Dasha Rush (RU)

Dasha Rush is a Russian-born, French national, based in Berlin, who is an artist that spends
her time traveling around the globe while working on a wide variety of electronic music and art
projects. She has released music on labels such as Sonic Groove and Raster Noton, and has
also collaborated with others. Additionally, some of her work has been released on her own
labels, Fullpanda Records (2005) and the experimental sub-label Hunger to Create (2004).

She began her musical career at a young age in Moscow, where she was one of the first
female DJs/producers in Eastern Europe. After moving to France in 1996, she gained
international recognition in the early 2000s and developed as an electronic music composer,
producer, and DJ, experimenting with various forms of art by collaborating with dancers and
painters.

Rush views genres as starting points rather than destinations and explores rare electronic
experimentation that draws from the roots of underground music from the early 20th century.

Her album on Raster-Noton, (2015), could be a metaphor for her musical work: "These 16
pieces are transmissions from that state between sleep and wakefulness," said Tony Naylor, a
reflection of the in- between zones her music often inhabits. Dubby but intense, brutal but
tender, foggy yet clear—Sleepstep was a wonderful mass of contradictions. Not being one
thing or the other is vitally important to Rush, which goes hand-in-hand with her strong
independent streak.

She pushes the boundaries of contemporary music to the limit and encourages
experimentation with various musical and non-musical forms, creating thoughtful
compositions in multidisciplinary projects. Her audiovisual work, inspired by scientific
subjects, includes projects like "Antarctic Takt" (2014), "Aurora Cerebralis" (2019), and "Dark
Hearts of Space" (2015). In her multidisciplinary show "Les Territoires Ephemeres" (2018), she
combines different artistic disciplines such as Japanese butoh, theatre, poetry, and digital
music and visuals.

In conclusion, Dasha Rush is a live performer, electronic music composer, sound artist, and
techno DJ whose work extends beyond the dance floor and sometimes beyond music itself.

In her strange and twisted world, the machines are the protagonists of a neo-romanticism,
weaved with human dreams.

Discover more: www.dashrush.org