Published
Thu, May 24, 2018, 09:22
- The Mexican experimental producer is back with a record of "sprawling, textured techno."
Upgrayedd Smurphy (formerly DJ Smurphy) will self-release her new album, #PENINSULA, next month.
For her second LP, she's landed on a "sprawling, textured techno" sound full of "bass, rage and sincerity." Conceptually, #PENINSULA is a tribute to the time she spent living on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula while recovering from an injury.
"I started losing mobility and energy," she says, "and that made me obsessed with motion and the body, my body in motion, and how the lack of motion was transmitted weirdly to the audience during the live shows. This music was made to move the body, to say thanks to the body for its magic and its perfect complexity, and to say thanks to the elements from the Peninsula that were like clues that put the pieces together."
Now back in her hometown of Mexico City, she's working on a new live show that involves collaborations with modern dancers. She debuted it at last year's MUTEK.MX, where Matt McDermott described it as one of his top five favorites.
The album will come out on her label r-ch-v on June 21st.
Listen to a couple of the album tracks.
Tracklist
01. Piramide
02. Cenote
03. Selva
04. Poc Chuc
05. Bahia
06. Peninsula
07. Jaguar
08. Palmera
09. Mosquito
10. Hormigas
11. Jade
ch-r-v will release #PENINSULA on June 21st, 2018.
