Ashia’s ideas and voice, at once ethereal and demanding, are pop/rock, yet the sounds are at times classical and folk, being on the cello. Her style as described by Portland Monthly: “…one can’t help but hear a collage of influences. Grzesik can certainly give Joanna Newsom a run for her whimsy, she possesses the old-world charm and quirky dramatics of Regina Spector and the cello-punk instincts of Bonfire Madigan, and her voice vacillates between the throaty alto of Amanda Palmer and the ethereal soprano of Maria Callas. Simply put, she’s got a little bit of everything.”

Ashia about Diesel vs Lungs:

Diesel vs Lungs – Industry vs Nature, Machine vs Man

The ideas and concepts of the album and first song are based on the ideas and struggles of nature versus industry, and machine versus man, the body. There are lately, the ideas, to return to the earth, to walk away from fully industrialized life and to take care and protect nature, as well as our own bodies. We are starting to once again see that our own bodies are excellent modes of transportation! Walking, riding a bicycle, (or a bison) instead of using a car each time to just go to get groceries.

We are starting to turn lawns into vegetable gardens, re-use/recycle, and save energy, so as not to take too much from nature. Also, there is research being done to learn to cleanse what industry puts out, with the use of natural micro-organisms. In some way, this struggle this fight, between protecting nature and industrialization is also producing new ideas of how to create a balance between the two.

There are also the ideas of immigration, which relies on locomotion, on the possibilities of work, and escape from war/political struggles. If it isn’t for industrial jobs offered, for hope of freedom through work, than immigrants would possibly never leave their homes, whether to go abroad or change reg.......
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Ashia’s ideas and voice, at once ethereal and demanding, are pop/rock, yet the sounds are at times classical and folk, being on the cello. Her style as described by Portland Monthly: “…one can’t help but hear a collage of influences. Grzesik can certainly give Joanna Newsom a run for her whimsy, she possesses the old-world charm and quirky dramatics of Regina Spector and the cello-punk instincts of Bonfire Madigan, and her voice vacillates between the throaty alto of Amanda Palmer and the ethereal soprano of Maria Callas. Simply put, she’s got a little bit of everything.”

Ashia about Diesel vs Lungs:

Diesel vs Lungs – Industry vs Nature, Machine vs Man

The ideas and concepts of the album and first song are based on the ideas and struggles of nature versus industry, and machine versus man, the body. There are lately, the ideas, to return to the earth, to walk away from fully industrialized life and to take care and protect nature, as well as our own bodies. We are starting to once again see that our own bodies are excellent modes of transportation! Walking, riding a bicycle, (or a bison) instead of using a car each time to just go to get groceries.

We are starting to turn lawns into vegetable gardens, re-use/recycle, and save energy, so as not to take too much from nature. Also, there is research being done to learn to cleanse what industry puts out, with the use of natural micro-organisms. In some way, this struggle this fight, between protecting nature and industrialization is also producing new ideas of how to create a balance between the two.

There are also the ideas of immigration, which relies on locomotion, on the possibilities of work, and escape from war/political struggles. If it isn’t for industrial jobs offered, for hope of freedom through work, than immigrants would possibly never leave their homes, whether to go abroad or change reg.......
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