Kelela

KELELA ANNOUNCES MELBOURNE HEADLINE SHOW

Take Me Apart out now on Warp Records via Inertia Music

Kelela has today announced an exclusive Melbourne headline date to coincide with her Australian tour in support of The xx in January 2018. Kelela will be playing at 170 Russell on Monday, January 15, tickets are on sale now – details below.

Kelela’s debut album Take Me Apart was released this year to universal acclaim, emerging as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela’s art – even when clad in the armour of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits – and Take Me Apart sees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

In September, Kelela performed at the iconic Hollywood Bowl alongside like-minded artistsSolange, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, KING, and Kelsey Lu. Now she’s in the midst of a lengthy tour, playing shows across North America through November, with a slew of dates in Europe to come before heading to Australia in January, 2018. Recently heralded by Björk as one of the icon’s favourite artists, don’t miss this opportunity to see Kelela perform her new album live.

KELELA
Handsome Tours & Frontier Touring presents

Monday, January 15 | 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC

Tickets

Also appearing:

Supporting The xx

Saturday, January 13 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday, January 17 | Riverstage, Brisbane QLD
Saturday, January 20 | The Domain, Sydney NSW

more info

Tuesday, January 16 | Rocket Bar, Adelaide SA

Tickets

Kelela
Take Me Apart

1. Frontline
2. Waitin
3. Take Me Apart
4. Enough
5. Jupiter
6. Better
7. LMK
8. Truth Or Dare
9. S.O.S.
10. Blue Light
11. Onanon
12. Turn To Dust
13. Bluff
14. Altadena

PRAISE FOR KELELA

“Kelela has a look in her eye, she’s ready to level up. Clattering,
treacherous drums give way to sputtering-then-simmering
synths then that glorious, inquisitive voice.”
Herald Sun, ★★★★

“It’s seductive and potent and most definitely, “LMK” is enticing as hell.”
The AU Review, Single Of The Day “LMK”

“A towering achievement of an album.”
Stereogum, Album Of The Week

“Kelela’s celebration and command of sensitivity and rawness
in her music is both fortifying and revolutionary.”
The FADER

“In a time where the world seems insanely out of control, there’s power
in tenderness and loving, which is exactly what Kelela is about,
not just in her music but in her life.”
Purple Sneakers

“A very welcome return from the producer, songwriter, and singer
who looks set to embark on the biggest push of her career.”
ACCLAIM

“‘Take Me Apart’ is a dazzling, tempest of an album, with the kind
of creative vision reminiscent of Afrofuturism, and the patient
vulnerability of an artist that knows what she wants.”
FBi Radio, Album Of The Week

Take Me Apart by Kelela is out now on Warp Records via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

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Featured Photo Credit : Dicko Chan

KELELA DEBUTS “BLUE LIGHT” VIDEO Hear Take Me Apart now via Warp Records/Inertia Music 

Touring Australia in January

Following the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album, Take Me Apart, Kelela returns with a new video. “Blue Light“, one of the standouts from her breakthrough album, receives a sensual and alien-like visual accompaniment courtesy of director Helmi. The new video made its debut overnight on US cable networks BET Soul and BET Her and is now available online.

Kelela is currently on a North American tour, which features a newly-conceived show that expands Kelela’s setup to include additional band members. Kelela will head to Australia in January, 2018 in support of The xx. See below for details.

Watch the video for “Blue Light” below and hear Take Me Apart
in its entirety now: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

PRAISE FOR KELELA

“Kelela has a look in her eye, she’s ready to level up. Clattering,
treacherous drums give way to sputtering-then-simmering
synths then that glorious, inquisitive voice.“
Herald Sun, ★★★★

“It’s seductive and potent and most definitely, “LMK” is enticing as hell.“
The AU Review, Single Of The Day “LMK”

“A towering achievement of an album.“
Stereogum, Album Of The Week

“Kelela’s celebration and command of sensitivity and rawness
in her music is both fortifying and revolutionary.“
The FADER

“In a time where the world seems insanely out of control, there’s power
in tenderness and loving, which is exactly what Kelela is about,
not just in her music but in her life.“
Purple Sneakers

“A very welcome return from the producer, songwriter, and singer
who looks set to embark on the biggest push of her career.“
ACCLAIM

“‘Take Me Apart’ is a dazzling, tempest of an album, with the kind
of creative vision reminiscent of Afrofuturism, and the patient
vulnerability of an artist that knows what she wants.“
FBi Radio, Album Of The Week

Kelela
Take Me Apart

1. Frontline
   2. Waitin
   3. Take Me Apart
   4. Enough
   5. Jupiter
   6. Better
   7. LMK
   8. Truth Or Dare
   9. S.O.S.
   10. Blue Light
   11. Onanon
   12. Turn To Dust
   13. Bluff
   14. Altadena

KELELA
Australian Dates

Supporting The xx

Saturday, January 13 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday, January 17 | Riverstage, Brisbane QLD
Saturday, January 20 | The Domain, Sydney NSW

more info

Also appearing:

Tuesday, January 16 | Rocket Bar, Adelaide Sa

Tickets

Take Me Apart by Kelela is out now on Warp Records via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

www.kelela.co
www.facebook.com/kelelamusic
www.twitter.com/kelelam
www.instagram.com/kelelam

KELELA RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM Hear Take Me Apart now via Warp Records/Inertia Music

Touring Australia in January

Today, Kelela is releasing her highly-anticipated debut album, Take Me Apart on Warp Recordsvia Inertia Music.

