Echo Juliet - Feeling Lost (Invisible Ids) [House]

I do like classical musicians who ditch the often stuffy confines of their genre and head into electronic music territory, although not many desert the genre's characteristics quite as radically as Echo Juliet, who is currently developing a nice line in lower gravity, horizon-gazing dance music from her West Midlands base; think dance music for the head and the hips. She's also taking the sound live, not to mention starting to rock clubs and festivals with some cultured DJ sets. Oh yeah, and just for good measure, she's intent on dismantling the patriarchy - good on her.

Although she started dripping out singles in 2023, this year has seen her ramp up the release schedule, and "Feeling Lost" is her latest offering. The main cut is the EP title track, and considering her forward-thinking tendencies, it's a nostalgic trip down memory lane, and apparently a cathartic exercise too, having been penned in response to familial adversity.

Refreshingly, it seems, she takes a philosophical view of adversity, the track kicking off with a forty (is it really that long?!) year-old, summer of love nodding refrain that dropped at the end of night at a festival, with the sun peeping over the hills, should wreak emotional havoc. The tempo is similarly old-school, taking it into today's uptempo downtempo territory, making it suitable for after the after-party too; the track's unhurried house rhythm utilising a warm rather than thudding kit, and only some benignly growling lower-end frequencies and an acid injection in the track's latter stages disturbing the reflective calm. It's a warm hug between friends after a hard night's raving, and if you find yourself on a nearby beach looking at the sunrise, then hit play on the similarly old-school, downtempo "Pacer", whilst DJ's should head to her Bandcamp for the extended mix of the title cut.

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Playlist Companion

Find Juliet in the Slow House Playlist.