In a personal essay penned for Dazed at the start of last summer, BAMBII reflected on the current state of electronic music, describing her experience in a realm “dominated by white men”. In 2018, the Toronto-based DJ and producer was “hesitant to express the full range of [her] sound, for fear of being reduced by purists as ‘urban’”, while the same white DJs saturating the space would “freely cross-cultural and sonic lines without hindrance”. BAMBII then went on to list musicians like Uniiqu3, Lady Shaka and LSDXOXO as the new vanguard of electronic music, describing their shape-shifting sets as “a refusal to adhere to a subcultural boundary or singular sound”.

Although she’d never be so bold as to include herself in that list, BAMBII firmly belongs in that group of iconoclasts, ones who boldly escape the limits of generic conventions. This has never been more evident than on the musician’s debut EP, Infinity Club. On the first track “You Are Now Entering The Infinity Club”, a heady concoction of multiple, overlapping voices repeat the song’s title in different languages, before BAMBII’s own voice concludes the cacophony in English. It’s the perfect tee-up for a record that melds disparate worlds and sounds, reminding us in 23 seconds flat why BAMBII has established herself as queen of the global dancefloor.

Although just eight tracks in length, the DJ’s eternally curious and expensive taste is operating at full throttle on Infinity Club. On “Slip Slide”, Ragz Originale brings a distinctly UK flavour to his fiery verse, delivered over a glowering bassline and dancehall-inflected groove. “Slip slide and I wanna get inside/If I was a rich girl would you let me ride it”, purrs BAMBII on the track, a quip that’s both siren call and social commentary. The jungle-inspired lead single “One Touch” plays havoc with heartbeats via a shuddering symphony of bass, while the introspective “Sydanie’s Interlude” sees fellow Canadian Sydanie take the reins for an expert dose of Toronto rap. Elsewhere, the Aluna-assisted “Hooked” delivers the simplest but snappiest pop refrain of the record (“Ooh, ya know I’m hooked don’t ya”), but it’s the punchy bass and bleating synths of closer “Infinity Club” that provides one final moment of ecstatic catharsis. If only the tracklist was as infinite as the club.

In other news, Flaer releases an instrumental album on Thea HD’s Odda Recordings, N-Dubz make a timeless return for their first album in 13 years, while Manchester rapper Iceboy Violet delivers a caustic tape of experimental hip-hop.

BAMBII, INFINITY CLUB

CURRENT JOYS, LOVE + POP

FLAER, PRELUDES

ICEBOY VIOLET, NOT A DREAM BUT A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION

MARK RONSON & ANDREW WYATT, BARBIE (SCORE FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

N-DUBZ, TIMELESS

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