PENELOPE TRAPPES

Gothic vocalist offers snapshots into her soul via experimental soundscapes.

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PENELOPE TRAPPES DOESN’T treat her music like a maths equation: nothing she does is calculated. Each song is written, performed and recorded in the moment, letting her emotions escape through her beautifully harrowing music with little regard for the rule book. And it’s exceptional for it. “Making music is like meditation,” she says. “It’s having these places [where] you know you can find your solace and express whatever’s coming through you.” Australian-born and Brighton-based, her music is dark, hypnotic, and minimalist; it’s weeping in slow motion and the soundscape of whatever she needs to get off her chest. Often, there’s a focus to her work: 2023’s Heavenly Spheres saw her creating with only her voice, an upright piano and an old reel-to-reel tape deck; last year’s Hommelen centred on the…

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