The Purge by Sister Zo

3024-SZO2 SISTER ZO - “The Purge”


3024 is excited to announce the return of Sister Zo to the label with her sophomore EP, titled "The Purge". The initial sketches for this project originated in early 2023 and have since undergone a challenging journey, mirroring the artist's own experiences with creative expression and ambition, but also with insecurity and self-doubt. We would like to share Zoey's reflections on this journey below:


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Listening back to the original versions of these tracks, I’m struck by how raw and emotive they were, how much they deserved to be heard, and to see the light of day. Three of them—”Flux Parameter,” “Ashes,” and “SynapseCollapse”—emerged from the fires of an intensely inspired period in June 2023; the other, now called “First Cup,” came earlier that year in the deep upstate winter. Around then I was becoming increasingly enamored by weird, sizzling and psychedelic sound design. These tracks were the result of that frenzied period of uninhibited creative exploration—cohesive, pressurized tunes engineered to squeeze the dance through the wormhole. But for some reason I just didn’t think they were ready.

I felt at the time an immense internal pressure to create something that transcended my previous work, and push my career to new heights. At some point that expectation consumed my creative process, nearly burying the tunes altogether. Fortunately they have refused to release their grip on me. And I am grateful for their persistence. In sticking with them, I’ve learned this most valuable lesson: that play matters far more than perfection, and perfection has no part in the creative process. It merely hampers. It silences the muse and chastises the inner child. If anything, perfection is just a shiny word we use to cover up something more insidious: fear.

So with this EP, I am choosing to release myself from the prison of perfectionism and fear. I am choosing to purge all of the self-flagellation and self-doubt that has previously stymied my creative process. Instead I’m allowing these tracks to reflect my growth as an artist, my willingness to learn new techniques, push into unfamiliar artistic territory, and embrace the beginner’s mind again and again and again.

Thus, after two years without a comprehensive solo release I am elated to present my sophomore EP on 3024, a label near and dear to my heart: The Purge, a collection of raw, inward-facing club incantations. May these tracks finally be free. May they light up dance floors and awaken hearts.

With love,
Zoey

P.S. I want to thank Martyn for guiding me through this process. I could not have released this record without your steadfast patience and support (and your sense of humor). I also want to thank my co-conspirator, collaborator and friend Samuel S. Binga for helping me see the forest for the trees, and reminding me to have fun. And of course my love, Hannah, for always encouraging me to fearlessly and intentionally pursue my art.

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Release Date Friday Aug 29th

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