XIANNE-XI proved that electronica doesn’t must pander to passivity with Within the Combine—a darkly hypnotic, sci-fi-adjacent alt-electronica fever dream that cranks up the temperature with a bassline that prowls by means of the shimmering textures till the spiritually transcendent non-lexical vocal strains enter the combination and pull you away from the mechanised void. With drips of funk for good measure and eerie stabbing synth strains including a contact of avant-garde, which electronica isn’t caressed by, few producers on the airwaves can ship what XIANNE-XI is able to.
The grooves they alchemise are kryptonite to the rhythmic pulses. If John Carpenter was extra fascinated about crafting mixes for late-night DJ units as an alternative of horror scores and took a number of cues from Django Django, his work would resound in the identical decadently scrumptious vein as XIANNE-XI’s Within the Combine.
Rooted in Maryland and rising from a spot of war-born trauma, religion, and poetic goal, XIANNE-XI doesn’t simply produce tracks—she builds altars. Her work fuses acutely aware therapeutic with rhythmic launch, positioning her sound someplace between the sacred and the cinematic. As a blended indigenous producer, songwriter, poet, and mom, she pushes sonic boundaries with a beat-maker’s instinct and a visionary’s readability. Each bar, vocal layer, and synth stab in Within the Combine channels her unwavering dedication to creating area for these caught within the crossfire of psychological well being and generational anguish.
Within the Combine is now obtainable to stream on all main platforms, together with Soundcloud.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast