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Dreaming of You

by Xani

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Imagine a future without dance. Without dance music.

Now forget about it and come with me.

–Xani

An Inaccurate History of Electronic Dance Music– Synopsis

It’s rare to find an artist so astute in their craft and in step with a genre they can reimagine it convincingly. Xani Kolac achieves this in her new concept album and live show about electronic dance music. So inaccurate, yet so eloquent. It may have actually happened just like that.

When pandemic restrictions limited our movements and human connection, artist, songwriter, and violinist Xani, explored what it might be like to never dance again. Bleak, isn’t it? Dance has the power to transcend limitations, to take a person beyond the moment through the power of a beat, a rhythm, a movement of ideas. The thought of losing dance inspired XANI to create a world within her own reach where dance lived on and metamorphosised into something bigger than the present.

A huge fan of dance music and the iconic philosophical spirit of the dance floor, Xani dove deeper into the nuances of the culture, exploring the roots of electronic dance music (EDM). Where it’s taken her personally and how it’s driven cultures and subcultures throughout its history.

On a quest to depict the in-actual history of her beloved dance music in her very own way, Xani has reimagined the past and future of gritty dancefloors under lasers, through smoke, and in the subtle command of the music.

An Inaccurate History of Electronic Music is Xani’s version of that place. A story transcribed through violin, vocals, loops, frantic, primal energy and raw and organic collaborations.

With this release Xani has created her own fictitious universe of dance. A place she escaped to over the solitary months of lockdowns, when dancing with, or performing to humans wasn’t an option. At the heart of it, An inaccurate History of Electronic Music is an acutely personal interpretation of electronic dance music’s evolution through the ages. And the soul of it is good music to dance to. A party album where chapter, by chapter the (inaccurate) history of dance music is tracked by Xani – a veritable musical alchemist and total fangirl – and friends.

As well as playing violin, singing, producing, and writing, Xani dipped into her family of local musicians and dance music allies to explore, create, and dance around a fictitious and totally immersive world within the concept. This peroject is a sequential collection of dance music genres of the past through to the imagined genres and sub-genres of the future with Xani at the helm.

With An Inaccurate History of Electronic Music Xani has created a new world to indulge in a luxury we never before realised was so invaluable.

“…a fictional world of EDM genres according to me. Where violin is at the centre of it all! Is that even allowed?”

This imagined story begins with disco - one of Xani’s favourite genres and a magical place to start. “Dreaming of You” is the first chapter of An Inaccurate History of Electronic Dance Music and tells the story of a young woman so infatuated with the idea of love that she would happily dream her life away, submerged in bedsheets. Following the waves of sleep stages, “Dreaming of You” is a dream-pop, disco-inspired moment to get lost in.

lyrics

I’m dreaming of you again
Til the tide pulls me back in

Close my eyes it’s time to sleep
Tonight we’re meeting in my dreams
You and me, my fantasy baby
Setting sail out on your boat
Kiss my lips, you taste like salt
Let’s float away from the shore

Dive in your pretty blue eyes
Take me out so deep
Mesh our bodies
Closer now that I’m asleep
Pretty blue eyes
Oh I’m in too deep
Drifting off with the waves of your love

I’m dreaming of you again (night after night after night)
Til the tide pulls me back in (dragging me dragging me)
To my life, oh my life

A day is far too long to wait
I’m hooked on night time seaside dates
Wish that I could sleep all the time
Feast on every word you say
Drink in sunsets til they fade
Live my life submerged in your smile

credits

released June 15, 2022
Written/composed: Xani Kolac
Produced: Xani Kolac and Liam McGorry
Recorded -
Strings: Xani Kolac
Vocals: Xani Kolac
Glock: Liam McGorry
Other instruments: Isaac Barter
Mixed/Mastered: Isaac Barter
Performed by -
Strings: Xani Kolac
Bass: Isaac Barter
Drums/Bongoes: Justin Olsson
Keys/Guitar/Glock/Tamborine: Liam McGorry
Arrangements -
Strings: Xani Kolac
Cover art -
Photography: Oli Sansom
Creative Direction: Meg Kolac
Cover Design/Graphic Art: Lorna Kolac

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