Conatus, by Zola Jesus

Conatus

by Zola Jesus

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versepil everything is my favorite track when it comes to her work. these are soundtracks to redemptive possibilities amidst life's darker challenges. each time I hear something new. and I give thanks to creators like Zola Jesus. you saved my life. Favorite track: Vessel.

Dagmar Grei Zola Jesus has become my second favorite musician very quickly. I can find my own voice in your music. Favorite track: Vessel.

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1.	Swords 01:03	buy track
2.	Avalanche 03:20	buy track
3.	Vessel 04:42 video	buy track
4.	Hikikimori 03:47	buy track
5.	Ixode 04:14	buy track
6.	Seekir 03:44 video	buy track
7.	In Your Nature 03:27	buy track
8.	Lick the Palm of the Burning Handshake 04:27	buy track
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In the three years leading to 'Conatus,' Nika Roza Danilova went from being an outsider, experimental, teenage noise-maker to a fully-fledged, internationally-celebrated, electronic-pop musician. It was a huge accomplishment, and, despite her age (young), her origins (mid-western, desolate), her accelerated scholastic achievements (high school and college were each completed in three years) and her diminutive physical size (4'11", 90 lbs), she has triumphed. She has emerged as a figurehead — a self-produced, self-designed, self-taught independent woman.

Conatus is a huge leap forward in production, instrumentation and song structure. The definition of the title says it all: the will to keep on, to move forward. From thumping ballads to electronic glitch, no sound goes unexplored on her new record. It is an icy exploration in refined chaos and controlled madness, an effort to break through capability and access a sonic world that crumbles as it shines.

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released October 4, 2011

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Zola Jesus Merrill, Wisconsin

There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Zola Jesus wields a voice that does that. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus, finds a new way of moving and making on Arkhon, out now on Sacred Bones Records ... more

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Aug 25

Extramuralhas

Leiria, Portugal
Dec 03

Volkstheater Wien

Vienna, Austria
Dec 05

Betonhalle, Silent Green

Berlin, Germany

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