Uranian Void

Description

For twenty years, Jessika Kenney has explored singular soundscapes, shaped by her in-depth studies, ritualistic practices, and uncompromising vocal expressiveness. Known for her collaborations with Eyvind Kang and her vocal composition for Midsommar (A24), Kenney operates at the crossroads of the sacred, the sonic, and the invisible, offering music where every nuance counts. On Uranian Void, she turns inward, exploring memory, resonance, and perception. The album blends sine waves, hydrophone recordings, Hafez’s ghazals, and original texts to create a meditation on liminality, where brightness and shadow vibrate equally. Kenney's voice permeates the whole, sometimes whispered, sometimes bursting forth, always precise: “This album is an exercise in transparency in darkness,” she explains, “staying open to doubt, to reverberation, to what is beyond our perception.” Produced and recorded by Randall Dunn (SUNN O))), Kali Malone, Annea Lockwood), Uranian Void benefits from an immersive sound architecture, where every tone and breath is rendered with intimacy and depth. Fragments recorded during her visits to Spokane, her hometown, form the basis of the album and transform into incantatory quatrains, revealing the subtle pulse of place, time, and body. A true invitation to inhabit the invisible and the almost inaudible, Uranian Void confirms Jessika Kenney as one of the most visionary vocal artists of her generation.