ELISABETH ELEKTRA - THE DREAM
[OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
Director TIM COURTNEY | Cinematographer STEVE CARDNO | Editor & Colourist TIM COURTNEY | Choreographer MONIKA SMEKOT
Performers LETICIA SÀNCHEZ & SARAH HOLMES | Stylist SONIA KIRS | Production Photographer MARILENA VLACHOPOULOU
Photo Credit: MARILENA VLACHOPOULOU
GOTH-POP PERFORMER, ELISABETH ELEKTRA SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘THE DREAM’
Excerpt from Sterogum
Elisabeth Elektra, the Glasgow-based goth-pop performer who also plays in Silver Moth alongside members of Mogwai (Stuart Braithwaite) and Evi Vine, has an electrifying new solo single out today. Titled “The Dream,” Elektra’s latest follows their 2020 debut LP Mercurial and has a video helmed by BAFTA-winning Scottish director Tim Courtney. It’s also choreographed by Monika Smekot.
Here’s what else Elektra tells Stereogum about “The Dream”:
“The Dream” is a song that wrote itself one evening very quickly. It’s about the ways humans project our desire-driven fantasies on to relationships, and the tension between the desire for another and the desire for complete untethered freedom.
I’m really excited to share this first song from my new material. I’ve been working new music for a couple of years and I’ve never felt as excited about anything I’ve created before. Myself, Jonny Scott who co-produced and James Cunningham who mixed have all worked so hard to realise this vision.”
Photo Credit: MARILENA VLACHOPOULOU
“The song and visuals reflect the initiatory nature of relationship breakdowns that often culminate in increased personal power and connection to and expression of ones true will.”
- Elisabeth Elektra
GLASGOW-BASED AVANT-POP ARTIST ELISABETH ELEKTRA HAS RETURNED
Excerpt from Tenement TV:
The new single marks the beginning of a new chapter for the artist, co-produced alongside Jonny Scott from CHVRCHES and featuring synths from Ivor Novello winning musician Benjamin John Power (Blanck Mass, Editors).
A punchy, otherworldly slice of electronic pop that explores themes of infatuation, illusion and reclamation of personal power – it’s a triumphant return. Bathed in an icy gothic sheen, it’s driven by powerful drums, uptempo synths and the singer’s anthemic vocals which are delivered with supreme confidence. And it’s heavy on the hooks too as she reinforces her heavyweight pop credentials once again.
Photo Credit: MARILENA VLACHOPOULOU
Photo Credit: MARILENA VLACHOPOULOU
ELISABETH ELEKTRA RETURNS WITH
‘THE DREAM’
Excerpt from CLASH:
Glasgow based avant-pop polymath Elisabeth Elektra returns with new single ‘The Dream’.
The single is out now, and marks a fresh era for this bold talent. Co-produced alongside Jonny Scott from CHVRCHES, it blends Elektra’s pop instincts with different sonic aspects, resulting in something opaque, and alluring.
Wistful electronic pop shot through with other-worldly aspects, ‘The Dream’ seems to touch on prevailing themes within Elisabeth Elektra’s work, providing a sense of unity within their broader catalogue. Synths come from Benjamin John Power (Blanck Mass, Editors), offsetting that wonderful vocal from Elektra themself.