La artista experimental Throwing Shade presenta el primer sencillo de su nuevo EP "House Of Silk" para el sello Ninja Tune; follow-up de referencias como "Fate Xclusive" EP (2015) y "19 Jewels" EP (2014), publicadas por No Pain In Pop.
En su nueva excursión electrónica Nabihah Iqbal señala a la conectividad online como principal factor para el narcisismo y el aislamiento social. "hashtag IRL" rinde homenaje a "Computer Love" de Kraftwerk; a la vez que su robótico mantra vocal nos recuerda las colaboraciones previas de la londinense en temas como "Lemonade" y "L.O.V.E." de su contemporáneo SOPHIE.
"Hashtag IRL is an ode to today. It is a reflection of the internet frenzy which has taken over our lives, and which has imprisoned us in a virtual reality, where we each justify our existence through the approval of others. How many likes? How many followers? Never enough, so it seems.
The constant desire to increase our online status drives us only deeper into an isolated world of narcissism, where our thoughts are watered down to a common denominator of hashtags, selfies and internet-speak acronyms. We don't really care about each other, we only care about how much we 'like' each other. The anti-social reality of 'social media' is all too ironic."
House Of Silk EP será publicado el 4 de marzo en Ninja Tune.
