CHELSEA WOLFE – Whispers In The Echo Chamber (2023)

Chelsea Wolfe has mentioned an array of artists and genres as influences, including black metal and Scandinavian folk music, but has said: “I do have a hard time sticking to one genre, and honestly I prefer it that way. I’d rather be free to experiment and make the kind of art I want to make than be easy to define.”

Various critics have noted elements of doom metal, drone metal, gothic rock, folk, lo-fi, electronic, noise, and dark ambient in Chelsea’s music. Aside from gothic and experimental, many critics have dubbed her sound “doom folk”. Wolfe has said: “I think deep down I wish I had one of those really gritty voices like Kurt Cobain, so maybe I’m making up for it with distorted guitars.” Wolfe has been noted as having a soprano vocal range. Mojo described her music as “Siouxsie & The Banshees territory […], with treated strings, echoing drums and lashings of reverb surrounding her double-tracked, crushed velvet voice”.

Wolfe has expressed a strong affinity for R&B music, citing Aaliyah as a huge influence on her career since her childhood. She said, “I grew up listening to my dad playing guitar while singing harmonies… As a kid I wanted to record my own songs so he set me up with an 8-track. The vibe of those earliest songs was like, Aaliyah meets Fleetwood Mac – what I was listening to mixed with what my parents were listening to. “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number” was my favorite song back then.”

Lyrics:

whispers in the echo chamber of my mind in the void they come alive and intertwine in the void I saw all I ever wanted beyond reality, beyond the binary

bathing in the blood of who I used to be offering up all my imperfect offerings become my own fantasy twist the old self into poetry

undone cut the cords cut ties to yours

this world was not designed for us and I’ve been punished, I’ve been blessed surrounded by living ghosts, you see I thought I had to swallow them before they swallowed me but you only know the one I’ve been I’ve shed a thousand skins since then a curse upon the monster of more that shit does not define me anymore

undone cut the cords cut ties to yours

undone cut the cords cut ties to yours

I’m done cut the cords cut ties to yours

more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, done

Cast: Chelsea Wolfe & Medúlla DP / Editor : George Gallardo Kattah Executive Producers : Duván Duque, George Gallardo Kattah Produced by: Continente Pictures Production Manager: Sarah Casson Producer: Duván Duque AD : Mauricio Barriga Production Designer : Daniela Franco Art Coordinator : Manuel Baquero Construction Coordinator : Jhon Sánchez Construction Assistant: Jhonathan Osorio Art Assistant : José Luis Julián González, Jeferson Javier Botia Gaona

Costume Designer for Chelsea Wolfe: Jenni Hensler Costumes Assistant: Adriana Kanal Hair & Make Up: Laura Cadena Costume Designers for Medúlla: Daniela Franco, Alice Medúlla Accessories and Brick Shoes for Medúlla: Adriana Kanal (KNL Performance Clothing) Braided Skirt for Medúlla: Shirlene Malambo (Peinado e’ Coco)

1st AC: David Olmos 2nd AC: Thomas Vargas Data manager: Daniel Londoño

Bogotá Unit:

Gaffer: Hernán “Gato” Jaramillo Quintero Best Boy : Miguel Ángel Gamba Beltrán Electrician: Carlos Andrés Quiroga Light Assistants : Oscar Orlando Donoso Cordoba, Jorge Andrés Orrego González, Brayan Camilo Heredia Cárdenas, Wilmer Alexis Peña Alarcón

Chingaza Unit: Gaffer: Jahwar Best Boy: Javier Castro Light Assistant: Fernando Bolivar

BTS: Nicolás Sandino Moreno

Colorist: Laura Imery

Pre Producers: Laura Pisciotti, Alvaro Manrique (El Ciclón Films) PA’s: Guiselle Buzon, Ronald Manrique, Ariel Ponton, Faber Marin

Drivers: Cristobal Samaca, Wilson Sabogal, Carlos Rengifo, David Junco Catering: Francisco Roman, David Bohoequez, Guillermo Escobar, Aleja Sanitation: Indira Rey Cárdenas, John Harold Marin Security: Fredy Sagayo, Ilder Chambo

Music Credits:

Produced by Dave Sitek Mixed by Shawn Everett Engineered by Derek Coburn Mastered by Heba Kadry Vocals/Lyrics: Chelsea Wolfe Programming/synths: Ben Chisholm Guitar: Bryan Tulao Drums: Jess Gowrie