Earlier this week, Kelela was announced as the cover star of The FADER‘s Paradise issue. She also debuted “Waitin” on BBC Radio 1 where the track earned Hottest Record honours. Later she was interviewed by Ebro for his Beats 1 show where she dropped “Blue Light“, listen to the interview here. Kelela also dropped album opener “Frontline“, which originally debuted on HBO’s hit show Insecure.

Featured Photo Credit :  Daniel Sannwald

KELELA EXPLORES THE EMPOWERING MESSAGE OF SINGLE “LMK” IN NEW BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO Take Me Apart out Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music Touring Australia in January

Following the release of her new song “Frontline“, Kelela is back today to share a behind the scenes video for the making of the “LMK” video, originally directed by Andrew Thomas Huang. More than just a look into the production of the music video, the behind the scenes footage is directed by Archie Thomas and features commentary from Kelela on the meaning and context behind “LMK”.

“I think when a woman demands respect, men often think that they want to be with them,” says Kelela in the video. “Let me know – just let me know, it ain’t that deep.”

“LMK” is the lead single from Kelela’s forthcoming debut album Take Me Apart, which is due Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music, and is available for pre-order now. “‘LMK’ isn’t a flirtation – it’s a negotiation, close to an ultimatum,” says New York Times of the single.

“Frontline” originally debuted on HBO’s hit show Insecure which has recently become a destination for bold music programming and one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows currently on air. Pitchfork selected “Frontline” as Best New Track writing, “One of the sharpest songs she’s made yet,” while Rolling Stone declared the track a “Bold breakup song.”

In September Kelela will perform at the iconic Hollywood Bowl alongside like-minded artists Solange, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, KING, and Kelsey Lu. In October she will kick off a lengthy tour, playing shows across North America through November before heading to Australia in January, 2018 in support of The xx.

Watch the original “LMK” film clip and BTS video and pre-order Kelela‘s Take Me Apart now:
https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

PRAISE FOR KELELA

“In a time where the world seems insanely out of control, there’s power
in tenderness and loving, which is exactly what Kelela is about,
not just in her music but in her life.”
Purple Sneakers

“A very welcome return from the producer, songwriter, and singer who looks
set to embark on the biggest push of her career.”
ACCLAIM

“Kelela has an excellent voice, and she employs it in ambitious ways, a
dedication to craft that precedes any sonic innovation, not simply raising
the bar but reminding lucky listeners where it might’ve once been.”
The New Yorker

“Kelela is not here to play – she makes that clear from the outset of her
new video for the hook-up single ‘LMK.’”
NPR

“An empowered and liberating song that asserts not just a woman’s
agency, but also Kelela’s power as an artist.”
Pitchfork

“‘LMK’ isn’t a flirtation – it’s a negotiation, close to an ultimatum.”
The New York Times

“If you haven’t already, familiarize yourself with R&B vixen
Kelela immediately.”
Billboard

Kelela
Take Me Apart

1. Frontline
2. Waitin
3. Take Me Apart
4. Enough
5. Jupiter
6. Better
7. LMK
8. Truth Or Dare
9. S.O.S.
10. Blue Light
11. Onanon
12. Turn To Dust
13. Bluff
14. Altadena

KELELA
Australian Dates

Supporting The xx

Saturday January 13 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday January 17 | Riverstage, Brisbane QLD
Saturday January 20 | The Domain, Sydney NSW

more info

Take Me Apart by Kelela is out Friday October 6
on Warp Records via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

For media enquiries contact sophie@inertiamusic.com

For more information:
www.kelela.co
www.facebook.com/kelelamusic
www.twitter.com/kelelam
www.instagram.com/kelelam

KELELA DEBUTS NEW SONG “FRONTLINE” ON HBO’S INSECURE

Take Me Apart out Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music

Touring Australia in January

Following the recent announcement of her forthcoming debut album Take Me Apart, Kelela is back today to share a new song “Frontline“. The second offering from the highly anticipated album, “Frontline” is now available everywhere and follows lead single and video “LMK“.

“Frontline” originally debuted on HBO’s hit show Insecure which has recently become a destination for bold music programming and one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows currently on air.

