Longstocking - Creating Space

Song of the Day
Hosted by Kevin Cole

Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of Drive Time on KEXP, is "Creating Space" by Longstocking, from the 2023 album Creating Space on Feral One Records.


 
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Local DJ/producer/vocalist Denni Kindred — aka Longstocking — honors the roots of BIPOC/ Queer/ Gender Queer artists in house music with both her own music and the like-minded artists she releases via her label Feral One Records. 

Her latest LP, Creating Space, takes inspiration from Seattle itself, as she explains in an interview with Inflyte+:

With Creating Space, I was crawling through a long and rough bout of depression. I have Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) which internally quite often matches our Seattle skyscape. I feel at home in the greyscape of marine layers that is Seattle. It lends itself to artists who lean toward an introspective sound. This album was more self therapy and discovery than my previous works, in that I was trying to survive while producing. I end up making shamelessly happy flirty sounds trying to remind myself why life is magical. But, there are songs where I let the darkness work through and in the process hopefully offload some of that.

 

Check out the track below, and hear an exclusive mix from Longstocking on our show Midnight in a Perfect World here.

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