Ariadna

Working with classic hardware synths, the Russian musician makes dark, dreamlike techno infused with her ethereal vocals.

Russia seems like a country particularly well-suited to producing electronic music. The winters are long and occasionally brutal, ideal weather for just holing up in a studio with a copy of Ableton. The sun disappears for months at a time, creating a cloudy, perpetual twilight that begs for moody washes of synth. The…

Mistress of the labyrinth, bride of Dionysus, goddess of mazes, paths, snakes, fertility, passion and wine, the legend of Ariadne is built on the twin