Ego Death is the new project of Paris-based producer Niamké Désiré a.k.a. Aho Ssan and Warszaw-based cellist and composer Karolina Rec a.k.a. Resina. The pair met for the first time during a project of Nicolás Jaar. Their intuitive musical synergy was immediate, revealing a shared vocabulary despite working with radically different tools and instruments. Using crackling noise, field recordings, and expansive synthesis, they form dynamic and ever-shifting sonic terrains.
July 2025 will see the release of their debut album. Across the album’s eight chapters, a wordless narrative unfolds – one of dissolution and reassembly, revealing music’s profound capacity as a language of emotion, subjectivity, and spirituality. Their music brims with dark, cinematic intensity, stretching the tonality of the cello to its breaking point and exploring the textures left in its wake.
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