Dasychira (musician) explained

Dasychira
Birth Name:Adrian Hubertus Bartholomew Martens[1]
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Origin:New York
Occupation:Musician, composer, record producer, DJ
Years Active:2015–present

Adrian Hubertus Bartholomew Martens, known professionally as Dasychira is a South African-born musician and record producer based in New York. Dasychira released EPs Immolated (2017),[2] Haptics (2018), debut album xDream (2019) on Blueberry Records and second album Undead (2024) on unseelie. They are a co-founder of art collective and music label unseelie.[3]

Career

Martens studied music at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.[4]

In January 2017, they released the single "Vipera" featuring New York singer Embaci and announced their first release on FaltyDL's Blueberry Records called Immolated.[5] Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album 4/5 and said:

Relentlessly, productions veer into massified attempts at cinematically swallowing whole experiences of apocalypse, dysmorphia, and alienation into highly coded extensions of personal will. Dasychira’s music skirts through this milieu with a truly thoughtful impermanence[6]

The following year, Dasychira released the EP Haptics on Blueberry Records, featuring collaborations with Haleek Maul, Malibu, and Embaci.[7] Debut album xDream was released on Blueberry Records October 31, 2019. Their mixtape Hollywood Forever was published on unseelie in May 2021. Their song "Banyan Tree" was released on February 10, 2023 on unseelie, the first single from their 2024 album Undead on unseelie.[8]

In addition to their solo work, they have production credits for Saul Williams, Haleek Maul, Embaci, Yikii and Daniela Lalita.[9]

Personal life

Dasychira was born Adrian Martens in Johannesburg, South Africa and currently resides in Lower Manhattan. They identify as non-binary and use they/them pronouns.[10]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Compilation album

Singles

With Embaci

Singles

With Yikii

Extended plays

Singles

With Emily Glass

Singles

With Yikii & sentinel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CARE'S ROOM . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . February 23, 2024.
  2. Web site: Garber . David . Dasychira Made a Concept Record About the Dying Moments of the World's Most Fascinating Insect . Noisey . 12 January 2017 . VICE . 6 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Moen . Matt . Unseelie Is the Mystical Fairy Collective Changing the Face of Nightlife . PAPER Magazine . 6 December 2023.
  4. Gatesman . Connor . Dasychira Doesn't Sacrifice Soul for Sound . Washington Square News . New York University . 6 December 2023.
  5. Web site: N.Y.C. Artists Dasychira And Embaci's "Vipera" Was Inspired By A Praying Mantis . 2023-12-08 . The Fader. en.
  6. Web site: Dasychira: Immolated. Scavo. Nick. March 17, 2017. Tiny Mix Tapes. March 17, 2017.
  7. Kretowicz . Steph . Electronics . The Wire . August 2018 . 414 . 67 .
  8. Web site: Kahri . Annie . Dasychira - Banyan Tree feat. golin . Radio 3FACH . 6 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Atrás. NEWTON .
  10. Web site: About Dasychira . Echobox Radio . 6 December 2023.
  11. Web site: Maicki . Salvatore . Watch Dasychira's spellbinding new video for "Swirl" . The Fader. Cornerstone Agency . 6 December 2023.
  12. Web site: Listen: Dasychira - "Swirl (ft. Malibu)" . 2023-12-08 . Tiny Mix Tapes . en.

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