LOTIC
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Zadnje desetletje je odločilno zaznamovalo življenje J’Keriana Morgan. Njen osvobodilni vpliv na eksperimentalno klubsko glasbo, ki ga je imela kot Lotic, se je hkrati vrnil v njeno ustvarjalno prakso in z vsako naslednjo ponovitvijo razkril bolj dovršeno in intrigantno evolucijo.
Njena zadnja izdaja, očarljivo intimni album Water, izdan 2021 pri založbi Houndstooth, je osupljivo razodetje; nežna meditacija o ljubezenskih izgubah in življenjski moči, časovnicah, krvnih linijah in trdoživosti.
Ko se je leta 2012 preselila v Berlin, je njena svobodomiselna zvočna estetika hitro zarezala v mestno nočno življenje z rezidenčnimi didžejskimi seti v nočnih klubih Berghain in Chesters. Sledila je vrsta dobro sprejetih mikstejpov, med njimi Fallout (2013), Damsel in Distress (2014), Agitations (2015) in Heterocetera (2015). Kmalu je pritegnila pozornost avantgardne ikonoklastičarke Björk, ki je izjavila: “Lotic je ena najbolj divjih performerskih didžejk, kar sem jih kdaj slišala.” To je privedlo do sodelovanja z islandsko umetnico pri remiksih na albumu Vulnicura in do povabila za otvoritev njenega koncerta v Berlinu leta 2015. Na svojem prvencu Power, ki je izšel leta 2018, je Lotic strah in ranljivost preoblikovala v utrditev osebne moči, “da bi svoj odtis vtisnila v to Zemljo, ker moraš, ko odideš, bodočim psicam sporočiti, da si bila tukaj”. Z albumom Power je Lotic slavila nad dvojnim tokom izgube in osebne preobrazbe ter se ponovno predstavila kot pevka in avtorica pesmi. Prvenec Power je požel uspeh zaradi izpiljenega produkcijskega sloga in pripovednih razmišljanj o rasi, spolnosti in spolu.
The last decade has irrevocably shaped the arc of J’Kerian Morgan’s life. The liberatory impact she has had on experimental club music as Lotic (meaning, »Of, relating to, or living in flowing water«) has in turn folded back into her creative practice, revealing a more finely realised and intriguing evolution with each subsequent iteration.
Lotic’s latest release, the bewitchingly intimate 2021 album Water, for Houndstooth, is a stunning revelation; a tender meditation on love’s losses and lifeforce, timelines, bloodlines and resilience.
Upon her move to Berlin in 2012, Lotic’s freewheeling sound aesthetic quickly cut a swath through the city’s nightlife with resident DJ sets at Berghain and Chesters nightclubs. A series of well-received mixtapes followed, including Fallout (2013), Damsel in Distress (2014), Agitations (2015) and Heterocetera (2015). She soon attracted the attention of avant-garde iconoclast Björk, who stated, »Lotic is one of the fiercest performer DJs I have ever heard.« This led to collaborative work on remixes for the Icelandic artists’s Vulnicura album and an invitation to open her 2015 Berlin concert. Lotic’s debut album Power, released in 2018, transformed feelings fear and vulnerability into a consolidation of personal agency and strength, »to burn your print into this Earth because when you go, you need to remind the future bitches that you was here.« Through Power, Lotic prevailed against the twin currents of loss and personal transformation to reintroduce herself as a singer-songwriter. Power was praised for its polished production style and its narrative reflections on race, sexuality, and gender.