Having conquered the deconstructed club realm with releases for Halcyon Veil, Danse Noire and Infinite Machine, Abyss X lets her voice loose completely on 'Freedom Doll', channeling erotic tension and Minoan mythology into densely theatrical, carnivalesque alt-pop gear that to us sounds like Kate Bush, Diamanda Galas, Tori Amos, or early, gothy Cocteaus. An unexpected treat! For the last near-decade, Abyss X has been a regular fixture in the experimental corners of the club scene, DJing, producing, collaborating and promoting her iconic Nature Loves Courage festival in Crete, where she was born. In the last two years she's had the chance to rethink her practice, shifting between Mexico and Berlin and working out where her music needs to come from, and where it might go. The result is 'Freedom Doll', an explosion of ideas and energy that takes the first blush of love to its thunderous conclusion, juxtaposing romance with the imagery and philosophy of the Minoan culture, the Cretan Bronze Age civilization whose art and ideas laid the foundations for Europe's next age. Abyss X sees the album as a proxy for the Minoan woman - even the artwork finds her taking the historically male role of the bull rider, piloting her steer in an attempt to tame the contemporary patriarchal landscape. Handling the production herself and taking control of lead vocals, Abyss X immediately swerves from her past material in the most lavish way. While records like 2018's mystical 'Pleasures of the Bu