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Brooklyn-based producer Orlando Volcano has one foot in the UK’s thriving dance music underground and the other in a Kingston dance hall on his new EP Complete Concrete. With the EP coming out on London label Liminal Sounds and previous work with Mixpak, that blend of sounds makes sense, but for “Mixed Messages” a sultry pop sensibility comes into play too.
On “Mixed Messages” Orlando is joined by Gemma Dunleavy, who has previously lent her lush vocals to tracks with Murlo and Ziro, and the result is a seductive summer stormer. Orlando explains how it all came together:
“I’ve known Gemma from when I lived in Ireland a few years ago. I introduced her to Chris [Murlo] a few years ago and they made that EP together that Mixpak released. She’s been making great music since then and I have collaborated with her a few times. She’s definitely one of my favorite people to collaborate with and it was very easy and organic writing with her. We recorded her vocals in a studio near my house while she was visiting New York a couple of months ago.”
Listen to the premiere of “Mixed Messages” and the previously released “Gold Bars Riddim” below. Orlando Volcano’s Complete Concrete is out June 24 via Liminal Sounds.
