MiDi BiTCH – NEKYIA
After the last album “Sommernachtstraum”, MiDi BiTCH went silent for a long time.
This silence was not absence, but descent. In Homer’s Odyssey, nekyia names the ritual journey into the underworld — a confrontation with the dead in order to continue living. In Jungian terms, it is the encounter with the shadow: what has been repressed, fragmented, or left unheard. Nekyia emerges from this space.
The album is the result of a prolonged inward movement — passing through disintegration, repetition, and re-formation. Sonically, it moves through raw electronic structures, ritualistic rhythms, and fractured vocal traces. There is no narrative comfort here, only process.
This is not a continuation of Sommernachtstraum, but a threshold.
Like Odysseus, the return is altered. Like individuation, it remains unfinished.
Listening requires time – so does coming back.
Mark Jenkins:
„I’ve been listening, and „NEKYiA“ is very good. Rather dark, and sometimes challenging, but very good.“
Frans Lemaire – MICADO:
„This album brings a new style in the MiDiBiTCH portfolio. Very interesting sequences and voice atmospheres. Great album . It’s EM innovation. Congratulations Fredy. Favorite track: Integration Pending.“
Treatment of the Shadow 04:34
Depth Descent – Subconscious Exposure 04:26
Ego Integrity: Compromised 06:00
Affect Flattening Protocol 05:16
Dissociative Passage 05:20
Shadow Content Identified 05:14
Self-Concept Instability 05:14
Memory Without Narrative 06:06
Integration Pending 04:39
Residual Symptoms 03:33
released February 7th, 2026
The release includes a 34-page booklet with illustrations for each track and chapter, extending the album into a visual journey.
NEKYiA is not a myth — it is a psychological space.
NEKYIA is a deliberate descent into the underworld of the psyche, where sound replaces language and structure begins to dissolve.
The album traces depth-psychological states of dissociation, confrontation, and symbolic death without offering comfort or resolution.
It is not a promise of healing, but an invitation to remain present while the self loosens and something older speaks.
A Sound Ritual Through Shadow, Dissolution and Re-integration
This album follows the mind’s journey through darkness, trauma, and healing. Drawing from Jung’s shadow work and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, it traces the moments when identity dissolves, when the ego falls silent, and something deeper emerges.
These are not tracks — they are thresholds.
They ask you to feel, not think.
To listen, not interpret.
To transform, not escape.
//\\//\\ I. Descent //\\//\\
1. Treatment of the Shadow
Initial exposure to previously repressed material. Subject reports pressure without identifiable imagery. Increased internal noise. Defensive interpretation absent.
2. Depth Descent – Subconscious Exposure
Ego orientation destabilizing. Unconscious content surfaces without sequencing. Subject unable to determine origin or relevance of material.
3. Ego Integrity: Compromised
Boundary weakness observed. Sense of self intermittently fragmented. Difficulty maintaining coherent internal reference point.
//\\//\\ II. Confrontation //\\//\\
4. Affect Flattening Protocol
Marked reduction in emotional differentiation. Stimuli perceived without corresponding affect. Protective dissociative response suspected.
5. Dissociative Passage
Subject reports distancing from experiential center. Observational awareness maintained; embodied participation reduced.
6. Shadow Content Identified
Recognition of disowned psychic material without emotional engagement. No attempt at integration or resolution noted.
//\\//\\ III. Emergence //\\//\\
7. Self-Concept Instability
Persona structures deteriorating. Autobiographical identity inconsistent. Ego function appears secondary and unreliable.
8. Memory Without Narrative
Memory fragments present without temporal order. Recollection experienced as sensation rather than personal history.
9. Integration Pending
No synthesis achieved between conscious and unconscious material. Individuation process remains incomplete.
10. Residual Symptoms
Post-exposure effects persist. Altered baseline awareness noted. No return to prior psychic equilibrium.
— Midi Bitch
composed – sequenced – played – fredy engel 2026 | produced & mixed – frza @livingroom – with love and bitwig from Berlin | booklet & cover design: frza
track 1 and 4 based on a Polarity Grid-Patch / Bitwig Template.
polarity.bandcamp.com
DOWNLOADS
Pressinfo – Midi Bitch NEKYIA [German & Englisch]
Booklet NEKYIA – PDF