Delhia de France
Between Berlin and Los Angeles, Delhia de France gives melancholia a shape — a voice like a sequined razor blade over organic textures, dark bass, and impossible warmth.
"There is something about the darkness of the music and the lightness of her voice and delivery that is undeniably sultry and sexy — like a siren from another plain."
A voice described as "a sequined razor blade." A catalog that reads like a who's-who of underground electronic dance music. And now, the most personal work yet.
Delhia de France — writer, producer, performer — has been forging her solo career between Berlin and Los Angeles, giving melancholia a shape with her darker sides of Alt-Pop Electronica. With a back catalog of collaborations spanning Afterlife, Diynamic, Monkeytown, Suara, Infiné, Anjuna Deep, and BPitch, she brings that underground credibility to something far more intimate.
Her solo debut EP Moirai arrived in 2018, followed by Oceanides in June 2019. She co-wrote the OST for Amazon's We Children From Bahnhof Zoo — the most successful German streaming show to date, with over 10 million streams in its first week.
BBC, KEXP, KCRW, XL8R, Clash, Kaltblut, Spotify — the platform is built. Now comes the album.
"The process feels like carving something out of a block of marble. There's mostly a phrase that comes up and then I follow it — see where it takes me. It can be very physical and exhausting. Like actually carving something out of stone."
Delhia de FranceTell us about yourself, Delhia.
Music has always been around me in a way. I had classical piano and vocal training when I was a kid. As soon as I could write songs I dove into the local subculture when I was a teen and became interested in HipHop, Jungle, House — all the while listening to a lot of Jazz and Bossa Nova.
I was part of a band project incorporating various forms of performance and media art for a long time — we toured Europe and released 3 albums. In 2018 I decided to go solo. Throughout my career I have always collaborated with different artists, mainly in the underground dance scene, and since a couple of years have been working very closely with Robot Koch on several projects. We share the same love for organic textures, dark bass sounds and melancholic vibes.
Can you name a few inspirations for your creative process?
How does your creative process look and feel?
I either start writing on the piano, sketch a beat idea, or sometimes just on a sound. I love writing on sounds and would probably produce two very different pieces if I had to use a piano or a synth for the same chords.
The process feels like carving something out of a block of marble. There's mostly a phrase that comes up and then I follow it, see where it takes me. I have a rough idea of what it could be — but I also let the music reveal it to me. It can be very physical and exhausting.
How has COVID impacted your personal creativity and the music industry?
I am very privileged the way I can just hide at home in my studio. It took me a while though to stop going down the rabbit hole of information and the flood of news. I live between LA and Berlin — I decided to stay in LA and not go to my home country Germany, which was a bit frightening at the beginning, but the best decision after all.
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