Cold, minimal synths and tight basslines shape CONSTRAINTS, the debut
album by NICO AMARA, into a sound that is immersive yet unyielding—eight
tracks that shift between haunted stillness, echo-laden textures,
mechanical edges, and a dark pulse.
Multilingual vocals, delivered in whispers, spoken fragments, or airy
melodies, drift through the album with a sense of detachment.
Subtle changes in spatial depth and filtering animate even the most
minimal structures, adding a quiet unease beneath the surface.
Each track is a contribution to contrast and control, drawing the
listener in without ever fully letting them in, —creating a minimal body
music built on disquiet, motion and deliberate distance.
The lyrics across CONSTRAINTS move through themes of existential
reflection and political urgency, touching on animal activism and
environmental grief.
These ideas surface in different forms—for instance, in “IN CHAINS,”
through a focus on inherited emotional patterns and internal
confinement; in “L’ORA VUOTA,” which draws from Nietzschean thought to
explore illusion and perception; or in “MEAT MACHINE,” which addresses
animal exploitation.
Tracklist:
1. in chains (3:56) 2. meat machine (4:55) 3. comme la peste (4:24) 4. static (3:20) 5. l’ora vuota (4:14) 6. bemerkung (4:09) 7. violence undone (5:16) 8. break (3:43)
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