Dionysiac's "Echoes of Becoming" EP Release: An Intimate Conversation on Sound, Transformation, and the Art of Letting Go
- STAFF
- Oct 6
- 11 min read
By: Staff
Dionysiac’s "Echoes of Becoming" is a mesmerizing masterpiece, a brilliant exploration of emotion and sound.
Prepare to embark on a sonic journey unlike any other. We recently spoke with Dionysiac, a visionary artist whose new EP, Echoes of Becoming, has captured the very essence of transformation, self-discovery, and the complexity of human emotion. The sound is bold, immersive, and undeniably captivating, leaving listeners suspended between introspection and liberation. Dionysiac’s latest work is not just an EP; it’s a passage through shifting emotional landscapes, where each track acts as a chapter in a greater narrative of existence.
But what makes this release so powerful? It's more than just the ethereal vocals or the dramatic pianos that draw you in; it's the way these elements come together to create a space for listeners to feel, reflect, and grow. As you navigate through the EP’s progression, you’ll feel the weight of uncertainty dissolve into a weightless, euphoric presence.
We spoke with Dionysiac, the artist behind this evocative creation, diving into the emotional and artistic forces that shaped Echoes of Becoming. From the creative spark that ignited the EP to the unconventional techniques used to layer its sound, each track was meticulously crafted to capture the nuances of transformation. Dionysiac revealed the inspirations that led them to embrace contradictions—grief and joy, stillness and eruption—and how those dualities play out not only in the music, but in their life and art.
In our conversation, we also explored the collaborative spirit behind the project and how it reflects the artist’s growth, both personally and professionally. Curious? Echoes of Becoming is a journey worth taking, and the insights shared in this interview will only enhance the experience.
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Here’s how it went:
Begin Interview:
Hello Dionysiac, we’re thrilled to have you here for this interview! We've had an amazing time exploring your music and diving into your creative journey. Now, we’re even more intrigued to get a deeper look into both your brand and your personal and professional inspirations.
Q. We were blown away by this EP, Echoes of Becoming. From the dramatic pianos to the exceptional vocals, it’s an immersive and haunting creation. How has your personal musical journey brought you to this point? Was your evolution into a professional career gradual, or was there a pivotal moment or event that set everything quickly in motion?
A. First of all, thank you for taking the time to talk with me, I’m glad you enjoyed the project! Honestly, my path has been a mix of gradual growth and a pivotal period. I’ve loved singing and playing instruments since I was little, and with music always around me growing up, it felt natural. But the real turning point was moving to London when I was 18.
I ended up living with a very close friend who’s a brilliant painter, and he inspired me immensely, opening countless new spiritual and intellectual doors. We’d spend endless nights talking about art, music, the universe, and the human spirit, as well as what we wanted to say as artists - while constantly creating, both together and on our own. Those conversations and experiments opened me up in ways I hadn’t experienced before.
We were also completely drawn to the wild freedom of the 60s and bands like The Beatles, The Doors, and Pink Floyd, and that energy really pulled us into this way of living and making art. Looking back, that period was so full of love and discovery, it made me understand that if I didn’t pour my inner world into music, there would always be something missing in me.
Q. Can you tell us how the EP came to life and what inspired its creation? What drove you to explore these specific sounds and emotions, and what does Echoes of Becoming mean to you at its core?
A. I usually make music in a really experiential way. Sometimes I start out with a plan, but it rarely sticks because in the end I create whatever my soul wants to say, not what my mind thinks it should. I try to let my subconscious take the wheel, and through that process I get to understand it better.
Each track on the EP came from a different state of being, but all captured exactly what I was feeling in that moment. Over the past year I wrote many songs, but when I looked back, these four clicked together; they felt like they were narrating a cycle I keep returning to.
It begins with slight desperation that pushes you to question your own ways (first track), moves into a rewiring of the mind (second track), passes through a short processing phase (intermission track), and culminates in liberation and the ability to just enjoy being (fourth track). And of course, the cycle eventually begins again.
For me, Echoes of Becoming is exactly that cycle: resisting change, moving through it, and ultimately learning to accept it and find freedom. I wanted to give this journey a tangible, timeless form, as a reminder that after tears comes laughter, and after laughter, tears.
Q. Is this particular musical genre style something you’ve always embraced from the very beginning of your journey, or has it evolved over time from influences or other genres you experimented with earlier?
