Artist
Label
AD 93[21]
Abyss X
Freedom Doll
AD 93
/
2023
LP
19.99/23.99
WHYT062
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Tracklist
1_ascend_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
2_a_chew_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
3_torture_grove_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
4_oceans_of_heat_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
5_vacuum_feat._juliana_huxtable_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
6_from_hot_to_cold_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
7_this_strange_asylum_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
8_banyana_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
9_feeling_a_type_away_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll
10_never_apart_feat._juliana_huxtable_-_abyss_x_-_freedom_doll

Composed, produced and arranged by Evangelia VS, the artist behind Abyss X, Freedom Doll is the culmination of a year of emotional unloading through songwriting, offering an introspective journey into the ocean of her mind. Produced and recorded between an artist residency near the Mayan jungle in Mexico and her Berlin home, the album chronicles transformations the performer tackled mentally during the writing process, tracing the rollercoaster of falling in love during the pandemic, as well as the pleasures and tribulations of womanhood.

Freedom Doll encapsulates the romantic escapade between her voice and the guitar. The amalgamation of seduction, sexual tension, vulnerability and assertiveness pulses throughout the entirety of the album, spiralling out of the cracks spawned from her vocal chords. From the twirling dance between her lush harmonies and the progressions of the acoustic guitar in tracks such as Ascend and From Hot to Cold, to the explosive confrontation between the metallic and operatic qualities of her voice, the searing sound of the electric guitar in industrial rock / psychedelic anthems such as Torture Grove and Banyana and the cathartic momentum found in the gospel inclined chants in A CHEW - Freedom Doll untethers the dramatics and theatricality that defines Abyss X’s vocal performance and music production, while maintaining the sensual vibrations of her creative essence.

Freedom Doll is the encapsulation of the Minoan woman, the elusive harlequin tiptoeing her way through the “circus of terror” that is living and loving her way through womanhood. With this visual reference, Abyss X pays tribute to her ancestors and their groundbreaking ancient artistry. The back cover of the vinyl features a reiteration of depictions of bulls leaping found in Minoan frescoes; an inherently male cultural act that in the ancient Minoan times presumably gave expression to a tension that underlies man's somewhat tenuous mastery of nature. Freedom Doll’s artwork challenges this preconceived notion through an eco-feminist approach, bringing the Minoan woman slash Gaia in the seat of the bull leaper, taming the unhinged and predominantly male earth - threatening human force.