ABOUT THIS ITEM

In the last three years Nika Roza Danilova has gone from being an outsider experimental teenage noise-maker to a full fledged internationally celebrated electronic pop musician. It was a huge feat to accomplish, and despite her age (young), her geography (mid-western, desolate), her accelerated scholastic requirements (high school and college were completed in three years each) and her diminutive physical size (4”11, 90 lbs) she has triumphed. She has emerged as a figurehead-- a self-produced, self-designed, self-taught independent woman.

Zola Jesus is not a band; it is a solo project. Zola Jesus is not a singer; she is a musician. It has always been so. That is not to say the people who have helped her along the way were not deeply important. Her irreplaceable live band, who’s drummer Nick Johnson lends a hand on several tracks here, and her friend Brian Foote who co-produced this album in addition to the live string players (Sean McCann, Ryan York) who contribute here were all crucial in the process. Nika however, is a woman who can command a room, any room, without needing a band, a stage, or even a microphone. Her voice is unmistakable; it cuts right to the core.

'Conatus' is a huge leap forward in production, instrumentation and song structure. It says it all in the definition of the title: the will to keep on, to move forward. From thumping ballads to electronic glitch, no sound goes unexplored on her new record. It is an icy exploration in refined chaos and controlled madness, an effort to break through capability and access a sonic world that crumbles as it shines.

1. Swords
2. Avalanche
3. Vessel
4 .Hikikomori
5. Ixode
6. Seekir
7. In Your Nature
8. Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake
9. Shivers
10. Skin
11. Collapse

Limited Bonus Disc:
1. Ganglians - Jungle
2. EMA – Redstar (Remix)
3. Moon Duo - Flowers
4. Bachelorette - Blanket
5. Zola Jesus – Poor Animal
6. Tweak Bird – Children Of The Revolution
7. Shugo Tokumaru – Rum Hee (Deerhof Remix)
8. Marnie Stern – Transparency Is The New Mystery
9. All The Saints – Half Red, Half Way
10. Sisu – Stranger Skin
11. Crocodiles – Neon Jesus