A. I’ve never tried to box myself into a specific genre. Whenever I start a song, I let it unfold naturally without worrying about where it fits. If it ends up sitting in a certain genre, that’s fine, but it’s never the goal from the start.
Most of the time, when I finish a track, I can’t even define its genre, because my influences stretch across so many styles that I subconsciously blend them. Looking back, my music started off much more experimental, and this project feels more accessible than some of my earlier work. That said, I can’t promise the next release will sound anything like this one.- it could go somewhere entirely different.
Q. Why did you choose the name Echoes of Becoming for the EP? What does it represent for you, both personally and artistically?
A. I chose the title because the tracks move intentionally toward a new state of being. The first track carries heaviness, and step by step, the music shifts until the last track offers a sense of freedom, even hedonism, or simply the ability to fully enjoy being.
When I say “becoming,” I’m talking about the journey from living mostly in the mind to living more with the heart; cultivating the ability to just be, without defining yourself in a particular way. Each song is an echo of that process; another layer of consciousness unfolding.
Q. The EP traces a journey from uncertainty to liberation. How do you see your own personal transformation reflected in the music, and how does this align with your evolution as an artist?
A. For me, the journey from uncertainty to liberation isn’t a one-time thing but rather a cycle. Even when we experience moments of freedom and joy, life eventually brings us back to uncertainty, loss, or challenge. The key in my opinion isn’t to avoid those periods, but to find our way back to liberation again. I’ve gone through this cycle many times, and I see it not as returning to square one, but as an upward spiral: each time we revisit uncertainty, we carry more tools, more understanding, and a wider, richer sense of self.
This idea mirrors my evolution as an artist. My music passes through phases of hesitation and openness, experimentation and reflection. Each project brings something new, and every phase of creation feels like another turn of that spiral, leading to a deeper, more authentic expression of who I am and what I want to communicate. The EP itself is a reflection of this process: a cycle of growth, discovery, and ultimately, transformation.
Q. "Behind the window blinds" touches on the idea that perception shapes reality. Can you expand on this concept, and how it connects to the larger themes of the EP?
A. I deeply believe that what’s within is without; that reality isn’t fixed “out there,” it’s born inside us first. A day can feel miserable because the rain drenched you, or almost sacred if you allow yourself to feel every drop, letting it wash over you. Falling in love is the clearest example: suddenly, the world transforms, colors glow, challenges fade, and everything around you carries beauty. An inner state that completely alters the outer world.
This track is the bridge between the others. The first ends with the question, “Where do I go from here?”, and Behind the window blinds feels like an answer to that. It lays the groundwork for the emotional release in the final track. To attain a state of freedom, the mind has to be reminded of its own power; that it is constantly shaping reality. If you believe life can be ecstatic, it will be. If you believe it’s only chaos, you’ll keep reinforcing that belief. In that way, every belief we hold about ourselves and our lives becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; an echo that eventually builds the world around us.
And I also believe that once you open up that space inside you -becoming a blank canvas again- you have to pause for a moment, sit with it, and then make sure you’re painting it in the way that feels most true and satisfying to you.
Q. In creating this EP, you used unconventional musique concrète techniques. Could you share more about these symbolic "ear-candies" and how they help express the emotional and thematic elements of the project?
A. I’ve mentioned before that I tend to make music based on what I’m feeling in the moment. One of the reasons I create is to preserve those feelings; to make them tangible, so they don’t fade away or get distorted with time. That’s where musique concrète really helps me. I often record sounds and conversations that are deeply connected to the song I’m working on. I’ve done this in all my past releases, and it’s very present in this EP too - especially in Formless.
I’m not going to reveal too much about the specific “ear-candies,” partly because I love leaving that space for the listener’s imagination, and partly because I’d like to keep them personal. For me, their value is symbolic. Whenever I hear them, I get this warm feeling, because they instantly bring me back to the exact moment and place they were recorded; the same moment the track is speaking about. Formless, for example, was inspired by a beautiful experience I had in Bilbao last summer, and you can find little field recordings from that trip woven throughout the track.
Q. The EP invites listeners to celebrate the full spectrum of emotional states, both light and heavy. Are there specific moments in your life, the highs and lows, that influenced this concept of embracing all emotions?
