Penelope Trappes
Future Music|January 2021
Esoteric soundscaper Penelope Trappes embraces an elemental approach to production. Danny Turner discusses the techniques behind new EP, Eel Drip
Danny Turner
Penelope Trappes

Australian-born Penelope Trappes began her musical career in a Brisbane-based indie band before relocating to New York and developing experimental electronic projects Locke and Priscilla Sharp. In 2008, she teamed up with partner Stephen Hindman to create the electronic duo The Golden Filter and a decade later released her debut solo album Penelope One, which garnered praise for its heavily layered, dystopian sound.

Trappes signed to the Houndstooth label the following year for the release of her critically acclaimed Penelope Two, accompanying her largely percussion-less approach with more gothic introspection. With Penelope Three set to complete the trilogy next spring, Trappes first treats us to Eel Drip – a four-track EP that protracts her audacious production aesthetic based on heavily reverbed found sounds, acoustic instruments, and vocals.

Being near or in water seems to be a prominent theme of your music and visuals

“I’m definitely all-embracing of the natural elements in general. On an elemental and emotional level, I feel water symbolizes emotions and is a way to access the dark and the light. There may be a subconscious influence on the sounds I choose, but they also come from field recordings and meditation techniques that I use to open up creativity. Intuition plays heavily into what I do. If most artists are honest, that’s where they find their perspective.”

What themes are you typically writing about on the new EP, Eel Drip?

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