Fauzia
FAUZIA began her artistic journey DJing and over time has evolved into a multidisciplinary artist working across electronic, contemporary classical, and experimental music; her practices include vocals, production, DJing, performance, and AV installation.
FAUZIA is currently working on a new performance, Ethers, commissioned by King’s Place, with her collaborator Maddie Ashman. Here she tells us what inspires her and the impact working with Soundscape has had upon her work and future ideas.
What inspires you and is there a part of this work you particularly connect with?
I’m inspired by a range of different genres and that’s reflected in the various things I do. I’ve always disliked the division of genres and feel that music is a lot more fluid than that - so I like to create to break away from those limitations.
This performance is inspired by the act of letting go, shedding limiting beliefs, and just that process that we go through in life sometimes. I love all the movements that we’ve written but I’m most connected to movement three. What I really enjoy about it is that it feels like a moment where people can sit and reflect, and I really hope that translates for everyone.
As an artist what does performing live mean to you?
Personally I’m still new to performing live; this has been a recent pivot for me. I’m still working out what that means to me, but with this show in particular, we were thinking of ways we could create a space for people to reflect and reconnect with themselves. I think music has the ability to heal, to offer solace, and we really wanted that to translate with the show that we’ve written.
What were your expectations about working with object-based audio?
I actually studied music production at university and was aware of spatial audio practices, but I really enjoyed the playfulness of working with Soundscape. It’s really intuitive, and I feel that it’s really elevated our compositions. What I really liked about it is that you can use these objects to really make the space your own, which is quite interesting because you wouldn’t necessarily attribute that to a sound or audio but using these spatial audio practices you can really create a world through music that’s living.
What ideas has it given you for future performances/compositions?
Working with d&b has really inspired me. I’ve been wanting to write and present an orchestra in spatial audio and this process has shown me that it’s not as daunting as I initially thought it was. Working with Soundscape has actually shown me that it’s possible. It’s made spatial audio a lot more accessible, and it’s really opened my eyes up to a whole new way of sharing work and sharing music. It’s been really fun.