The first release of 2026 on katharsis is "The Death of the Nymph Hesperia", the debut album by British electronic musician Enimsa. Shaped across rural Sweden, Copenhagen, and the UK, the album draws from cold environments and long stretches of time. It moves deliberately, emphasising patience, restraint, and gradual change over resolution and payoff, allowing moments of rupture and fragmentation to interrupt its surface.

The record settles into a synth-heavy, industrial-leaning sound world, built from a limited set of materials and recorded in intimate settings. Bright, thin tones sit against heavier structures; fragments of melody appear briefly before dissolving. The pacing remains suspended, with interludes acting as connective tissue rather than breaks.

Named after a mythological painting of stillness and loss, the album centres on quiet processes and states rather than narrative: erosion, incubation, and slow transformation. Track titles point toward surfaces and thresholds, suggesting a work that unfolds through attention and duration.

released February 16, 2026

artwork by Enimsa
mixing & mastering by jjjacob