Various Artists/Jessy Lanza - DJ Kicks: Jessy Lanza [CD]

!K7 Records

£11.41

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: K7407CD
Barcode: 0730003740725
Release Date: 19 Nov 2021
Genre: Trance/Experimental Pop

Jessy Lanza has always made music that perfectly suits the mood – whether it’s the heads-down trance of the dancefloor or that hazy, post-club bliss. It’s no surprise for an artist that takes electronic music’s most intoxicating sensibilities and effortlessly reimagines them as experimental pop and R&B. The Canadian singer, producer and DJ from Hamilton, Ontario, has trodden an inspiring path which led to 2013’s boldly minimalist debut Pull My Hair Back, released on revered UK label Hyperdub. Gorgeously complex follow-ups Oh No – shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize – and 2020’s All the Time crowned her as a singular talent in the left-of-pop sphere.

It’s with this genre-bending approach that Jessy Lanza presents her entry for the DJ-Kicks series – a sprawling, club-indebted odyssey that draws you in closer and closer with each listen. Recorded this summer, the mix is an incisive snapshot of her emotional landscape during the past 18 months. In 2020, with nothing but a van, a few personal belongings and her musical gear, Lanza and her partner relocated from New York City to the Bay Area to ride out the pandemic. A change of scenery, buoyed by the slower pace of their new home, gave her a fresh perspective during a worldwide screeching halt.

Jessy Lanza’s DJ-Kicks mix also arrives as a divine stroke of timing. As the world slowly starts to re-open, it’s a portal into the ecstatic energy of the dancefloor; an emblem of genuine healing – both personal and communal – that transports listeners to a state of pure euphoria.

Tracklisting:
CD
01 Jessy Lanza - Guess What
02 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks]
03 Jessy Lanza - Wet x3 (feat. Taraval)
04 DJ Spookie - Twilite
05 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter
06 Mr. Ho - Bail-E
07 Crystal - Jungli - la [Joe Howe Club Mix]
08 Masarima - Freak Like U [Club Mix]
09 Golden Donna - Foaming
10 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh
11 Markus Mann - I'm Losing
12 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka
13 Maarten Van Der Vleuten - Nightshift
14 Secret Werewolf - Yage
15 Grain - Untitled B2
16 Gant-Man - Distorted Sensory (Loefah's South Side rmx)
17 G3 - Drum 2 [Peanut]
18 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds and Flowers
19 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na
20 Oyubi - 140yaku
21 DJ SWISHA - If the Shoe Fits
22 Jessy Lanza - Heaving featuring Taraval
23 TAH - Beat It Up Like (These Drums)
24 Kanyon - IDFW Snakes
25 CN - Anubis
26 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart