Ostrava–Poruba born-and-raised national champion in biathlon and fresh alumna of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, LilaTesla, alias Markéta Kubíčková, is foremost a ☆ sick girl making sick music ☆, and she’s right in your face, ready to prove it once and for all. After actively performing for quite some time and steadily gaining recognition across the Czech music and art scene, the aspiring superstar unveiled her full-fledged producer abilities with the Jasmine Romance EP, self-released in early 2023. Having followed her rise closely since the days when she was a steady visitor at our earliest events, we at Gin&Platonic are reveling in this full-circle moment: the announcement of Lila's debut longplay album – FATAL.
In the making for an extensive period of time, FATAL's final shape was refined by gritty Icelandic elements, woven together with creative outbursts from collaborations with newfound musical companions, as well as a tide of grief caused by the tragic loss of an unexpected inspirational acquaintance. Outlined by the fruitful loneliness of a semester in Gdańsk and the following visit to Reykjavík, an intense calling to find her own genuineness took off. At its core, FATAL is about self-confidence – and the longing not to be just a 'girl that makes music,' but to be seen as a musician.
On the album, Lila allows herself to express intuitively – layering her sonic narration without a preoccupied direction, much like she freely portrays her day-to-day silly–cheesy stories. The process of trial and error is almost tangible throughout FATAL, mixing diverse ingredients into a seductive potion of late-night elegance, alluring like her self-composed perfume, which was part of her recent diploma. The base of the FATAL scent: being a teen and completely obsessed; the heart: bravery and genuine mischief; the top: evaporating into radical fragility.
Written & produced by Markéta Kubíčková
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Mastered & partially mixed by Fausto Mercier
soundcloud.com/fausto_mercier
Artwork by Jiří Macků
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