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Lena Peausok is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and performer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her music blends elements of dream-pop, experimental folktronica and trip hop.

Career

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Having started her career as an artist and performer in Eastern Europe, previously being a member of a rock band, Lena has switched to a solo career with the support of the same name collective and session musicians.[1]

Her early releases in 2013-2018 (as Peausok)[2] received moderately positive reviews from Ukrainian music portals,[3] as well as her filmed live-performance "Malevich Loft" (2014)[4] and noir-style video "Dance[5]"[6] created in collaboration with the ukrainian mono-theatre Kut.[7][circular reference] In 2014, as part of the Gogolfest in Kyiv,[8] Lena organized a series of acoustic eco-sets, drawing attention to the issues and the future of green energy in the 21st century.

In 2019 Lena Peausok released a conceptual album "Inhale/Exhale". The album comprises nine tracks with a total duration of 77 seconds, positioning it as one of a shortest musical albums ever recorded.[9]

The album was ready to register into The Guinness World Records as The Shortest Musical Album, but was not shortlisted due to the elimination of the "shortest album" category and the lack of a comprehensive definition. Inhale/Exhale was released and distributed by South African label SonicBass Records, which press-release stated that the album was far from the category of musical minimalism, conceptually gravitating towards macro-forms, standing as a complete musical piece, incorporating both electronic and acoustic instruments, thematically exploring the human lifecycle.[10]

Having abandoned the idea of releasing albums in the usual longplay format during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Lena released an anti-militaristic trilogy of singles, "Dina-Alone-Killer". The first single of the trilogy ("Dina") is based on pre-recorded phased spoken-word human voices repeating a refrain in 12 different languages. Ayu Okakita from the English electronic band Nedry also appeared on "Dina" as a featured vocalist.[11]

In its audiovisual design, the trilogy contains references to the late works of Kandinsky, the legacy of composer John Cage and Balkan folk music.

Since 2022, Lena has been living, working and performing in Zurich, Switzerland.

Discography

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  • Papa (2013)
  • Murmuration EP (2014)
  • 38 (2016)
  • Inhale/Exhale (2019)

References

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  1. ^ https://peausok.bandcamp.com/
  2. ^ "группа Пьюсок".
  3. ^ "Peausok - представили альбом «38»".
  4. ^ "Мясорубка. Выпуск Х. Милош Елич, Евген Ступка и Сергей Мартынов в роли экспертов". 23 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Lena Peausok - Танец (2018)". YouTube. 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Відео «Танец» - гурт Пьюсок".
  7. ^ uk:Кут (театр)
  8. ^ "В Киеве открывается ГогольFest".
  9. ^ "Lena Peausok - Inhale Exhale".
  10. ^ "Lena Peausok - Inhale Exhale [SonicBass Records] | Music & Downloads on Beatport". Beatport.
  11. ^ "Peausokmusic".