. shawnee_dez lives the dream she’s been waiting for. The Chi R&B artist’s new debut album, Moody Umbra, is the culmination of years of work in the city’s DIY community. See Shawnee Dez at LincolnHall. Shawnee is one of our team here at RICJ.
is as stark, haunting, and unpredictable as the film itself. On the track “Has Ended,” reverberant drums and bass meld with a meditative tanpura drone and Yorke’s compressed voice, which drifts into the music layered two or three times over. His words are barely distinguishable, as if sung from a great distance through a damp, cavernous hall.
After bouncing between schools, Dez landed back in Chicago at Columbia College, and in 2015 she started performing her own music around the city. She released her first single in 2016, and she’s put out a handful more since then. , Dez showcases the musical skill of her collaborators while stretching her voice across the totality of its range, from hushed and fluttering to powerful and soaring.
During Dez’s senior year, that meant taking a Metra train after school from Homewood-Flossmoor to downtown Chicago, transferring to the Brown Line, and then riding up to Lincoln Square to participate in an After School Matters film-photography program. She usually didn’t get back home until 9 PM. But in her eyes, it was worth it.
Once Dez began performing around Chicago, she needed time before she really felt enmeshed in the collective care of a creative community. “I think Chicago people are very territorial, and I think it’s a direct response to how segregated our city is,” she says. “And so people are comfortable with people that are from their neighborhood, from their high school. And I think for sure it seeps over into our creative culture.” Dez also struggled to find collaborators she felt at ease with.
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