Galina Ozeran, widely known by her artist name Chikiss, is a Belarusian-born singer, composer and producer based in Berlin. Embracing music as an ongoing artistic journey, she has evolved from her roots in post-punk and experimental rock to a distinctive sound that blends synth-pop, minimalist electronics, and electro-acoustic textures – often enriched with noir-jazz undertones. Her latest album, Between Time and Laziness, written in St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Athens, was released on the iconic German label Bureau B, and renders the existential, psychological, and philosophical in song form. Exploring motivation and self-doubt, the long shadow of the Soviet Union, and collective empathy with a cinematic flair, Chikiss weighs darkness and light, landing on the side of hope in her most considered and polished album to date.