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Galicia, Spain-based New Yorker and Progressive Darkwave and Dark Ethereal artist, CZARINA (styled as C Z A R I N A on all platforms) unveils high-octane Gothic Sci-Fi and Dark Pop track entitled Exoskeleto via German gothic label darkTunes Music Group. Exploring themes of pain, death, rebirth, retribution and generating a new kind of anomalous power and strength for another round in the battle arenas of life, the track first surges ominously with tense soundscapes that harken both ethereal and extraterrestrial lifeforms before dropping into massive beats, acid basses, giant waves of high-voltage metallic machinery and mystifying gothic choir chants.

CZARINA first laments at her trials before combusting into her signature powerful, tantric wails seething with emotion, while summoning a certain biomechanical and exoskeletal astral anomaly. The track maneuvers into an arpeggiated and orchestral section with a haunting full choir and crescendoes into one final blast before ending in a dramatic, somber resolve. Exoskeleto reveals CZARINA’s next stages in her own artistic evolution that combines all of her signature heavy-hitting yet ethereal elements with her passion in fusing synth, electronic and organic sounds, orchestral arrangements, dynamic compositions, formidable vocal prowess, and artful lyricism.

Exoskeleto is the new single from CZARINA’s upcoming third record due Fall of 2024. The track was written, produced, and recorded by the artist at her seaside home along Costa Da Morte in Galicia, Spain which she often refers to as her muse and inspiration for all her creative work since moving during the Covid-19 pandemic. She leans on Von Hertzog (VHxRR, Information Society) of The Social Club (Reading, PA) who served as co-producer, mixing and mastering engineer on the track, and who has been providing additional production input to harness and finesse the very vast dynamics and experimental nature of CZARINA’s sound since they started working together in her sophomore record, Arcana. Exoskeleto the music video was created by CZARINA and her husband and creative partner DeadlyKawaii, under their two-man production house called The Kitsunés. Exoskeleto will be available on Bandcamp and all digital and streaming platforms on March 29. The music video will be featured exclusively on darkTunes YouTube channel.

CZARINA is Vero Faye Kitsuné, a Filipino-American synth and electronic rock musician, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker, visual artist, and an esteemed long-time creative director and fashion industry veteran originally from New York City. Known for her multi-disciplinary approach, CZARINA combines transcendentalism and animist mysticism with her love for futurist culture, biomechanics, art and ancient history, mythology, folklore, and her Budo martial arts training.

Her unique life story as a multi-hyphenate trading the gilded halls of high fashion to becoming an independent dark music artist in pursuit of meaning while moving continents was recently featured and published in VOGUE Philippines (April 2023). Her sophomore record Arcana generated critical acclaim and cult following and was named Album of the Year (2022) by esteemed synthpop authority Synthpop Fanatic. CZARINA is also scheduled to perform at the iconic gothic festival Castle Party in Bolkow, Poland this year.

CZARINA (styled as C Z A R I N A) is an American award-winning synth and electronic artist, songwriter, producer, visual artist and filmmaker. A New York City native based in Galicia, Spain, her work transcends a vast spectrum of dark genres including Progressive Darkwave, Orchestral Dark Ethereal, Synthpop, Futurepop and Prog Rock.

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