Category: Press

Off of the EP, ‘ESCAPE’, ‘Closure’ is her “way to progress is to heal from these hurts and grow as a person.” A mixture of mediums in audible waves, shimmer with Giek_1’s direction of production. And with that purpose and heart, her story telling blossoms as it was meant to be. Affection is where her…

Catharsis — the expression and venting of powerfully felt emotions through intense artistic practice — is the fundamental principle of great drama, and the focus of Giek_1’s EP, Escape. The titular escape resonates on many levels: the artist’s past escapism through the use of hard drugs, her escape from a codependent and challenging relationship, and…

As the confusing turmoil of 2020 coincides with an intensifying shift towards a new spiritual age worldwide, between people too, these two contrasting realities can touch each other. Relationships can be the ultimate, intimate confrontation with healing processes inside oneself, coming back via the other person. Escape is the story of such intimate confrontation, a…

Welcome in a realm of XTC energy, a temple that offers protections from demons, one in which love seems to prevail and the thick electric heart beats pounce around like a pleasant kick in the butt. Here in this zone you can embrace the perfect combo that will do its best to cool up a…

Giek_1’s new album paints recollections of Eartheater’s more recent work, FKA Twigs and Chromatics with its many sound manipulations and layers. The voice plays a crucial role in creating the plurality of Giek_1 with its many materialisations in pure stereo delight.

Giek_1 envisions a spiritual awakening through the refuge of a romantic relationship. A single deep in its pensive thought, “Hardest Storm” builds over the hypnosis of its chiming loops which circle the track. Reverberating over the haunting cry of Giek_1′s bone-rattling wail, the track rattles with a percussive resonance and percolating depth, giving the track…

From the very first seconds of the song, music takes your mind and teleporting it into its own world. You can’t even struggle with it…the power of the music is colossal. Everything in this song trying to push you as far from reality as possible, and succeeds in this task.

Everything’s been so predictive these days, but with Giek_1 that’s a whole different story.

Back then we were raving about her “deconstructed digital aesthetics and uber-hyper reworkings of R&B and big room ’90s dance genres”, and now we’re happy to hear new material in the shape of new EP ESCAPE.

While we wait for ESCAPE, Both Ways creates an enticing and addictive appetite for more of Giek_1’s seamless blend of good, compelling music and hypnotic visuals.