Xiranda put her mettle as a classically skilled pianist and composer to the final word take a look at with Moonlight Sonata (Dubstep Remix). Pulling Beethoven from candlelit reverence and hurling him into the hedonism of the bass pits, she proved how far orchestral gravitas might be twisted with out snapping. The ornate grace of the unique sonata crashes headlong into juggernaut drops, string-swelled crescendos are swallowed by sonic filth, and spatial results stretch the drama till it feels near-operatic. It’s cerebral, monstrous, and knowingly extreme, as if she produced it with a Machiavellian grin.
That grin was hard-earned. With levels from NYU, USC, and Berklee, and years of shaping sound for Sony Music, Xiranda sharpened her instincts in Hollywood’s film-scoring circles earlier than channelling them into darker digital types. Her command of orchestral association doesn’t restrain her, it fuels the chaos, pushing EDM into one thing past cinematic. Together with her forthcoming EP, Symphony of Shadows, she’ll drag Mozart, Vivaldi, and Pachelbel by means of the identical infernal equipment, proving her territory lies the place classical mastery collides with rave tradition.
If we have been any extra obsessive about Xiranda and her, what some might discover heretical, means to contour classical music into carnage, she would wish to get a restraining order out towards us.
Moonlight Sonata (Dubstep Remix) is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast