A percussion-led tour de force, it's a creation that seals her reputation as a unique producer with an exceptional ability to make riveting rhythmic music. “Composing music for me is like origami, only I'm replacing paper with sound. I chose to title the album “Black Origami” because like “Dark Energy” I still create from the beauty of darkness and blackness. The willingness to go into the hardest places within myself to create for me means that I can touch the Infinity.”
Spirituality and movement are both at the core of “Black Origami”,
inspired largely
by her ongoing collaborations with Indian dancer/movement artist Avril Stormy
Unger whom she met and collaborated with at her debut performance for the
Unsound festival – ”There is a fine line between me entertaining a person
and my spirituality. Avril, who collaborates with me by means of dance, feels
the exact same way. Movement played a great role in Black Origami. The track
“Carbon 7” is very inspired by the way Avril moves and dances. Our rhythms
are so in sync at times it kind of scares us. When there is something I can't
quite figure out when it comes to my production, it’s like she senses it. Her
response to me is always “You'll figure it out”. Once I figure it out
it's like time and space no longer exist.”
Similar time shifting/folding/disrupting effects can be heard throughout the record – especially on “Holy Child” an unlikely collaboration with minimalist legend William Basinski. She also collaborates again with Holly Herndon on “1%”, while Halcyon Veil producer Fawkes' voice is on “Calcination“ and Cape Town rapper Dope Saint Jude provides vocals for “Never Created, Never Destroyed“.