fade to mind is a both a record label and a movement, a series of club nights and cooperative projects in music, visual art, video and apparel. led by los angeles based kingdom, fade to mind is an injection of the personal back into contemporary club music. sparked by kingdoms longstanding relationships with dallas dj/producer prince william, la-based nguzunguzu and total freedom, as well londons night slugs collective (to which fade to mind will operate as a sister label), fade to mind marks a dramatic genesis of collaboration between the uk and american undergrounds.

with the upcoming release of her debut ep warn-u, tri angle is extremely excited to introduce ayshay. born in senegal, raised in kuwait and now living in new york city, fatima al qadiri is the producer and vocalist behind ayshay. fuelled by her fascination with the sacred songs of islam warn-u is a homage and reinterpretation of the sounds that have haunted al qadiri since she was a child. constructed entirely out of her own vocals, which she filtered and layered upon one another warn-u is al qadiris attempt to reconfigure the concept of sacred music as inspiring divine love and divine fear. even in her adoption of the name ayshay, a flippant term which means whatever in arabic, fatima al qadiri seeks to distance the austere values inherent in worship music from her own interpretation of the latter.

das mixtape als remixalbum. charakteristisches merkmal von kelelas mixtape -cut 4 me- sind ihre vocals Ÿber instrumentale clubtracks von djs der labelfamilie aus fade to mind (los angeles) und night slugs (london), zwei der derzeit spannendsten kreativzellen der szene an der schnittstelle zwischen elektronischer clubmusik und frischen urban-sounds aus r&b, hip hop und grime/dubstep, was weltweit kritiker und kollegen wie solange knowles oder bjšrk aufhorchen lie§. wŠhrend das original mit 13 tracks 2013 digital und als limitiertes vinyl erschien, erfŠhrt die deluxe edition erweitert um acht brandneue remixes (hier zum ersten mal auch auf vinyl) nun den cd-erstrelease. kelela ein neuer stern am r&b-firmament des 21. jahrhunderts!

excellent experimental / ambientish tracks