Come Welcome Storm Daēdah, listen to The Maiden, The Architect & The Mediator before it eclipses on the 17th.

[DAĒDAH]: The Maiden, The Architect & The Mediator

 
The Maiden, The Architect & The Mediator explores a new trinity of Damsel’s paradigm, all while a brooding storm in Aquarius takes place.

This Bandcamp exclusive limited edition mixtape comes under Damsel Elysium’s epithet daēdah; storm chaser, augur, architect of the subtle.

With features from Valentina Magaletti, llainwire, Sarahsson + THE NARRATOR as well as excerpts of conversations I had about dreams, names, phonetics, birds and architecture with sonic architect Robin Sparkes.

With samples from Muhammad Ali, Jeanne Lee, Abbey Lincoln and Yma Sumac.

With features from llainwire (aka Niall Ashley), Sarahsson, Robin Sparkes, THE NARRATOR + Valentina Magaletti

Releases February 17, 2026

Pre-order here

This work was made possible by Sound and Music’s In Motion programme.

In Motion 2024 is supported by Arts Council England, Jerwood Foundation, Garrick Club Charitable Trust, PRS Foundation, Michael Guest & Marchus Trust.

About Damsel Elysium

 
Damsel Elysium (Sound and Music In Motion 2024 artist) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, experimental sound, visual & performance artist based in London. Having previously been hailed by Vogue as “London’s most stylish experimental sound artist” and having featured in the recent FKA Twigs Tiny Desk session, Damsel is an emerging avant garde artist not to be ignored.

Damsel utilises double bass, violin, piano and original field recordings to explore alternative communication and connections with physical spaces and nature. Their aim is to establish an expressive world that speech or writing could never transmute, performing audio-visual stories in unorthodox spaces as well as established venues such as Southbank Centre, Tate Modern, V&A Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Union Chapel.

They have collaborated with FKA Twigs, Celeste, CKTRL, Matt Maltese, and the London Contemporary Orchestra and have been commissioned for Simone Rocha, IITTALA, Vogue x Gucci and Byredo.