To explain Tamta as a queer icon can be doing her a disservice; she razes each trade she touches and by no means fails to make an impression. Whereas some artists try to be forces to be reckoned with, she’s an digital icon value getting in your knees for; the vanilla-minded most likely received’t need to think about what carnal urges she sparks at her residency in SMUT and Berghain.
Whereas there’s no disputing there’s a razor edge to her sound, it doesn’t falter in accessibility; anybody can submerge themselves within the synthesis of darkish magnetism and pulsating euphoria that flows via THE VILLAIN HEROINE, a report dripping in worldwide (intercourse) enchantment.
Her means to breed escapism into her mixes ends in transcendence spilling via your audio system, whereas the stay expertise leaves these surrendering their physique beat to a nirvana of 8-bit-esque EDM. The sonic palette is laced with pop hooks, industrial perspective, and the sense that pleasure all the time wins over restraint.
Whether or not she’s packing out Satisfaction levels to 80,000 in Barcelona and Madrid, turning X Issue into her playground in Greece and Georgia, or stealing vogue spotlights for Vogue, Mugler, or Marie Claire, Tamta proves herself as a cultural catalyst. With over 250 million streams and a behavior of promoting out her headline exhibits, that is an artist who doesn’t pander to expectation. She creates the night time, owns it, and leaves the dawn ready.
THE VILLAIN HEROINE is now accessible on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
– Overview by Amelia Vandergast