Spanish-Austrian Duo ATZUR’s new single 'CANINE' Previews Soon-to-Be released First Album
One extremely hot summer night and the incessantly barks from a dog in the courtyard entering through an open window and piercing your ears. What to do when the noise is so loud you can't even think straight? All these elements during those moments of sleep deprivation distilled into the song CANINE. A metaphor of everything that blinds our attention keeping us at the mercy of exterior influences, to keep us silent and numb. Afraid of what's yet to come. Or how Don Quijote of La Mancha would state: "when the dogs bark is a sign that we are moving forward".
The raw, spontaneous and instinctive approach in the songwriting and production process should also be present in the accompanying music video. The Duo Patricia and Paul decided to shoot the video themselves - they packed their Canon Legria HF M31 and their two old smartphones and traveled to Barcelona. In Patricia’s homeland they visited architectural masterpieces, human remains recovered from nature, lost theirselves in the depths of Barcelona, crossed Las Ramblas and danced in abandoned villages.
The song is filled with raw, natural drums, rhythmic piano, loud synths and Patricia’s energetic voice. Definitely in the foreground of the song: as much energy as possible! While the last single LIGHT shows the dreamy-hymnic side, CANINE clearly stands for the dark, punky side of ATZUR.
ATZUR are Spanish pianist and singer Patricia and Austrian-Iranian drummer Paul who formed the band in Vienna in the winter of 2018. With a minimalistic setup (piano, analog synthesizer, acoustic drums) they convey great emotions and create an extraordinarily complex universe. ATZUR is the lovechild of Florence + The Machine and Twenty One Pilots, for their music lives in two worlds: one raw, immediate, punk and one dreamy, abstract, pop. Piano and drums connect these worlds: the head, the feelings, the thoughts, vulnerable but self-confident, and the body, the beat, rousing and hypnotic. You never know which side dominates and into which world they will take the listener.
