When it comes to music I would not call myself and expert but I do claim to be a kinkster for good music. The winter months are cold but for me it’s when I cuddle up to rhythmic sounds by indie artists like Denitia and Sene.
This year has definitely been a good year for music. From mainstream to indie artists music has seen a resurgence; a long overdue treat for music lovers like myself.
My latest fetish is denitia and sene. A few months ago I heard the song, “Divided” and fell in love with it. Like always, life takes over and time passes by and I forgot about this gem. However, while scanning through my music on a very gloomy and rainy day here in NYC, I clicked play and fell in love all over again.
“Divided,” a neo-soul, richly soulful and electronic harmonious song set the mood right with the rain, the whisper of winter and a nice glass of wine; a mood set for a magical evening at home.
Quoted from their about page, “Honestly, I’m not concerned with the genre,” says Sene, “I think it’s kind of funny that we get described in so many different ways. I’ve never been opposed to the idea of making pop music. Pop is short for popular. You can call it whatever you want, really.”
At a time when New York City is taking a lot of heat for being overly expensive, too clean, and no longer a place fit for harboring the hungry young starving artist, the continued success of a duo like denitia and sene. is particularly inspiring. For Sene, a native New Yorker, the city continues to be a constantly renewable kaleidoscope of influence and inspiration. For Denitia, a Texas native who, like so many before her, moved to the city to explore her creative ambitions, New York has been a crucial element not only in the development of her band, but on her development as a human being. The restless energy and the need to evolve that is so much a part of denitia and sene.’s music could only have been inspired by the very same city that brought the two musicians together.
“I love New York and I feel like it’s the struggle of being here—and how hard it is to come here from wherever you might have grown up—that makes for such good art and music,” says Denitia. “I always think of New York like a rock tumbler—remember those things from when you were kid? You put a bunch of rocks inside and eventually it polishes them by rolling them around together?—this city is like that. You come here and live among millions of people, every day you get bumped around and turned around and eventually—if you are lucky—you emerge from that experience as something else, something shiny and new.”
denitia and sene. is definitely on our radar and looking forward to hearing more from this hype group.
