Nondi_: Nondi...

"Growing up in one of America's fastest-shrinking cities-the flood-prone steel town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania-Tatiana Triplin didn't have much of a choice but to find a musical community online. As a fledgling electronic music nerd, she sought out the work of artists like Aphex Twin, DJ Rashad, and Moodymann-cutting-edge musicians within the techno and house spectrum who would shape the elysian, loopy music she makes as Nondi_."

"The beats, muted and gristly, sound indebted to the dust-coated electronica of Actress, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Boards of Canada. Her rhythms maintain the skeletons of footwork and breakcore, but like smoke into an excited beehive, the production's lo-fi, post-internet vapor produces something more sedated-what I'll call dream juke."

"She releases her official second album, Nondi..., to a devoted fanbase that includes Loraine James and Lone. Triplin hoped to express "the sense of freedom I used to get from music when I was first discovering it all," she explains in its liner notes. Free-wheeling and overflowing with dopamine, the songs on Nondi... feel like electronic renderings of the vacuous promise of connection in digital society."

Tatiana Triplin, known as Nondi_, grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a declining steel town where she discovered electronic music online through artists like Aphex Twin and DJ Rashad. Her 2023 debut album, Flood City Trax, captured the isolation of living in a place with limited nightlife and cultural venues. Her production style blends elements of footwork and breakcore with avant-garde influences from artists like Actress and Oneohtrix Point Never, creating what could be termed "dream juke." Rather than fitting neatly into bedroom pop or club music categories, her work emphasizes atmospheric, lo-fi production over dancefloor functionality. Her second album, Nondi..., expresses freedom and connection through digital society, featuring peachy synths and cinematic '80s pads.

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