Throwing Shade

***THROWING SHADE is a rising London-based producer, DJ and NTS Radio presenter, who Dazed and Confused magazine have hailed her as “London’s new alt-pop hope”, received a 9/10 review from Mixmag for her debut EP 9/10, and charted in The Wire’s top 10 electronic releases of 2014. Her second EP Fate Xclusive effortlessly covers ground between seductive downbeat pop (lead single ’Honeytrap’, vocalled by EMILY BEE), pulsing club (‘4eva Fate’) and contemporary leftfield electronic music (‘Mirror’). All bear the rainbow fingerprints of her signature kaleidoscopic production style. The EP release sees her poised to build on a busy last 18 months and reach a wider audience. October 2013 saw her debut release—Mystic Places—on Kassem Mosse’s Ominira imprint. In May 2014 she released the 19 Jewels EP on No Pain In Pop, and followed up with the Chancer / Blanx 12” on the dancefloor label Happy Skull. She was commissioned by the Tate Britain gallery in November 2014 to composer a piece of music for the Turner Prize. Her productions are often described as “cosmic R&B' and “digital soul”. Drawing in iridescent strains of popular music—from African and Asian modes, to the grime-y axis of London’s contemporary sound narrative—Throwing Shade creates a diverse and abstract sound patchwork, intangibly borne in the here-and-now. Throwing Shade also presents a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio, a painstakingly researched showcase of weird and wonderful music from across the globe.