Jlin: “Iris”

Got that tremolo rocking on the synth sample, right? Jlin is a hard moniker to read and pronounce until you realize it likely derives from the artist’s first name ‘Jerrilynn,’ which you could shorten to ‘J-Lynn’ and stylize as ‘Jlin.’ Easier to say as two syllables rather than one syllable.

On our highlighted track “Iris” Jlin creates the sonic space for some fancy footwork. Instead of the constant builds and falls and drops and rises of most paint-by-numbers techno, the artist builds drama through a kind of patterned, almost fugal, growth of the musical theme. The track marks out territory, doubles back on itself, and pulls you through new openings until you're tied up like a knot. Shades of Avalon Emerson. Off the full-length Akoma.

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