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Dasychira
Birth nameAdrian Martens
Born1995 (age 28–29)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OriginNew York
Genres
  • Electronic
  • Avant-Pop
  • Experimental
  • New Age
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, record producer, DJ
Years active2015–present
Labels
  • Blueberry Records
  • unseelie
Websitedasychira.bandcamp.com

Adrian Martens (born 1995), known professionally as Dasychira (/dɑːsɪkiːrɑː/ ⓘ DAHSEEKIHRA) is a South African-born musician and record producer based in New York. Dasychira gained recognition for releasing EPs Immolated (2017)[1], Haptics (2018)[2], and their debut album xDream (2019)[3] on FaltyDL's Blueberry Records while attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU.[4]

In addition to their solo work, they have production credits for Saul Williams, Haleek Maul, Embaci,[5] Yikii[6] and Daniela Lalita (young)[7]

The FADER has described their music as "sounds that emphasize all the gnarled abstractions in our constantly amorphous world."[8]

Career[edit]

While studying music at NYU in 2016, Dasychira met record producer and Blueberry Records founder FaltyDL.[9] Dasychira felt inspired to send the label their music after hearing Eysia Crampton's American Drift.

Several months later in January 2017, Dasychira released the single "Vipera" featuring New York performer Embaci[10] and announced their first release on Blueberry Records called Immolated. The music review website Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album 4/5 and said in praise:Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

Relentlessly, productions veer into massified attempts at cinematically swallowing whole experiences of apocalypse, dysmorphia, and alienation into highly coded extensions of personal will. Dasychira’s music skirts through this milieu with a truly thoughtful impermanence[11]

After Immolated was released, Dasychira embarked on a 2017 Summer tour of Northern America, ending the trip back in New York with an event that brought together QUALIATIK, sentinel and Kodi Fabricant to co-found the label and art-collective unseelie.[12]

The following year, Dasychira released their follow up EP "Haptics" On Blueberry Records, which featured collaborations with Haleek Maul, Malibu, and Embaci.[13] They toured Europe, and returned in 2019 to complete their debut album xDream.

xDream was released on Blueberry Records October 31st, 2019, and was accompanied by live performances in Asia with Yikii. [14] Several music videos produced for the project, including "Swirl", "xDream", "Pandora", "Puppet Ballerina Edit", "Parabiotic Dream" and "Let's Share Your Memory Together".

A mascot by the name of Monstro was unveiled on the cover, and a series of blue, pink and green plushies by the names of Monstro, Mimzy and Marlow[15] were released in addition to a deluxe version of xDream with remixes by Kamixlo, Golin, Charity and Yikii.[16]

In early 2020, Dasychira spent several months in LA working on video projects. When the city went into lockdown, they moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands and started working on a new mixtape. They performed at several festivals in Europe including Creepy Teepee[17] in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic and Visions Festival in Britanny, France. They released Hollywood Forever on unseelie in May 2021.

In 2022 they returned to New York where they are currently finishing their next project See Something. The first single "Banyan Tree" was released on February 10th, 2023 on unseelie.[18]

Personal life[edit]

Dasychira was born Adrian Martens[19] in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dasychira identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

They currently reside in Manhattan, New York.

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • xDream (2019, Blueberry Recordings)

Extended plays[edit]

  • Immolated (2017, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Haptics (2018, Blueberry Recordings)

Mixtapes[edit]

  • Hollywood Forever (2021, unseelie)

Compilation album[edit]

  • xDream (Deluxe Edition) (2020, unseelie)

Singles[edit]

  • Vipera ft. Embaci (2017, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Caduceus (2017, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Razor Leaf (2018, self-released)
  • Swing (2018, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Umbreon ft. Malibu (2018, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Scalaris ft. Haleek Maul (2018, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Talons ft. Embaci (2018, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Have A Few Laughs (2018, Rest Now!)
  • xDream (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Pandora ft. Yikii (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Swirl ft. Malibu (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Let's Share Your Memory Together Ft. Baby Blue (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Puppet Ballerina Edit Ft. Embaci (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Parabiotic Dream (2019, Blueberry Recordings)
  • Jester's Crowfield (2020, self-released)
  • dDream (2020, self-released)
  • Beauty Contest Gift (2020, AQNB)
  • Deadnettle (2020, Blueberry Recordings)
  • KK Dirge (2020, Quantum Natives)
  • Garden of Earthly Delights (2020, Slagwerk)
  • Sunset & Wine (2021, unseelie)
  • B340 (2021, unseelie)
  • Eternal Family (2021, unseelie)
  • Heaven's Gate (2021, unseelie)
  • Banyan Tree (2023, unseelie)

With Yikii[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

  • Bubble Wrap Armor (2019, unseelie)

Singles[edit]

  • Future Tell (2019, unseelie)
  • Faerie Circus Waltz (2019, unseelie)

With Emily Glass[edit]

Singles[edit]

  • We Will Find It (2020, unseelie)

With Yikii & sentinel[edit]

  • Mouse Cog (2021, Imum Coeli)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garber, David. "Dasychira Made a Concept Record About the Dying Moments of the World's Most Fascinating Insect". Noisey. VICE. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ Parks, Andrew. "Dasychira Shares New "Scalaris" Single Featuring Haleek Maul". https://www.self-titledmag.com/premiere-dasychira-scalaris-feat-haleek-maul/. Self-Titled. Retrieved 6 December 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  3. ^ Moen, Matt. "Dasychira and the Paradox of Childhood". PAPER Magazine. PAPER Magazine. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ Gatesman, Connor. "Dasychira Doesn't Sacrifice Soul for Sound". Washington Square News. New York University. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ Lex Records https://lexrecords.com/artists/haleek-maul/. Retrieved 6 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Discogs. Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/15235675-Yikii-Dont-Cry-Little-Ghost. Retrieved 6 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ NEWTON https://newtonn.io/projects/atras. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Maicki, Salvatore. "Watch Dasychira's spellbinding new video for "Swirl"". The FADER. Cornerstone Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Dasychira - Immolated Blueberry Records". Soundcloud. Blueberry Records.
  10. ^ Ryce, Andrew. "Dasychira - Vipera feat. Embaci". Resident Advisor. Resident Advisor. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. ^ Scavo, Nick (March 17, 2017). "Dasychira: Immolated". Tiny Mix Tapes. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  12. ^ Mackinnon-Little, Guy. "TANK MIX: Dasychira". TANK. Tank. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ Kretowicz, Steph (August 2018). "Electronics". The Wire (414): 67.
  14. ^ Sakuma, Nobuyaki. "Dasychira & Yikii interview". AVYSS. AVYSS. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Monstro, Mimzy, & Marlow". Dasychira. Dasychira.
  16. ^ Moen, Matt. "Dasychira and the Paradox of Childhood". PAPER Magazine. PAPER Magazine. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  17. ^ "CREEPY TEEPEE 2k22 Featuring Dasychira, Dasychira DJ Set and 35 more artists at Park in front of Sedlec Cathedral". Last.fm.
  18. ^ Kahri, Annie. "Dasychira - Banyan Tree feat. golin". Radio 3FACH. Radio 3FACH. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference factmag2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).



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