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"The Emperor's New Mind" by Dorothy Shrödinger


Dorothy Shrödinger

Dorothy Shrödinger was born in Paris. As a young girl, she studied jazz piano and music theory. She has great interest in contemporary classical music, Gagaku and quantum mechanics, unless it was in a previous life. She lives in Mexico, but someone claimed to have met her in the valley of Oz. Who she is and where she lives may depend on the observer.

Her first EP is the result of two years of introspection with sensory deprivation in a dark room with closed windows, a piano, occult machines and a Roger Penrose book on her bedside table. This is a sonic journey from dark pop to industrial music, crushed in a steampunk grinder. But something is lurking in the dark, something that is staring at her from the back of the room. Dorothy doesn’t look worried. She talks calmly and out loud with her invisible friend: Are You Real?



The Emperor's New Mind

"I spent more than one year to produce this EP.", so die Künstlerin. Dorothy Shrödinger gelingt mit "The Emperor's New Mind" ein musikalisches Meisterwerk. 
Man spürt bzw. hört förmlich das Schaffen, das Inszenieren respektive das in Szene setzen an sich. Emotionales hörbar machen. Die Augen schließen und die Gedanken Regie führen lassen, Klänge wieder in Bilder zurückführen. Die Soundcollagen beschreiben eine düstere Umgebung, alles wirkt zerbrechlich und nahe am Abgrund. Ein dunkles Bild, musikalisch irgendwo zwischen Dark Pop und Industrial angesiedelt, wird skizziert. 
"The Emperor's New Mind" ist der Einstieg in diese aus drei Songs bestehende EP, welche man sich unbedingt als Gesamtwerk anhören sollte. Der Künstlerin gelingt es mit "Are you Real?" eine absolut fantastische EP abzuliefern und erzeugt mit ihren Tracks Spannung wie auch Emotionen. Ein 10 min Ausflug in ein dunkles Labyrinth. 
"The Emperor's New Mind" by Dorothy Shrödinger when the dark side of reality makes you curious.


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Photo: © Elina Tran (@elinatran_) 
Artwork: Julien Pacaud (@julienpacaud)





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