auraelia

2019 // ep // injazero records

The idea of the tracks on Auraelia came about during a strange period of having daily migraines with auras for a month. The physical reaction I was experiencing from the auras – the haziness/blurriness/partial loss of sight and spots of light surrounding every day vision – also seemed to reflect the emotions I was feeling at the time – confusion, lack of clarity, ambiguity, mixed feelings of hope and melancholy...

I then discovered that Aurelia is a type of jellyfish, which also strangely seemed to fit the description perfectly! I recently found out that jellyfish don’t have a central nervous system or brain, but respond to stimuli detected from their tentacles - so they’re almost floating through the ocean, kind of helplessly, but perhaps with an innate sense of direction…

– 17.09.19

✸ All tracks by Hinako Omori
✸ Co-mixed by Peter Lyons
✸ Mastered by Cicely Balston @ Air Studios
✸ Artwork by Gustavo Eandi
✸ Photography by Özge Cöne