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SUMMARY:J.Zunz
LOCATION:The Old Blue Last
DESCRIPTION:Obsidian rock is igneous\, frequently dark\, yet opaque. Hard e
 dged and brittle\, it’s often been used both for weaponry and alchemical
  pursuits. Therefore when Lorena Quintanilla – the Mexican-based artist 
 also known as J. Zunz – was searching for psychic inspiration for her ne
 xt musical venture\, she need have looked no further. “Once I chose the 
 title\, everything I read\, saw\, listened to\, and thought about began to
  interconnect” she relates. “Obsidian became like a magnetic field.”
 \n\n“In Mesoamerican cultures\, it was used in many different ways – o
 bsidian mirrors\, for example\, were tools for divination and spiritual vi
 sion. For many years\, women have also been working with it as a form of h
 ealing\, which is the part that really drew me in”. Thereafter\, Lorena 
 set about creating an album entirely on her own terms\, refracting this fi
 rst spark through a prism of elemental approaches to create ‘Obsidiana
 ’\, a richly atmospheric\, electronic-driven album replete with sensitiv
 ity and visceral intent. Driven by both the ghost and the heart of the mac
 hine\, ‘Obsidiana’ opens up a portal whereby forbidding drone\, ethere
 al ambience and insistent repetition intertwine elegantly to form a seamle
 ss whole.\n\nParadoxically\, this album – Quintanilla’s third under th
 e J. Zunz name on Rocket – manages to be both more aggressive and more g
 entle than anything she’s previously created either on her own or in her
  work in Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. A study in balance\, its emotional ch
 arge remains strong and intact whether on the eerie\, almost Radiophonic a
 mbience of ‘Imago’\, the dancefloor-adjacent\, Chris & Cosey-esque ‘
 Osiris’ or the abrasive\, industrial-strength confrontation of ‘Silvia
 ’. On ‘Final’ meanwhile\, Lorena is joined by her only main collabor
 ator this time around\, Freddie Murphy (Father Murphy) whose trumpet and s
 ynth abstractions offer further vivid colour to ‘Obsidiana’s spectrum.
 \n\nLyrically meanwhile\, ‘Obsidiana’ intersects deep personal explora
 tions with the conflicts and contradictions of life in the unforgiving rea
 lm of 2026 - as Lorena says\; “The process behind ‘Obsidiana’ was ve
 ry abstract\, yet I wanted the lyrics to stay grounded in the present and 
 in reality. I am deeply influenced by what is happening around me politica
 lly\, as well as locally and globally – dimensions I see as inseparable 
 from each other” – this is clear in the intimidating ‘Exorcizo Tu Vo
 z’\, which intercepts mantric repetition with a mighty explosion of abra
 sive yet uplifting tumult.\n\nUltimately however\, ‘Obsidiana’\, in al
 l its sharp yet amorphous glory\, is catharsis manifest. “Each song carr
 ies a clear and deliberate intention” Lorena emphasises. “To conjure\,
  to exorcise\, to strip away fear\, to rediscover myself\, to heal inherit
 ed sadness\, and to reclaim the night that was taken from us."\n\nBoletos:
  https://dice.fm/event/8e9llv-jzunz-11th-nov-the-old-blue-last-london-tick
 ets
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