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Zola Jesus

Artist on Electronic beats

Russian born Nika Roza Danilova’s stage pseudonym Zola Jesus combines hints to Jesus and the French writer Emile Zola, while musically refering to a dark incarnation of Diamanda Galás. Following up on her earlier albums, ‘The Spoils’ and ‘Stridulum II’ with her most recent record ‘Conatus’ with its dark pop music approach, a mixtape with Prefuse 73 as well as a joint tour with Fever Ray, Zola Jesus rapidly became one of the most interesting phenomenas within the independent scene in recent years. During Electronic Beats Festival Warsaw 2011, Zola Jesus will be performing in Poland for the first time ever. Photo: Iris Janke

Recent Articles about Zola Jesus

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Another Night: Daniel Jones recommends Esben and the Witch’s Wash the Sins Not Only the Face

Thursday, January 24, 2013 in Recommendations, Reviews with Esben and The Witch, My Bloody Valentine, Zola Jesus by Daniel Jones

When Esben and The Witch dropped their debut LP Violet Cries, it was a pretty good time to be a gothy band. The word ‘witch’ was, for a brief second, hard currency, Zola Jesus was breaking out from her lo-fi beginnings to create massively appealing icy goth-pop, and interest in darker aesthetics was everywhere. While – more

Waiting for the Ghost: an interview with Freddy Ruppert

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in Interviews with Freddy Ruppert, NNA Tapes, Xiu Xiu, Yasmine Kittles, Zola Jesus by Lucia Udvardyova

Music is a deeply personal thing for Freddy Ruppert, which could explain his departure from This Song is a Mess But So Am I for a cathartic solo initiation into the world of songwriting. Since then his pathos has created Former Ghosts, a collaboration with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, Nika Roza Danilova of Zola Jesus and – more

Electronic Beats Fall Festival season has begun…

Friday, July 27, 2012 in EB Events, Features with Animal Collective, Grimes, Junior Boys, Modeselektor, Mostly Robot, Nicolas Jaar, Volkova Sisters, Wiley, Zola Jesus by EB Team

It feels like Electronic Beats Summer Festival season just started, but lo and behold: it’s already time for our Fall editions! We have a sick crop of shows lined up for our Euro-hotspots, and we’re kicking it off in Budapest with Modeselektor, Nicolas Jaar, Junior Boys, Mostly Robot, and Volkova Sisters….well, you can read the – more

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EB Video Premiere: Zola Jesus – Seekir

Monday, July 09, 2012 in Features with Diamanda Galas, Madonna, Zola Jesus by EB Team

It’s fitting that the opening image of Zola Jesus‘ new video for ‘Seekir’ is a shot of blossoming light, for we’ve witnessed the singer bloom from out of the shadows of her noisy beginnings. Who would have ever suspected such beauty lurking behind the sludge-production of ‘Soeur Sewer‘. Not that we don’t love that noisy – more

Eastern Haze: May

Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Columns, Eastern Haze with Zola Jesus by Lucia Udvardyova

Our second installment of the explorations of the freshest beats, tunes and all sorts of aural weirdness from the region of Eastern Europe starts with a crash course for the uninitiated. Easterndaze Vol 2: Judgment Day is a collaboration between Polish experimental label AudioTong and the Easterndaze project, a compilation which charts some noteworthy up-and-coming – more

Belle Belle: a space journey on synth waves

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in Features with Zola Jesus by Andras G. Varga

Zola Jesus’ ongoing spring tour hit Budapest last week, which gave a chance for local artist Belle Belle to introduce his dreamy musical project as an opening act. The twenty-two year old video and music producer Bence Nagy invited us on a space journey to a far galaxy in search of the undiscovered. He is – more

Former Ghosts and Josef Bolf: in the name of art and music

Thursday, April 05, 2012 in Features with Freddy Ruppert, Tearist, Xiu Xiu, Yasmine Kittles, Zola Jesus by EB Team

Josef Bolf is one of the most respected mid-generation artists in the Czech Republic. His uncanny characters, sometimes half-animals, inhabit a post-apocalyptic world devoid of hope and redemption. Death, gloom and doom are expressed in a menacing but playful way. A new English language documentary directed by Benjamin Hunwicke aims to capture the persona of – more

Júlia Káldy designs shoes for Zola Jesus – interview

Monday, March 26, 2012 in Features, Interviews with A38, Zola Jesus by Andras G. Varga

Graduating in 2011 with an award-winning collection, footwear designer Júlia Káldy has created some praiseworthy collaborations with two rising starlets in fashion and music. While her shoe collection for London-based fashion designer Eleanor Amoroso hit the catwalks of London Fashion Week, her more recent project with EB-favorite singer Zola Jesus hits the stages worldwide. The – more