Take Me Apart is due Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music, and is available for pre-order now. After she completes a massive tour throughout North America and Europe at the end of this year, Kelela will arrive in Australia as a special guest of The xx as part of their I See You Australia 2018 tour, alongside Earl Sweatshirt.

Hear “Frontline” and pre-order Take Me Apart below. Watch the previously released video for “LMK“, and see below for tour dates, album details, and further information about Kelela.

Press Pic: Dicko Chan

KELELA
Australian Dates

Supporting The xx

Saturday January 13 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC
Wednesday January 17 | Riverstage, Brisbane QLD
Saturday January 20 | The Domain, Sydney NSW

more info

Kelela
Take Me Apart

1. Frontline
2. Waitin
3. Take Me Apart
4. Enough
5. Jupiter
6. Better
7. LMK
8. Truth Or Dare
9. S.O.S.
10. Blue Light
11. Onanon
12. Turn To Dust
13. Bluff
14. Altadena

Take Me Apart by Kelela is out Friday October 6
on Warp Records via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

www.kelela.co
www.facebook.com/kelelamusic
www.twitter.com/kelelam
www.instagram.com/kelelam

ABOUT KELELA’S TAKE ME APART

With great anticipation, Kelela’s debut album emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela’s art – even when clad in the armour of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits – and Take Me Apartsees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

On 2015’s acclaimed Hallucinogen EP, Kelela swept listeners along in the rush of ecstasy and the melancholic vapour trail of a hopeful, but ultimately doomed liaison. Hallucinogen would prove to be a turning point, and The New York Times would name its single, “Rewind“, one of the “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going“. The EP’s oversized impact would ignite a period of kinetic worldwide live shows culminating in Kelela crisscrossing the globe on tour with The xx. In parallel with this, 2016 and early 2017 would see Kelela grace a handful of crucial records as a feature vocalist – from longtime ally Solange‘s majestic A Seat At The Table, to Danny Brown‘s immense Atrocity Exhibition and most recently, the star-studded Humanz from Gorillaz.

These appearances would be tantalising signs leading the way to Take Me Apart. Amplifying the ideas explored on Hallucinogen, here Kelela treats relationships and their effects like a Matryoshka doll, unveiling layer after layer to find herself at the centre. Expressing an honest vision of how we navigate dissolving ties with each other and yet remain sanguine for the next chance at love, the emotional ricochet is traced across the album’s narrative. Take Me Apartstands not only as an intensely personal chronicle, but also a defiant and turbulent statement direct from Kelela; “Despite it being a personal record, the politics of my identity informs how it sounds and how I choose to articulate my vulnerability and strength. I am a black woman, a second-generation Ethiopian-American, who grew up in the ‘burbs listening to R&B, Jazz and Björk. All of it comes out in one way or another.”

The process of crafting Take Me Apart embraced the approach of widely collaborative R&B, hip-hop and pop production while roaming a strange and wonderful path. Working with a cast of peers, Kelela deconstructs many results of their collaborations and builds them back up into pieces of a cohesive whole, effectively orchestrating these multitudes in aid of her singular vision. “It’s this tapestry I’ve knitted together that attracts different types of listeners and challenges them at the same time, often within the same song. That’s what I want to bring to my entire catalogue” says Kelela. Testament to this approach, the album opens with a stunning trio of high points from the low-slung mechanised swing of “Frontline” to the kaleidoscopic splendor of “Waitin” – by which point you’ve been pulled straight into the tale Kelela is weaving, and the warped and chaotic beauty of the title track before dropping into “Enough” which sounds as if it could have been transmitted from a neon-lit jazz club in Akira‘s Neo-Tokyo.

The timeless, zero-gravity ballad “Better” sees Kelela at her most unadorned – baring her soul to a nameless other over subtly transforming piano and synth textures while first single “LMK” is all staggering club swagger that manages to span the past 20 years of innovative R&B while still exploring another dimension of possibilities. These songs typify the melding of classic song-craft and inventive production approach at the album’s core, but it’s here where things take yet another exhilarating turn. “Truth or Dare” has the brittle snap and vocal twists of a Neptunes track while “Blue Light” sees Kelela weld her sweeping pleas to the warped sonic palette of Grimes, pointing the way forward to a possible future of cybernetic soul.

Now we are swept into the slipstream of a pair tracks in “On And On” and the otherworldly grandeur of “Turn To Dust”, which conjures images of the powerful and iconic diva of Besson‘s The Fifth Element; and it’s a short trip to the unforgettable pneumatic gospel of album closer “Altadena”, a perfect Ouroboros link back to “Frontline” to begin the saga all over again. At this point you’re left with the feeling that this trip through Take Me Apart is one you’ll be making many more times.

