Eluize - EMDR :: Behance

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Released back in August 2020 on XLR8R+024 alongside tracks from AIDA and Slumber (Öona Dahl and Amber Cox), “EMDR” revolves around a poem Eluize wrote for EMDR, a therapy she had for PTSD. Across the track, Eluize’s vocal lines rise and fall, creating a hallucinogenic atmosphere supported by winding acid lines and a heavy and distorted kick. It’s a cathartic experience custom-built for dancefloors and soundsystems.

Following up its initial release, Eluize enlisted Italian video artists Riccardo Franco-Loiri (a.k.a. Akasha) and Davide Fauro (a.k.a. Misphit Circuitry) to create the track’s visual component.
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“The idea behind the video,” the duo explain, “comes from some experiences with EMDR that Akasha did.”

Using a mixture of digital and analog techniques based on “feedback and recursive displacement,” the duo aimed to visualize the “stream of memories that come into your head with this kind of therapeutic approach.” The result is an engrossing, dreamlike multi-sensory experience.

READ THE ARTICLE ON XLR8R
https://xlr8r.com/news/eluize-shares-dreamlike-video-for-xlr8r-track-watch-it-now/

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To create this video, we mixed our digital and analog experiences, coding the texts to create an oscilloscope-like effect. Eluize sent us some videos of her practicing EMDR and singing the track vocals in front of a camera, then we processed them by mixing Touchdesigner and Processing patches. Finally we recorded everything in a CRT TV to add an extra layer, passing the signal from some analog video enhancers self-modified by Davide.

FULL VIDEO OUT ON XLR8R