Idol by Etyen

Lebanon's "Electronica Giant" (Joe Muggs, Bandcamp Daily) releases his new single "Idol", a sonic appetizer foreshadowing his upcoming album whichwill be released in 2025.

With dreamy yet ominous textures, "Idol" is a somber reflection on a year's worth of war, loss and uncertainty, the second (war) the artist has experienced and survived in his lifetime, reflecting on the complete inability to escape the outside forces shaping our dark reality, loss of agency and identity.

With its haunting melody, "Idol" is emotional, mournful and yet a cathartic battle cry signaling hope for a better future.

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About Etyen:

Etyen is a veteran Lebanese musician and producer, with a unique sound and extensive body of critically acclaimed solo works, collaborations and remixes, that has seen the artist perform at Sonar Barcelona, Mutek, Red Bull Music Academy Festival in Montreal and many more notable appearances since his debut a decade ago in 2014, while also enjoying alumni status of the prestigious RBMA (‘16) and OneBeat (‘15) music initiatives.

Through his own artistic work, but also via his labels Thawra Records and Tiny House Music founded in late 2019, Etyen continues to prove an influential figure, shaping and pioneering the sound of the Lebanese and regional electronic and alternative scenes, cultivating artists and community, with production and composition credits on some of Beirut’s most exciting projects in the last decade.

Etyen’s works have been featured in and by Red Bull Music, Sonar ES, BBC World Radio, Netflix Original Jinn, FBi Radio (australia), British Airways, Mixmag, Resident Advisor and many more.

Etyen is a composer, producer, & founder of Lebanese label Thawra Records.

Since his debut in 2013, Etyen’s sound has continuously resisted classification, drawing as much from global electronic currents as from the layered complexity of his surroundings, while maintaining a distinctive voice that is deeply personal & ever-evolving.

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