A date with _georgiauk, the singer and producer who's making waves in the UK and beyond
steps out on stage at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, New York to a half-circle of gear waiting for her: drum pads, cymbals, and synthesizers. It’s like her very own DJ booth, except it offers way more than just a laptop with Ableton Live. It’s Wednesday , the U.K. singer/songwriter/producer’s first-ever headlining show in New York City, and it feels as if she’s about to start preaching to the congregation, the music being her holy language.
“The dance floor, or any space which allows for collective energy, is connecting on a deep level to human emotion,” the singer, born Georgia Barnes, reflects the day after the show in the back of a cozy Williamsburg restaurant. “It’s almost like going to church and having a religious experience.” A lot of the DJs Georgia knows, she says, see the floor as a spiritual place where people can be transported to other senses in their psyche. “It’s an age-old tale, really.
While it’s been some time since 2015, when Georgia released her self-titled debut album, she has kept busy. In Nov. 2018, she released “Started Out,” a song that propelled her into her now rigorous touring and promo schedule. “It was kind of mental,” she says of the doors opened by that track. “I didn’t think ‘Started Out’ would be the one to connect to people because it’s really a bit of a weird song. It’s not really your normal pop song, it doesn’t really have a chorus to it...
Georgia fondly refers to touring as a “mental time.” “I really want it to be a show where people can feel the freedom to express themselves as opposed to some cool, introverted experience,” she says. “I want the opposite of that, I want people to feel like they can really be who they are and just go wild.”, Georgia has released a handful of striking singles, including “Never Let You Go,” and “Mellow .” Then there’s the exhilarating, ecstasy-infused “About Work The Dancefloor.
A lot has changed for Georgia since the release of her debut record. She quit drinking alcohol, became vegan, went gluten-free. These actions, she says, contributed to her turning her entire life around. Meanwhile, she found she’d reached new heights of artistic creativity. “The first record was a really big deal for me, however, it was a bit of an experiment. It was just me alone when I was creating it,” she says. “I was just figuring out the sounds I wanted to make.
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