JIALING – FREAKY HORNS
2024-07-15From Baltimore but with strong ties in New York, JIALING has spent the last few years earning a reputation as one of the underground’s finest club producers, self-releasing a steady stream of breaks, club and acid anthems while collaborating with the likes of Jersey Club legend KAYY DRiZZ and Baltimore standard-bearer Calvo. Most recently, she released her debut album 家 (jiā) to a rapturous reception in the scene, and remixed TREKKIE TRAX co-founder Seimei’s ‘Tokyo Funky Breaks’ on Sorry Records.
Although she wears her influences on her sleeve, drawing from a deep knowledge of North American club music history, JIALING has developed a way with percussion, samples and breaks science that makes her music instantly recognisable as her own, with a lasting power that lingers long after the tracks finish. With one foot in New York’s contemporary club scene and another in Baltimore’s vibrant new wave, FREAKY HORNS sets out JIALING’s manifesto for club music that’s steeped in history with an eye to the future.