{"product_id":"kelly-lee-owens-kelly-lee-owens","title":"Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore starting work on the self-produced album, Owens, a 28-year old Londoner, turned her keen ear towards dance music after working with techno producer \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Avery\u003c\/strong\u003e in a London record store. Her voice and contributions can be heard on Avery‰۪s \u003cem\u003eDrone Logic\u003c\/em\u003e. Since then, she self-released two white label 12‰۝s, with the ‰ÛÏOleic‰۝ EP to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eHer debut solo album is first and foremost Owens‰۪ vision, a record that exudes a startling level of intimacy even in its largest-sounding moments - such as ‰ÛÏArthur,‰۝ a percolating mixture of looped vocals and rustling rhythms that rides on a perpetual near-crescendo. The song is a tribute to the late iconoclastic musician and kindred spirit Arthur Russell. ‰ÛÏHe wrote music and stayed true to his vision up until the day he died, ‰۝ Owens explains. ‰ÛÏHe didn‰۪t compromise as an artist, and those are the kind of people I look up to - people who know what they want.‰۝ On S\/T Owens translates that self-assertiveness into a record that explores a variety of moods - sadness, anxiety, darkly shaded ecstasy - with a trippy-eyed clarity and confidence that only bodes well for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eIn addition to Avery, who has a co-write credit on \u003cem\u003eKelly Lee Owens\u003c\/em\u003e‰۪ ghostly \u003cstrong\u003e‰ÛÏKeep Walking,‰۝\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJenny Hval \u003c\/strong\u003ealso appears on the album‰۪s lead single, ‰ÛÏAnxi.‰۝ It‰۪s a track that shifts from drifting tones and distant vocals to warm squelches and tunnel-vision club beats. ‰ÛÏIt has been my most freeing and open collaboration so far, and my first time working with a female,‰۝ Owens says of working with Hval. \"It was a very powerful experience for me, I felt she brought something strange and quite beautiful.‰۝\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322867233145,"sku":null,"price":11.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/kelly-lee-owens-kelly-lee-owens-south-records-ltd_77e4601e-a839-434a-9895-55ec2154b301.jpg?v=1787903677","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/kelly-lee-owens-kelly-lee-owens","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}