Press Pic: Dicko Chan

THE PARTAE

KELELA ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM SHARES NEW SINGLE “LMK”
Take Me Apart out Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music

Today, Kelela is announcing her highly-anticipated debut album. Take Me Apart is due Friday October 6 on Warp Records via Inertia Music, and is available for pre-order now. To coincide with the announcement Kelela is sharing the first single from the project, “LMK“.

LISTEN TO “LMK”

The song is a battle cry for independent women as Kelela flips the heteronormative construct that women want to settle down. She demolishes that notion and turns this dance floor-ready cut into a weapon of empowerment, preferring a one night relationship while declaring “it ain’t that deep.” The track debuted as a “World Record” on Zane Lowe‘s show on Beats 1.

ABOUT KELELA’S TAKE ME APART

With great anticipation, Kelela’s debut album emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela’s art – even when clad in the armour of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits – and Take Me Apartsees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

On 2015’s acclaimed Hallucinogen EP, Kelela swept listeners along in the rush of ecstasy and the melancholic vapour trail of a hopeful, but ultimately doomed liaison. Hallucinogen would prove to be a turning point, and The New York Times would name its single, “Rewind“, one of the “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going“. The EP’s oversized impact would ignite a period of kinetic worldwide live shows culminating in Kelela crisscrossing the globe on tour with The xx. In parallel with this, 2016 and early 2017 would see Kelela grace a handful of crucial records as a feature vocalist – from longtime ally Solange‘s majestic A Seat At The Table, to Danny Brown‘s immense Atrocity Exhibition and most recently, the star-studded Humanz from Gorillaz.

These appearances would be tantalising signs leading the way to Take Me Apart. Amplifying the ideas explored on Hallucinogen, here Kelela treats relationships and their effects like a Matryoshka doll, unveiling layer after layer to find herself at the centre. Expressing an honest vision of how we navigate dissolving ties with each other and yet remain sanguine for the next chance at love, the emotional ricochet is traced across the album’s narrative. Take Me Apartstands not only as an intensely personal chronicle, but also a defiant and turbulent statement direct from Kelela; “Despite it being a personal record, the politics of my identity informs how it sounds and how I choose to articulate my vulnerability and strength. I am a black woman, a second-generation Ethiopian-American, who grew up in the ‘burbs listening to R&B, Jazz and Björk. All of it comes out in one way or another.”

The process of crafting Take Me Apart embraced the approach of widely collaborative R&B, hip-hop and pop production while roaming a strange and wonderful path. Working with a cast of peers, Kelela deconstructs many results of their collaborations and builds them back up into pieces of a cohesive whole, effectively orchestrating these multitudes in aid of her singular vision. “It’s this tapestry I’ve knitted together that attracts different types of listeners and challenges them at the same time, often within the same song. That’s what I want to bring to my entire catalogue” says Kelela. Testament to this approach, the album opens with a stunning trio of high points from the low-slung mechanised swing of “Frontline” to the kaleidoscopic splendor of “Waitin” – by which point you’ve been pulled straight into the tale Kelela is weaving, and the warped and chaotic beauty of the title track before dropping into “Enough” which sounds as if it could have been transmitted from a neon-lit jazz club in Akira‘s Neo-Tokyo.

The timeless, zero-gravity ballad “Better” sees Kelela at her most unadorned – baring her soul to a nameless other over subtly transforming piano and synth textures while first single “LMK” is all staggering club swagger that manages to span the past 20 years of innovative R&B while still exploring another dimension of possibilities. These songs typify the melding of classic song-craft and inventive production approach at the album’s core, but it’s here where things take yet another exhilarating turn. “Truth or Dare” has the brittle snap and vocal twists of a Neptunes track while “Blue Light” sees Kelela weld her sweeping pleas to the warped sonic palette of Grime, pointing the way forward to a possible future of cybernetic soul.

Now we are swept into the slipstream of a pair tracks in “On And On” and the otherworldly grandeur of “Turn To Dust”, which conjures images of the powerful and iconic diva of Besson‘s The Fifth Element; and it’s a short trip to the unforgettable pneumatic gospel of album closer “Altadena”, a perfect uroboros link back to “Frontline” to begin the saga all over again. At this point you’re left with the feeling that this trip through Take Me Apart is one you’ll be making many more times.

Kelela
Take Me Apart

1. Frontline
   2. Waitin
   3. Take Me Apart
   4. Enough
   5. Jupiter
   6. Better
   7. LMK
   8. Truth Or Dare
   9. S.O.S.
   10. Blue Light
   11. Onanon
   12. Turn To Dust
   13. Bluff
   14. Altadena

Take Me Apart by Kelela is out Friday October 6
on Warp Records via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/TakeMeApart

www.kelela.co
www.facebook.com/kelelamusic
www.twitter.com/kelelam
www.instagram.com/kelelam