Nównøis drops “incomplete (the shinobu version)”

A product of London’s experimental sphere, Nównøis is an artist who constructs entire worlds that listeners both explore and get completely lost within. Born in Hungary and raised on a sonic diet that floats across R&B, trip hop and Eastern European folk, her sound is an adventurous act of creative endeavour. Under the Nównøis alias, she’s built a space where hypnotic rhythm, emotional context and atmosphere collide to make music that feels at once intimate and otherworldly.

Formerly known as NAGYEDi, Nównøis has long been fascinated by the textures of everyday life and you can hear it in her production, the soft buzz of a city street, the hush of a train, the rustle of air caught between beats. These sounds, often unnoticed, find their way into her work, blending with electronic elements and haunting vocal layers to form a style of experimental pop that doesn’t need to declare itself as such; it just is.

Her journey as Nównøis began in 2023 with the release of “Golden Gray,” a collaboration with Levente Fegyverneky that marked the start of her reinvention. Followed with a string of releases that earned her a reputation as one of the most intriguing new voices in alternative pop, Nównøis also collaborated with a number of artists including The Third Man, Nowherer and Julius. She also appeared on releases by The Subtheory, Boohai, Ainti and others, subtly infiltrating the underground electronic world with her fiercely original output.

This year, she’s kept up the creative momentum, first with the new single “rain falling” and now with “incomplete (the shinobu version),” a reimagining of her self-produced original that strips back the layers to reveal something quieter, more fragile and profoundly affecting. Revolving around deep bass textures, clipped drums and mantra-like vocal chants, the track feels like it was designed for late-night solitude, best experienced through headphones when the world outside has gone still.

Not so much a remix as a gentle creative twisting, the rework presents a way of looking at the same feeling from a different angle, thematically distilling the quiet panic of trying to stay balanced in a world that keeps shifting. Flowing with the steady clop of mellow percussion, immersive instrumental tones and stacked layers of emotive vocal performance, the shinobu version of “incomplete” sees Nównøis deliver an engrossing reimagining of the song.

The track forms part of EP1•Verses, a fully DIY outing release that capture her absorbing approach between audio, visuals, concept design and even handmade merchandise, creating a complete artistic ecosystem. As she continues to impress on her wildly creative and highly transportive musical adventure, we can’t wait to see what Nównøis has in store next.

Commenting on the new single, she shares, “Incomplete was released as the second self-produced Nównois single I’ve somehow never been fully happy with. I started playing around with the core idea: a dark R&B-type beat where I might even accept the fact that I’m incomplete, without the fierceness that appears in many of my songs. You know, the cycle of suffering and resisting, but in peace and silence. Shinobu style.”

Listen to incomplete (the shinobu version) below

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