A focused performance from Jessy Lanza, together with an energetic set from Caribou, made for sounds filled with emotion
In an age when EDM has become the commercial heart of music, there is something oddly comforting about hearing dance music played with heart. The Canadians Jessy Lanza and Caribou are putting a pulse and emotion back into dance music by offering something a long way from Calvin Harris pumping his fist in an arena.
At first glance Lanza, positioned slightly off-centre on stage at Koko, looks indistinctive behind her Roland synth and mic stand. But when she sighs into 5785021, from her widely praised debut album, Pull My Hair Back, its hard not to pay attention. Her performance is tight and focused, and her songs work well live, though she is at times so understated that her breathy vocal and minimal R&B-inspired synth lines dissolve into the noise of the crowd.
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by Tshepo Mokoena via Electronic music | The Guardian
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