INNESSA KUZ CREATING ELECTRONIC DANCE ROCK MUSIC
Innessa Kuz is a London based electronic music producer with a singer-songwriter background heavily influenced by British alternative music, ( Radiohead, The Verve, Placebo, Portishead,etc).
Yesterday she released her first single, “Wait But Why” with a progressive house remix., ( links below). Inspired a lot by Jan Blomqvist “Maybe Not” & Sohn “Nil”, Innessa blends a dance mood with a ‘distorted guitar rebellious punch’ with some dreamy vocals.
At the beginning she worked with Denny Kay (aka ‘In’R’Voice’), and then decided to fully switch to electronic music. Inspired by Jan Blomqvist, Jon Hopkins, Sohn and Nils Frahm, she came to the realize and focus on creating a certain type of music, so have a listen and check her out.
Greatest inspirations or influences?
I sold my soul to music after I heard ‘Ok Computer’ by Radiohead.
Moby, Daft Punk. That’s before I fell in love with the music of Jan Blomqvist – he brought art to the dance floor. In fact, he already achieved what I ever wanted, and ‘Lys’ by Christian Loeffler.
Tell us about your creative process.
I rarely make a music track first, it starts with a song on the piano or guitar. I usually have an idea, which turns into lyrics or a melody. I start composing in Logic Pro. Then I finish the track in Ableton where I do beats and finish the arrangement. For this track I used the sound of distorted guitars and ebow, which Alex Forster (renown for his collaboration with Jamie Catto, a founding member of Faithless) recorded. He also recorded Moog bassline as I love a thick and distorted bass sound.
Favourite creatives, and social media handles you follow?
Moby (@moby). He’s a great reminder of what matters.
Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg)
Jane Goodall (@janegoodhallinst). - I am working on pursuing one of my dreams, using my music for the greater good to help/protect animals caged in zoos.
How do you describe your musical style?
I’d like to describe it as ‘Electronic dance rock’. It’s probably an oxymoron cause essentially ’m trying to create philosophical music you can dance to.
Would you like to share anything personal about experiencing the “ virus” and how these times have affected your creativity or music?
Obviously these are hard times for everyone. Without talking about the negative, I am at least relieved I can use this time to focus on creating music, releasing new tracks and working on doing something I love.
So excited to share my release, follow me here.
Wait But Why on Spotify
