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Gelli Haha has been dynamite lately getting a glowing review for her debut album in Paste Magazine. As the article describes: "Switcheroo is a dance party of primary colors, Electrix effects, and strange samples (did you hear the bear attack on the back half of “Dynamite”?) that emerged through Abaya’s careful songwriting and a love of twisted disco shared with co-producer Sean Guerin of De Lux. Together, they warp dance and synth-pop with a post-punk gloom that underscores Abaya’s aestheticized and verbalized absurdity."
In addition, she hits a guest selector set on KCRW's Freaks Only.
Cool Band Alert… “a veritable buffet of dancefloor-ready sounds, from bubbly disco rave-ups and gritty underground club bangers, to stretched out slow jams that ache with sincerity.” Bandcamp
“A delightfully deranged party girl whose bleepy vintage synths, sleazy chug and tireless disco keeps things weird in the right way” The Guardian
“Gelli Haha is ready for her close-up. The LA artist’s debut LP is for fans of weird and whimsical pop concoctions, offering 10 tracks that would feel at home in either a contemporary art exhibit or a discotheque.” The Boston Globe
“well worth your attention” KCRW
“… an album of such effervescence it is practically a geyser” The Quietus
Gelli Haha’s stellar debut album Switcheroo is here. A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha (pronounced Jelly-Haha) is a space for pure creative chaos that exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51. Gelli’s music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Switcheroo is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli.
With a shared taste for off-kilter pop and vintage gear, producer Sean Guerin (of De Lux) joined Gelli in turning freshly-formed demos into a high-voltage experiment, abandoning meticulous structure for something freer and more electrifying. Every song on Switcheroo makes use of a myriad of recording toys; wacky analog effects, such as the Eventide Harmonizer, MXR Pitch Transposer, and various Electrix units, fashion an intentionally flawed and strictly silly texture throughout the album. Switcheroo is an exercise in letting go, an inside joke turned theatrical spectacle.
“Acid-Tinged Pop-Art” FLOOD
“well worth your attention” KCRW
Cool Band Alert…”a veritable buffet of dancefloor-ready sounds, from bubbly disco rave-ups and gritty underground club bangers, to stretched out slow jams that ache with sincerity.” Bandcamp
“A delightfully deranged party girl whose bleepy vintage synths, sleazy chug and tireless disco keeps things weird in the right way” The Guardian
“...I can’t imagine anything I want to hear more" The Quietus
Gelli Haha reveals “Normalize”. Influenced by 80s Nigerian soul boogie, her final single ahead of the release of debut full-length album, Switcheroo, delivers mid-tempo synth-funk underneath a raw but smooth vocal. Gelli Haha expresses her desire to be free of hardships in the chorus, singing “I want to fly away”. The video for “Normalize” adapts Gelli Haha’s live stage performance into film, and is the next chapter of the psycho-science experiment that began in the previous single, “Spit,” revealing Gelli has been transformed into a parachute monster. The series was directed by David Gutel.
A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha (pronounced Jelly-Haha) is a space for pure creative chaos that exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51. Gelli’s music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Switcheroo, is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli.
São Paulo based artist dadá Joãozinho released his critically acclaimed debut project for Innovative Leisure in 2023 which careens across musical universes like a psychedelic fever-dream - 13 distinct, yet porous movements shoplifting from samba, baile funk, dub, hip-hop & even punk while inventing a few future styles in the process. Like if Arthur Russell and Lee Perry co-owned a recording studio in Brazil producing for Jorge Ben. He returns with a follow-up EP
1997 is his follow-up LP and released in digital formats.
"Brilliant Album!" - GILLES PETERSON
"one of the coolest records of the year" - AMOEBA RECORDS
"as laid back as it is endlessly replayable" - THE FADER
"A dazzling collage of baile funk, hip-hop, and jazz" - REMEZCLA
"Paying homage to samba and bossa styles, Joãozinho sets modern production elements to his work by sampling the band he assembled, tearing it up, then chopping and flipping the arrangements. It’s heaven." - KCRW
Serebii, the New Zealand-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist announces new album Dime out March 28, 2025 while releasing a video + single for "Verrans Corner." KCRW premiered the track.
Serebii says of the new single - - >
"The track was co-written with Leith Sye Towers and came out of a session we had last summer. Calling it a session feels a bit odd. We’ve known each other since childhood, and music was just another thing we picked up along the way and interfaced with together. There’s a healthy regression that occurs when you work with a childhood friend. You can tap into the playfulness and naivety while still leveraging the insights and growth you've gained over the years. We approached this collaboration with the calm, comical, and unflappable sense of persistence afforded by our shared history. This sense permeated the track, from the ad hoc and primitive piano playing to the apparitional ornamentation and the lyrical allusions, all pointing to a nondescript circular issue trying to fit through an even less descript square hole."
The single is accompanied by a video, which Serebii continues, “The video aims to be childish, blending playfulness and grandeur. I’d never sailed a ship before, neither had I shrunk to the size of a small figurine. It was mostly an excuse to get out into lush landscapes in Aotearoa, New Zealand with a group of friends. I am extremely proud of how this video came out with such a small budget and timeline.”
Dime is availabe for pre-order and both "Verrans Corner" & "Might As Well Be Watching" are available for stream at this link.