{"title":"Aya","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"im-hole","title":"Im hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor those only familiar with her previous releases, aya sinclair’s \u003ci\u003eim hole\u003c\/i\u003e will be a dramatic revelation. Under the LOFT pseudonym, she attracted global acclaim for her fwd-thinking club inversions that juxtaposed the British addiction to breaks 'n bass with critical, self-sluicing logic and untethered abstraction, tearing down dance music's hallowed pillars of respectability while winking knowingly to voyeuristic onlookers. On ‘im hole’ this routine has evolved; aya has distilled the incisive sonic experimentation of her earlier releases, the tongue-in-cheek giggles of her DJ sets and edits, and the identity-fluxing lyricism of her live shows. Contorting language, dialect, gender and sexuality between intermittently controlled bursts of rhythm, noise and aural goop, she has sculpted a set of autobiographical vignettes that challenge established norms, question supposed truths and affirm a spectrum of interlocking experiences. But while it's wide open and personal, ‘im hole’ also challenges queer art's tendency to veer towards repetitive solipsism, the music fragmenting familiar sounds and twinning them with familiar words, assembled in unfamiliar ways. Stories are muddled with phonetics just as dubstep is macrodosed with microtonal drone.The anxious, explorative personality that made aya’s past releases so magnetic is magnified here, and her sense of humour is completely naked. It's a Gregg Araki animated biopic of Burial. It's Shakespeare with hoop earrings and a busted skateboard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eim hole\u003c\/i\u003e will physically manifest as a hardback cloth-bound book of lyrics, poems and photographs, designed in collaboration with Oliver Van Der Lugt, with single-use download code included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperdub","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50505876865355,"sku":"1132732","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4bb50b43-f9d8-463c-b9dd-57e0d59bf24d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727817512"},{"product_id":"im-hole-2","title":"im hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eim hole\u003c\/i\u003e, aya distilled the incisive sonic experimentation of her early run of releases, the tongue-in-cheek giggles of her DJ sets and edits, and the identity-fluxing lyricism of her live shows. The album was immediately championed from all corners, 'Best New Music' in Pitchfork to DJ Mary Anne Hobbs Album of the Year, followed by incredible live shows which drew new listeners further into the net. Contorting language, dialect, gender and sexuality between intermittently controlled bursts of rhythm, noise and aural goop, aya sculpted a set of autobiographical vignettes that challenge established norms, question supposed truths, and affirm a spectrum of interlocking experiences. But while it's wide open and personal, \u003ci\u003eim hole\u003c\/i\u003e also challenges queer art's tendency to veer towards repetitive solipsism. Even the title itself references the unwieldy mix of self-actualization and sexualization that bogs down cultural perceptions of the trans experience. It's neither one thing nor t'other, just as much a sly nod to dissociative afterparty sloppiness as it is any self-congratulatory pinkwashed grandstanding. The music follows suit, fragmenting familiar sounds, twinned with familiar words, assembled in unfamiliar ways, full of sharp humour, even in the middle of despair. 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Internalized phobias and suppressed traumas haunt the corridors and golden hours once romanticized on \u003cem\u003eim hole\u003c\/em\u003e; daymares concealed by nocturnal afters-hopping and key bag circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opener, \"\u003cem\u003eI am the pipe I hit myself with\u003c\/em\u003e\", exposes the gray portrait secreted somewhere between the 8th and 9th floors of her previous record. \"\u003cem\u003eI used to say some shit for sure\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eI used to say it when I was me-less\u003c\/em\u003e\". \u003cem\u003eHexed!\u003c\/em\u003e is about what happens when aya turns the lights on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperdub","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51182718189899,"sku":"2242240","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Hexed_0d028790_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738254595"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/aya.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}