A. A few years ago, I read a book by Aldous Huxley that described lightness and heaviness of being in such a beautiful way. He compared life to a path full of quicksands, and said that to avoid being swallowed, you have to walk lightly, no matter how deeply you’re feeling. At the time, I was walking with very heavy steps, and resisting only made me sink further. It wasn’t until I embraced that heaviness and moved with it that I began to walk more freely. Befriending it allowed me to release it.
At the same time, I believe one of the main reasons we exist is to feel the full spectrum of emotions. It amazes me how intensely humans can feel, and for me, it’s always worth it. I keep my heart open to experiencing intense love for everything around me and inside me, even knowing that love can sometimes be heavy. I’m willing to bear that weight if it means truly feeling alive.
Q. The collaboration with Polina Capuano, David Laudat, and Rupert Mann seems to have been integral in finalizing the songs. How did you meet these collaborators, and what impact did they have on the sound and direction of the EP?
A. Polina is my lifelong best friend and also my flatmate, and working together has always felt natural because our skills complement each other so well. She’s an incredibly creative and skilled producer, and she also mixed the entire EP and added some elements to the production of the last track that really enhanced it. Because we live together, and because I trust her taste completely, she’s always the first person I turn to when I’m stuck on a song. Her role in this project went beyond the practical; she constantly pushed me to keep going and to raise the bar with whatever I was working on.
David is my vocal coach, mentor, and friend, and honestly one of the most talented musicians I know. His input, especially when it came to vocal production, had a huge influence on this EP. We’d meet every week, talking through my songs and finding ways to add more depth and dimension to them. In the past, I was a little resistant to collaborating with other musicians because I liked doing things my own way, but both David and Polina showed me how inspiring it can be to let other people in when it feels right.
Through David, I also met Rupert, who has been his collaborator for years. He added the finishing touches to the production of the second track, and his work really elevated the sound.
Q. Your music invites listeners to embrace contradictions, grief alongside joy, stillness with eruption. How do you personally navigate these dualities in your life and art?
A. First of all, I think one thing only exists because its opposite does. You can only feel joy because you’ve known grief; stillness can most be appreciated after eruption. In my music and life, I often draw inspiration from Nietzsche’s idea of the Dionysian and the Apollonian - the notion that these dual energies of life and the human spirit aren’t at war with each other, but complementary. I need both: the soft, dreamy steadiness of the Apollonian and the wild, ecstatic chaos of the Dionysian. And I want my music to hold both of those forces at once.
In my own life, I’ve learned not to shy away from the difficult emotions, because they’re the very things that make the beautiful ones possible. There was a period where I felt almost numb to life, and strangely, it was grief that woke me back up. Going through it brought me back the ability to feel joy again. That’s when I really understood that the two are inseparable; if you want to feel ecstasy, you also have to experience chaos - a principle that runs through my music and life, as I mentioned earlier.
Q. If there’s one thing you hope listeners take away from Echoes of Becoming, what would it be? What kind of emotional space do you hope they enter as they experience the EP?
A. What I hope most is that listeners can enter this EP on their own terms, without trying to force a feeling or a story. Each song carries something different, and I want people to let themselves feel whatever arises, whether it’s heaviness, joy, stillness, or sensuality. Ideally, by the end, they’ll notice a subtle shift; a sense of opening up, of loosening, of moving a little closer to freedom.
Q. Outside of music, who or what has had the biggest influence on your personal growth or artistic perspective?
A. Falling madly in love. This experience, both chaotic and ecstatic, continues to inspire me to this day.
Q. Dionysiac, we can't thank you enough for sharing these intimate details! So, what's next? Can you give us the inside scoop on your upcoming projects and what fans should be excited about? We’d love for the readers to hear the news directly from you!
A. Very soon, you’ll be able to hear my first collaborative track with Polina, and right now I’m really diving into our joint projects. There’s something about that organic, collaborative energy that just clicks for me.
At the same time, having just moved back to Greece after eight years in London, I’m excited to experiment with more Greek sounds and weave those influences into my music. I’m also looking forward to playing more live shows, especially in Athens. The art scene there has grown so much since I left, and I can’t wait to be part of it.
There’s a lot coming, and I hope listeners will feel the same excitement I do as these new pieces take shape. For me, it’s always about creating spaces -both in music and in life- where emotions, contradictions, and discoveries can unfold. I can’t wait to share that journey with everyone.
Dionysiac, thank you so much, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us!
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