Salami Rose Joe Louis (real name Lindsay Olsen) - the Bay Area based musician, composer, and producer - will release her new album Zdenka 2080 via Brainfeeder. It follows a busy start to the year in which she joined Toro Y Mois Outer Peace Tour in the US and supported The Cinematic Orchestra on their European tour. Drawing inspiration from film, literature, art, and music, Zdenka 2080 was heavily influenced in particular by a series of apocalyptic sci-fi novels by Octavia Butler and Gene Wolf. They inspired me to explore the realms of fantasy as a means of illuminating concepts and truths about our own society and humanity, she says. I also was very inspired by the movies Tekkonkinkreet and Embrace of the Serpent - a beautiful exploration of capitalism, colonialism and greed. Musically, Olsen references fellow members of Oakland record label/musical family Hot Record Societe: Cheflee, Mejiwahn, Asonic Garcia and Pacific Yew as ever present influences, alongside musical giants Shuggie Otis and Herbie Hancock, composer, bandleader and all-round visionary Raymond Scott, plus the likes of Stereolab and Flying Lotus. Sometimes my songs can be very silly and whimsical, Olsen explains - with new single Cumulous Potion (For the Clouds to Sing) being a case in point. Sometimes they are more serious and emotional. I was looking for a way to weave all of my styles into a cohesive narrative, and I found a lot of inspiration in the way often movies and shows in the anim tradition seamlessly connect the whimsical, silly, serious, and meaningful.

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