experimental Vocal Delivery Styles. As The Venues Of Europe Beckoned The Commanding Stage
presence Of One Truly In Their Element Enabled Kate Wax To Transfer This Vocal Versatility Into
the Live Arena Transfixing The Unruly Club Hordes In The Process.
The Promising Beginnings Of The Kate Wax Touring Career Came To A Temporary Hiatus When
Aisha Fell Pregnant Retiring From The Live Circuit Of Airports And Clubs At The Seven Months Mark
to Focus On Her New Family Life. This Enforced Time At Home Also Provided The Perfect
opportunity To Begin Work On Her Second Album-Baby To Which End A Frantically Nesting Aisha
made Sure To Finish Soundproofing Her New Tiny Cosy Studio Room With A DIY Bricolage Of
cardboard And Foam Just Moments Before She Went Into Labour. Squirrelled Away In This
domestic Bubble Over A Period Of Two Years Aisha Would Regularly Retire To The Sanctity Of Her
“cave” To Give Free Rein To The Darker Side Of Her Innermost Poetic Visions Striving To Tame Her
demons Into A Musical Framework That Is Intricate Yet Raw Intimate Yet Wild Controlled Yet
soulful All At The Same Time.
Taking Its Name From The Scientific Experiments Currently Taking Place At Switzerland's World
leading Large Hadron Collider The Big Bang Of Kate Wax's Resultant Fully-Matured Second
album 'Dust Collision' Expands To Reveal Her Own Magically Realistic Cosmology Of Witches Demons Dreams And Ghosts As She Guides Us Like A Disco Sherpa Through The Peaks And
valleys Of Human Experience. Colliding With The Percussion's Industrial-Edged Grit Is A Voice
that Possesses The Raw Unadulterated Feminine Power And Expressive Versatility Of A PJ
Harvey Kate Bush Or Karen O At Different Times Soaring Harmonious Powerful Ethereal Gentle Childlike Yelping Demonic Breathy Controlled Close Or Broken According To Context Whilst At Other Times Modulated As If It Were A Favourite Synth In Kate Wax's Ultimate Act Of
communion With The Machine. Lovingly Woven Together By Our Determined Autocrat At Her
kitchen Table And In Her Cosy Music-Cave-Box-Room In Geneva Then Mixed In Sensitive
harmony With Her New Friend James Holden In His London Studio The Secrets Of The Kate Wax
musical Universe Are Now Now Opened Up To The Outside World With The Eager Unleashing Of
her Own Musical 'Dust Collision'.
This Collision Of Particles May Also Be Witnessed In The Flesh As The Reincarnation Of The Kate
Wax Live Experience Begins To Be Rolled Out Across Europe Juxtaposing The Full Playful Confident Diversity Of Aisha's Free-Range Soprano Over The Digi-Grit Emanating From Her Laptop
toys And Supporting Live Bass-Boy. Here The Former Graphic Designer's Highly Attuned Visual
sensibilities Are Also In Full Evidence Draping Herself In Folds Of White Material To Function As A
canvas For The Slick Complementary Light Projections Of Acclaimed Designer And Old Friend From
art School Niels Wehrspann Collectively Making For A Fully-Immersive Work Of Musical
performance Art That Is Worthy Of A Grand Stage.
As She Now Prepares To Set Her Two Year Long Labour-Of-Love Free The Born-Performer Inside
Kate Wax Is Eager To Bring The 'Dust Collision' Live Experience To Your Local Concert Venue Or
festival Throughout The Course Of 2011. But That Isn't Always Practical And Nor Is It The Full
picture Schizophrenic As Ever The Club Kid In Her Is Also Eager To Reconnect With The
dancefloor By Showcasing Her Own Idiosyncratic Taste And Boundless Musical Enthusiasm In
the Form Of Her New Line In Highly-Recommended Kate Wax DJ Sets. As We Stand At This Unique
juncture In Human History Where The Boundaries Between Traditional Live And Electronic Music
become Ever-More Blurred These Twin Worlds Seem To Collide Within The Persona Of Kate Wax
herself And A Whole Supernova Of Infinite Possibility Is Born. Gemma Sheppard For Further Information Please Contact Gemma@bordercommunity.Com read less