The lyrics are so powerful and meaningful 🙌

Dolla Bills

Raza bless this beat

Coming off an immediately chart-topping release, Seattle's own Longstocking (real name Denni Kindred) returns to her own label, Feral One Records, with an album of original material entitled Sunglow Pier.

In line with all of Kindred's work, the seven tracks across Sunglow Pier take a deep dive into her humanity and personality. As a Trans/Non-Binary artist, she has always maintained a confident, outspoken demeanor, using her honesty as a means to face the inherent challenges presented to LGBTQIA+ people; fighting to make the scene—and everywhere beyond—an equal place for everyone.

Kindred's words, her social media posts, label curation, and most prominently, her music, all serve this mission through revelatory admissions about her own experiences.

On her last EP, Oneironaut (the debut release on Feral One Records) she explored her dreams alongside the Calgary-based artist, TKO, and topped out at No. 1 on Beatport's Top 100 Bass House Releases Chart, No. 2 on the Top 100 Dance/Electro Pop and No. 5 on the Top 100 Deep House.

Now with Sunglow Pier, Kindred is back in the physical plane, exploring not her dreams, but her soul. Throughout the album, she ensures the human element is strong and apparent, demonstrating Longstocking is an artist who understands who she is and where she's been.

Some of the themes she touches on include her Chicanx heritage, which she explores thoroughly on "Come Out Sad One," with bright disco tinges that sound like they were second-hand recorded from a boombox playing old tapes during a family block party. Trust, that's a good thing.

"Fancy Dancer" is Kindred's ode to yet another musical love of hers, classical music, specifically Antonio Vivaldi, the mastermind behind The Four Seasons. As with all her music, there is little sense of humility in this track as she shamelessly samples string passages and splices them into the present with expert precision.

Kindred's candid approach doesn't wash over the challenges and emotions in the experience of her own life and those she's shared with others, though, as compositions like "Into The Current" depict the rougher parts of personal journeys. Such a journey is bound only by choice, and her non-traditional choices within the track reflect the long and winding road of finding yourself.

The title track closes things out on a bespoke note with a genre of Kindred's own making called Swell House. "As in surf swell," she describes. The staccato, rapid-fire guitar patterns touch on Dick Dale's infamous fret-work, but surfing served as more of a calming escape for Kindred, a feel created by the other elements of the track as they fade in and out, just like the tides.

All art is an extension of the person who creates it, but Sunglow Pier takes that concept that much further. It's more than an extension. It's an invitation. An invitation to know Kindred, to dance with her, and to join in her fight.

Cover Art: Denni Kindred (Seattle, US) & Senz One (Puebla, MX)
Mastering: Hume Audio (Seattle, US) www.humeaudio.com

Artist: Longstocking, aka Denni Longstocking Kindred
@djlongstocking
www.longstockingmusic.com
linktr.ee/Longstocking
Release: August 5th on Beatport (August 19th for all platforms)
Cover Art: Denni Kindred (Seattle, US) & Senz One (Puebla, MX)
Mastering: Hume Audio (Seattle, US)

www.feralonerecords.com
linktr.ee/feralonerecords

Sunglow Pier

Fancy Dancer

Longstocking - Fancy Dancer

Villa Villekulla (feat. KaiBu & AriaBaria)

Longstocking - Villa Villekulla (feat. KaiBu & AriaBaria)

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Longstocking - Dumb Daa Daa

Midnight in a Perfect World: Longstocking

Seattle-based DJ, producer, vocalist, and label runner Denni Longstocking Kindred has emerged as an integral force within Seattle's electronic music community since unveiling her debut release in 2020. Over the past three years, Longstocking has released EPs, albums, and remix collections that have skyrocketed to the top of the Beatport charts, and also launched their own label, Feral One Records, to serve as a homebase for their own music and other emerging underground acts. As a Chicanx, Non-Binary, Transfemme Queer, Longstocking is a fervent supporter of the LGBTQBIPOC community and driven by a desire to see dance music return to its cultural roots.

With the focus of her mix revolving around Seattle's independent dance scene, Longstocking's exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World places a spotlight on local talent with a seamless run through infectious house and party-starting tech-house rhythms by local artists, with many coming from artists on her imprint.

- ALEX RUDER 09/25/2023
https://www.kexp.org/read/2023/9/25/midnight-in-a-perfect-world-longstocking/

ARTIST			TITLE
Toto			Africa (Mason's Re-jig)  @musicofmason
Cutwires			The Touch  @cutwires
Bess Maze		Arp Symphony  @bessmaze
Arnaldo Messy	Wut  @arnaldomessydj
Michael Beggs	Way You Feel @michael-beggs-music
ALAFLOW		Generator @alaflow
Longstocking		Skip  @djlongstocking
Longstocking		ID  @djlongstocking
Rachel Vick		Tough Love  @rachelvickmusic
Kevin Knapp		Rockstar @kevin-knapp
Miss Min.D		Luna  @miss-min-d
Longstocking		Good Stuff (Emuh Remix)  @djlongstocking @emuhmusic
Wolfstax			Glitchy Glam  @ wolfstax


www.longstockingmusic.com
linktr.ee/Longstocking

KEXP DJ Set

Longstocking KEXP DJ Set: Midnight in a Perfect World Series 9/23

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Zzz (skrrrt)

🚀 Skyflare – the new album by John Franklin! ✨
17 electronic tracks that hit hard 🔥
A mix of old-school electro house, deep house, and Detroit house — raw, cool, and full of vibe 😎🎶

And yes… I intentionally used the same vocal samples in two tracks — because it just sounds too damn good 😍🔊

If you're into fresh vibes: listen, feel it, enjoy 💫
And if you love it → maybe grab the album 😉🙏

Skyflare

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Bizzarre World

Dj.DamianR - Gdy Śliczna Panna (House)

Denni Longstocking, aka. Longstocking, is a dance producer, musician and artist based out of Seattle, WA

Aside from being a time traveling mind spy and label boss of Seattle's premiere dance label @feralonerecords , Longstocking is a 4x4 beat aficionado with gravitational pulls toward house, breaks, techno, downtempo and other benign goodies. Releases can be found on Feral One Records, Plump Records, My Techno Weighs A Ton, Lots of Practice, Artichokes Are Yellow, Observatory Music and more.

Info/Press/Booking: info@LongstockingMusic.com
More at www.LongstockingMusic.com

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