Elika Ostrov

Elika Ostrov employs a DIY methodology in her creative process, where the interplay of language and vocals forms the foundation of her sound montage. Her debut album, "Confessions of an Imposter," explores the themes of hysteria and the liberation of possessed sound. Accompanied by poems written between 2019 and 2021, the album's roots lie in the hypnopompic, existing on the conscious boundary between dreaming and wakefulness. Here, multiple voices struggle and dissociate within their own realms. As noted by Joshua Pickard (Beats Per Minute, 2022), "Ostrov works from a minimal perspective, one that favors suggestion and impermanence over theatricality and layered composition. Droning melodies weave in and around haunted voices as we try to decide what is real and what is a remnant of some nighttime fantasy or lingering terror."