Lanza,Jessy: DJ-Kicks

Format: 2LP/Dow
Genre: Electro/Ambient
Label: !K7 / INDIGO
Release Date: 20.11.2021
Order Number: 05217901

Definitive vinyl release date is TBA, just pro-forma date for now. 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. 2LP TRACKLIST A1 Jessy Lanza - Guess What A2 Jessy Lanza - Seven 55 (feat. Loraine James) [DJ-Kicks] A3 Jessy Lanza - Wet x3 (feat. Taraval) A4 Oyubi - 140yaku B1 Jim C. Nedd - Maleka B2 Jessy Lanza - Heaving (feat. Taraval) B3 Dee Jay Nehpets - Na Na Na B4 DJ SWISHA - If the Shoe Fits C1 CN - Anubis C2 Lolina - A Path Of Weeds and Flowers C3 Mafia Boyz - Teaspoon La Qoh C4 The Raining Heart - Raining Heart D1 Michael J. Blood - Lip Biter D2 Markus Mann - I'm Losing D3 Mr. Ho - Bail-E D4 Golden Donna - Foaming 2LP black vinyl gatefold + DL card DL TRACKLIST 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