Partywithray
partywithray on His Sultry, Party-Starting New EP: “The Dance Floor Is the Heart”
When you opt to embed the word party in your name, you have an obligation to put the “fun” in “function.” That is exactly the goal of #Partystarters, a seductively kinetic EP that partywithray hopes will cover dance floors from LA to Berlin with sweat. The Los Angeles-based producer recently unveiled the record, a song-cycle of frisky dance music designed for club hedonism. #Partystarters is a breakneck locomotive of steamy swag house. partywithray shows out on its four tracks, each of which drip with the down-and-dirty élan of a neon-swathed club floor. ZHU makes an appearance on the EP’s opener, a come-hither banger called “Lil Mama” that finds the Grammy nominee providing a flirtatious topline over a sultry arr...
Album Review: ZHU Ignites Gothic, Introspective Themes on Spellbinding “DREAMLAND 2021”
Electronic artist ZHU has always looked towards the future, but 2020 gave him more of a reason than ever. While trapped inside for most of last year, the Grammy-nominated virtuoso forged his latest LP, DREAMLAND 2021, with the intention of taking body, mind, and soul to a more optimistic soundscape of his own design. “I don’t believe that music, dancing, [or] the freedom of expression will be suppressed for much longer,” ZHU said in a press statement. “They can’t—that’s against human nature.” ZHU began his project with the intention of lighting up dancefloors, believing in their power to transcend and enable people to come together. Cultivating sounds by way of this mantra, the acclaimed artist has created another innovative work of art that seamlessly combines genre, style and mood. DREAM...
ZHU Reveals Tracklist and Collaborators for Upcoming Album, “DREAMLAND 2021”
Next week we will finally get to experience one of the most anticipated electronic releases of the year, DREAMLAND 2021 by ZHU. In an effort to hype up the record, more details on the album were shared over the weekend. Across his social media pages, ZHU shared artwork showcasing the 12 tracks included on DREAMLAND 2021 and revealed his collaborators and the titles of the songs. Set to join him on his upcoming LP are Channel Tres, Tinashe, Arctic Lake, partywithray, Kota the Friend, and Yuna. Back in March, he released one of the singles from DREAMLAND 2021, “Sky Is Crying” with Yuna. While he hasn’t given more of a taste of the new album since then, earlier in the month, ZHU announced that he would be playing six shows at Red Rocks in May in support of the upco...
