Numa Echos has worked across fashion, television, and heavy music, bringing a pretty unusual mix of experiences into her career as an artist. We had the chance to chat with her about her background, working across different heavy music genres, and the challenges women continue to face in the industry.

Reuel

Hello Numa! I’m very happy to chat with you. How are you doing?

Numa

I’m very happy to be talking with you, too. I’m in a reflective phase and looking toward the future.

Reuel

When I was reading your bio, I was stunned by the variety of things you’ve done. I mean, cycling, fashion, TV, radio… And more! Do you feel that this colorful background has affected the way you see and present music?

Numa

Every little detail and nuance of my life helps define who I am, so I’d say yes, definitely.

Reuel

Aside from the variety of professions and forms of art you’ve explored, you’ve also been making music in a variety of heavy genres. Is there a genre you’ve worked in where you feel more like yourself, or does each genre represent a different side of your personality?

Numa

I believe that the genres that influence my music are closely intertwined, just as the different sides of my personality coexist-sometimes clashing, but then unequivocally seeking a compromise to establish a state of balance that transcends balance itself.

Reuel

Your last album was released in 2023, I believe. I guess the question your fans would like me to ask is: is there a plan to release any new music soon?

Numa

Absolutely. During my live shows, I’m already performing some new material that will be included on my next album. I’m particularly proud of the work that’s taking shape, which features several collaborations with other artists, and I hope it will be released before the end of the year or early next year.

Reuel

You’ve already collaborated with some incredible musicians. If you could perform or work with any musician, dead or alive, who would you choose?

Numa

There isn’t any one artist in particular with whom I’d like to collaborate; there are many with whom I’d like to exchange thoughts and opinions-whether they’re alive, dead, or haven’t even been born yet.

Reuel

With everything you’ve done, is there a certain form of art you’re still curious to try or explore?

Numa

I’m curious about the world in general, about everything I don’t know-even though there are some things I’d rather never know.

Reuel

We have readers from all around the world, including women who still face barriers and even persecution in the music industry. What message would you like to share with those who dream of pursuing a music career?

Numa

I would like to convey a message of freedom. We are free, and no one-and no social convention-should prevent us from proudly showing ourselves as we are. I condemn all forms of oppression and call on everyone to fight against it including through art and music.

Reuel

Thank you for your time, Numa! Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Numa

Thank you, and thank you to everyone who follows me. I’d like to add: “Strive for the infinite.”

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So, is anyone buying?

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The latter will be out in January.

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I’ll see you in the vacant light

Somewhere in-between

In a room that my body makes

For you and me

Some songs announce themselves with a manifesto. Violet Silhouette’s This Is Something seems perfectly happy admitting that nobody involved has quite figured out what the hell is happening yet.

A chant catches against a taut backbeat, bass and drums immediately putting bodies in motion while the synthesizers maintain a cooler distance. There is some early Human League in that contrast between machine discipline and romantic uncertainty, while the repetitive rhythmic pull recalls LCD Soundsystem at their most economical. Violet Silhouette leave plenty of room around the beat, allowing repetition to become its own persuasive force. Five minutes later you may still have questions, although sitting down probably will not be among them.

This Is Something catches the instant before certainty settles in: two people meeting somewhere between confession and possibility, with a dance beat underneath them and enough unanswered questions to keep things interesting.

The song began with rhythm. According to the band, the drums and beat drove its development while melodies were tested until the track revealed its peculiar identity. Compared with much of their forthcoming album, VIVID(IS)DECAY, This Is Something leans further into dance music, though its lyrics occupy considerably less certain territory. With Lily Vile joining on bass, Violet Silhouette now operates as a trio, and that expanded physical presence suits material built so firmly around movement. The group formed in West Palm Beach in late 2019 and has since become geographically divided between South Florida and Austin. Distance has become part of their method rather than an impediment, with Dan and Zaii exchanging early ideas for VIVID(IS)DECAY beginning in 2024.

Night provides the setting, but clarity remains elusive. Someone is trying to make sense of where they have been while simultaneously wondering whether knowing would accomplish anything useful. Desire can be detected before it can be understood; feelings exist before language catches up with them. There is hesitation throughout the verses, coupled with a growing willingness to let another person see what has previously remained private.

Then Violet Silhouette introduce one of the song’s strongest images: two people meeting somewhere between recognizable states, inside a private room formed by the body itself. Suddenly This Is Something feels less like an evasive title and more like an admission. Whatever this connection is, somebody has finally acknowledged its existence.

The accompanying video carries the uncertainty somewhere considerably stranger. Violet Silhouette initially perform inside gorgeous neo-film-noir compositions, bodies moving with the backbeat before strobes, abstract tableaux, and blurred recollections begin interrupting any comfortable sense of reality.

“Visually, we drew from David Lynch’s Lost Highway,” says the band. “Our friend Roberto Badillo took our vision and ran with it — the result is sleek and visceral, like a gloved hand dragging desire across the table.”

That glove fits. Watch the video for This Is Something below:

Produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by Violet Silhouette, VIVID(IS)DECAY explores what the band calls Neuromanticism, their pursuit of truth and love through unstable identities, secret languages, and emotional dissolution.

Listen to This Is Something below and order the single here.

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Part of their forthcoming new album “The Conversation”.

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I’m not sure I want to know.

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They’ve also set a November release for their new EP.

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Along with a reaction from Breaking Benjamin’s Chad Szeliga.

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