Having already made her mark with a string of bold and immersive offerings these last few years, Russian artist Layla Romanova is back to her best once again with her darkened new single ‘The One Uncoded’.
Exploring a raw and driven industrial-inspired aesthetic for her newest outing, ‘The One Uncoded’ makes for an incredibly powerful listen from start to finish. With its haunted and immersive textures, pounding atmosphere, and her vocals sparsely scattered throughout, she is certainly looking to make a lasting impression with this one.
Speaking about the release, she said, ““The One Uncoded” is a deeply personal track. I was 11 when I first watched “The Matrix” – and my world turned upside down. I realized nothing was impossible – that boundaries existed only in the mind. And indeed, throughout my childhood and youth, I kept “erasing” them… until 2012 came – a single “event” knocked me off course, made me stop believing in myself. I kept living, but as if on autopilot – half-asleep, shrouded in a thick veil of “normality.”
“Then, just recently, it was as if someone shook me awake with the words: “What the hell took you so long?..” That same evening, I felt drawn to rewatch “The Matrix 4” – and déjà vu struck – there it was, the exact same dialogue. It’s surreal, of course, to feel such a connection to characters and events of a fictional film… But the most important thing is that I finally felt alive again – and I wrote this track.”
While plenty has already been said about her progressive direction lately, ‘The One Uncoded’ sits as one of her most inventive releases yet. With such a strong and commanding grasp over her direction once again, we can’t wait to hear where this journey will take her next.
