Cyrene produces emotive acoustic covers for the modern listeners, reimagining classic songs in beautiful new ways. 

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For now the identity of Cyrene remains a secret, but the truth will be told as the story unfolds…

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Cyrene is steeped in mystery and myth. To the Ancient Greeks, she was a huntress who slayed wild beasts with a bronze- tipped javelin and bewitched Apollo by battling a lion with her

bare hands.

 

For centuries, the city of Cyrene in Libya, built in her honour at the behest of Apollo, was a prosperous place of great cultural and political importance. Cyrene still exists and,

over time, her myths have multiplied..

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Cyrene’s boldness and beauty, her fearlessness and fame have inspired writers, poets, sculptors and painters for hundreds of years. The lost city is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where shrines, temples and amphitheatres dominate her remains. Only now, however, has

Cyrene been celebrated in song.

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Through Cyrene, familiar lyrics take on new meanings. The spellbinding sound has an otherworldly aura, a dreamlike quality fixed neither in time nor place. Rather than covers, these are re-interpretations that aim to blur boundaries and demolish differences, to enchant and

surprise, to soothe and excite.

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It’s pop, seen through the lens of Cyrene’s legend, in which secrets will slowly reveal themselves.

The story has just begun!

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“It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do”

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Cyrene confronts her myth on a cover of the Chris Isaac classic Wicked Game. The fearless huntress with whom Apollo was so besotted that he built a city in her name was

Ancient Greece’s most bewitching woman and a rare instance of a powerful,

independent female in a world run by men.

 

Countless artists have covered Wicked Game since the song’s release in 1990 – among them Tangerine Dream, R.E.M, London Grammar, James Vincent McMorrow and a Swedish

metal band. Cyrene’s sensual reworking reclaims the feminist essence of the original

and continues her quest bring her influence and spirit in to the present day.

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An art/lyric video is being produced using artwork by RUFFMERCY (Thom Yorke,

Nightmares On Wax, J Dilla).which has been taken from a series of 10x covers designed specifically for Cyrene.  

 

The video will be released separately from the EP in early April 2019 and will have a stand alone press campaign, giving additional focus on RUFFMERCY’s celebrated artwork and his recent

work with Thom Yorke (5x videos for the film soundtrack of Susperia, released on

XL Recordings)

 

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