Cherushii

Cherushii

Far Away So Close

100% Silk

San Fran rave loyalist Chelsea Faith aka Cherushii centered her 2nd EP around its title track, which feels like some Balearic brunch dream-jam floating in the ether off the pier of a Mediterranean isle – swooping coastlines, seagulls, liquid sky sax (courtesy of jazz multi-instrumentalist Marcia Miget), sex surfer acid. Loop it and lose yourself. The record’s other three cuts stake her map across varied terrains, from psychedelic catwalks (“Set You Free”) to sensual moonlight (“Nightsteps”) to peak hour DJ booths (“Sweet Spot”). Far Away So Close finds Faith at her freest and most focused, glitter in her eyes and the dancefloor in her fingers. Music for bodies in motion, no matter the ocean. In SILK label sleeves designed by Spencer Longo. Mastered by Eric Hanson.

Cherushii

Memory Of Water

100% Silk

Released in advance of her Far Away So Close EP – although recorded almost a year later – Memory Of Water pools together eight dazed Cherushii excursions through sci-fi opera house, digital dolpin-scapes, cloud city slow-dives, ultraviolet synth-wave, and ambient Koi ponds. This is distinctly her least DJ-dedicated collection to date, exploring sprawls and spirals and planetarium modes not intended for dancefloor consumption, although ex-tour sister Ms. Maria Minerva does cameo on “Thin Line,” a prize pearl of Estonian discotheque-pop about “trembling on a tightrope caught between sweet seduction and mass destruction.” But overall these tracks reveal Cherushii's introspective side, vibing rich veins from new wiring schemes, chilled champagne, and Mission District memories. Mastered by Matt Tammariello.

Cherushii

Queen Of Cups

100% Silk

Bay Area hardware native Chelsea Faith's vinyl debut as Cherushii – a name she's been recording under since her first teenage techno Tascam experiments more than a decade ago – spills over with loves and lessons gleaned from her lifer voyage through the city's thriving rave underworlds. Although trained as a classical pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music, the rigidity of the culture disillusioned her, so she switched gears and dove headfirst into the Bay's expansive electronic warehouse scene, as both promoter and performer. For her 19th birthday she received a Yamaha RS7000 sequencer, thus birthing an obsession with live PA sets. Recorded mostly in SF (with the exception of one track cut in Berlin), and mixed by Matthew Zipkin, Queen Of Cups uses the blueprint of slow-burn deep house to thread waves of synth wash, acid flash, and strobe glow into a shimmering suite of 21st-century free-spirit sensory motion. Mastered by Eric Hanson. Art & design by Bobby Houlihan.