Cherished London rave enchantresses LUXE & Angel D‘lite recently unveiled their first-ever joint EP release ‘Enchanted’ on transcendental London record label GODDEZZ. The long-time bezzies have conjured up two luxurious dance productions ‘Cloud 69’ & ‘Dance Enchantress’; complimented by reciprocal remixes of each other’s tracks as well as a full party bag of remixes from their close friends Baraka, FAFF, Local Group and Mabel.
Here they give us a glimpse behind the curtain of the world of Enchanted & hazy pics of their cake-fuelled release party in London.
Angel D’lite – It was really fun to merge our visions together on this – I’m so happy with the outcome. The whole EP magically manages to encapsulate our sounds, visually and sonically. I can lack confidence in my work and vision and can easily spiral into feeling like it’s not good enough, and give up on solo musical projects but working with Lucy and Oli [Goddezz] left no room for spirals!
We have a really wide range of influences between us, sonically, artistically and just what we’re generally into in life, anything from colour and textures to sounds and clothes so i think it all just melded into one world with Enchanted.
LUXE – It was so fun bouncing ideas and coming up with a fully formed concept – working on solo stuff isn’t necessarily always as collaborative / playful !
Goddezz – We all thought it would be cute to take some disposable cameras down to the release party at Spanners to remember the night. The pics came out super hazy & chaotic but that sums up the vibe tbh! Was such a beaut and care-free evening, we had rub-on-tattoos instead of door stamps and a special Enchanted cake made by Sadie’s friend Florence which quickly got demolished by the crowd.
LUXE – I wanted to indulge in making something that doesn’t take itself too seriously and is a nice melding of some of my main influences, trancey and bassy with a hint of garage swing. Dance Enchantress felt like a fitting name with the alluring little vocal chop.
Angel D’lite – I admire all the remixers so much and I’m so grateful to have them all together on this.
I’ve been a big fan of Baraka (as people and artists) for a while now and that was really exciting for me to get them on this project, as it’s also their 1st remix! They have such a unique sound that spans sexy naughties-esque downtempo, 90s gabber, modern trance and techno, but always ravey and sexy, there’s a mindblowing Baraka track for every time of the day or night. I had no idea what they would make for us, but I really couldn’t be happier with what they’ve done!
Both FAFF and Local group are good friends of mine, I knew FAFF would bring their silly, camp, sexy nrg to this release, and it’s totally exceeded any expectations, actually becoming my favourite FAFF production, it’s all of the above, fun and funky fresh. I knew whatever Local Group would make would be a dancefloor destroyer, everything they put out is, and an instant bassbin hit. It means a lot to me to have them on this, we have remixed each other before, but this track is really next level.
LUXE: I feel as though Sadie and I have been talking about writing / working on some music together for a long while… We’ve always been close on eachothers production journeys – it feels really nostalgic and emotional to think back to our flurries of texts hyping eachother in our early days of production. Sadie was the first person to hear some of the first tracks I ever made and her infectious energy and encouragement helped me find confidence in what I was doing – I feel so grateful. Seeing her trajectory makes me so unbelievably proud and i’m so excited to see how life continues to unfold <3
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Enchanted is out now: https://goddezz.bandcamp.com/album/enchanted-ep
