Weird cravings fill me up
Strange kicks tear me apart
Come closer I won’t bite
Surrender like hypnotized
Stockholm-based aux animaux crawls from beneath the city’s neon gloom, conjuring her latest spectral invocation, Thrill Kill. Born in Istanbul and seasoned as a bass guitarist before her northern migration, aux animaux now curates and cultivates every trembling synth and whispered word herself. Her performances are séances in motion; her fingers dancing between the bass strings and the theremin, an instrument she christens her own personal source of sorcery.
aux animaux mines a spectral lineage drawn deep from the nocturnal pulse of 80s goth and darkwave, as well as cinematic conjurations from the vaults of horror and occult lore. Yet Thrill Kill amplifies her fixation on sinister attractions, where darkness is seductive, and dread becomes delicious. Here, aux animaux channels the unsettling essence of true crime infamy, casting an incantation that blurs seduction with annihilation.
Thrill Kill unfolds through the eyes of a predatory figure, one whose appetite for danger thrives on hypnotic allure and relentless compulsion. It speaks directly from villain to victim, dripping with seductive menace and twisted enticements. Every repetition of its rhythmic invocation heightens the trance…an invitation as irresistible as it is ruinous. Here, horror and enchantment entwine, each lyrical stroke tracing a vivid outline of violent desire and doomed surrender.
Yet beneath its chilling allure, Thrill Kill doubles as a veiled allegory for self-destruction and rebirth, a dark mirror reflecting internal violence; the implosive sabotage we wage upon ourselves. aux animaux summons listeners into a hypnotically sinister dance, where mortality and metaphor merge.
Listen to Thrill Kill below and order the single here.
Thrill Kill was written, produced, and mixed by aux animaux, with mastering handled by Doruk Öztürkcan of She Past Away. Since releasing her first songs in 2017, aux animaux has steadily built a body of work that explores both the political and the personal. Her debut EP Black Holes tackled themes of animal rights, feminism, and societal critique, while its follow-up, Stockholm Synthrome, intertwined those concerns with reflections on her decade-long struggle with misophonia. In early 2022, she unveiled The Hydesville Episode, a conceptual release steeped in the eerie mood of vintage horror film scores. Later that same year came Hauntology, which paired four original tracks with remixes by Tobias Bernstrup, Priest, Majestoluxe, and aux animaux herself. Closing out 2023, she released her debut full-length, Body Horror, via Manic Depression Records.
Over the past few years, she has shared stages with She Past Away, Then Comes Silence, Kontravoid, Buzz Kull, Traitrs, DAF, Agent Side Grinder, and Hante. She’s currently on tour in Europe: dates are below:
Tour Dates:
- 28 May – Ljubljana, Klub Gromka, SI*
- 29 May – Munich, Backstage, DE
- 30 May – Karlsruhe, Die Stadtmitte, DE^
- 31 May – Rüsselsheim, Das Rind, DE^
- 6 – 9 June – Leipzig, WGT, DE
- 12 June – Brussels, TBA, BE^
- 13 June – Liège, Le Garage, BE^
- 14 June – Mons, Alterprod, BE^
- 20 June – Odense, Klub Golem, DK
- 27 June – Copenhagen, Stengade, DK
- 10 – 13 July – Bolkow, Castle Party Festival, PL
- 9 August – Molkom, Synth i Molkom, SE
- 14 – 16 August – Torgau, Stella Nomine Festival, DE
- 30 August – Oslo, TBA, NO
- 4 September – Oberhausen, Kulttempel, DE”
- 5 September – Groningen, Vera, NL”
- 6 September – Hanover, Faust, DE”
- 13 September – Győr, Beton, HU
- 21 – 22 September – Athens, Death Disco Open Air Festival, GR
- 2 October – Berlin, Slaughterhouse, DE
- 24 October – Portland, Coffin Club, US
- * With Kontravoid
- ^ With Ductape
- ” With She Past Away
(More US dates TBA soon.)
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