KYOSI

She’s been described by some as ‘experimental indie pop’, while others have referred to her as a skilled fuser of jazz and electronica, but for New York-based electronic-music artist Dani DiCiaccio – in the guise of her artistic persona KYOSi – the music she crafts isn’t designed to tick any specific boxes. “I think I have more fun when I abandon form and when I stop trying to fit something into a mould,” Dani explains to us, “though I do think writing in that way on occasion can be a fun exercise.”

KYOSi was created by the multi-talented DiCiaccio as a cipher for her various different projects across a range of media. She describes this character as encapsulating “sound, math, symmetry, beauty, wonder and colour”. Music is her main medium of expression, however, and her self-produced, intricate mixes incorporate samples, deep, reverb-laden pads and some impactful low end.

Her recent EP, Negative Space, was released over the summer of 2019, and contains compositions that are fascinating from both a musical and thematic perspective. “I’d say that in its simplest form, this EP is about class – it’s a theme that I’m thinking about all the time,” Dani explains. “The world right now is trending in an interesting direction. The lines between classes have blurred, but also, in some respects, they