California (USA)-based electronic musician and sound designer Cyrnai (aka Carolyn Fok) has released two tracks from her forthcoming album, Calamity Of Beauty, which will be released on 4 April via Memoir Of Sound. Demonstrating the diversity of the full record, its title track is a highly atmospheric ambient slice of neo-kosmische music. At the same time "Pandemonium Framework" is a hypnotic slab of club-friendly industrial techno somewhat akin to a sleeker take on her already available "Echo Language" single issued in February.
Fok has made music as Cyrnai since her early teens and made several records in the 1980s that were collected in the deluxe vinyl retrospective box set Cyrnai 1980-90 issued in 2018 by the San Francisco-based darkwave label Dark Entries. She also appeared on Cherry Red's Third Noise Principle retrospective box set of '70s-'80s US underground/electronic music released in 2019 as part of their Close To The Noise Floor presents... series. This was followed by live shows alongside the likes of Morton Subotnick, Suzanne Ciani and Drew McDowall, while she has also spoken on Mutek festival panels and played more recent dates in and around San Francisco. Calamity Of Beauty is the latest stage in her renaissance as Cyrnai.
Often described as deeply immersive and cinematic, Fok's compositions as Cyrnai explore themes of identity, transformation and the complexities of human emotion. Calamity Of Beauty continues her legacy of innovation, showcasing an ability to merge the visceral impact of heavy beats with the delicate textures of sound design. Link
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