How Much Time it is Between You and Me?

Recorded in a mountain village, the Russian ambient musician’s debut album molds field recordings and hushed vocals into a form that’s richly textured and occasionally unsettling.

She started a podcast called WET (Weird Erotic Tension), layering atmospheric sounds and music with spoken word erotica, and 2019's Irer Dent, her first release as Perila, brought this technique to vinyl.

With a multitude of releases in just over two years, Berlin-based Russian artist Aleksandra Zakharenko AKA Perila, has been perfecting a peculiar vision