Toronto-based producer and DJ, BAMBII, makes lush, exuberant electronic music that feels futuristic and transportive but that also burrows into your bones, matches the pounding of your heartbeat, reminding you of your corporeality. Her new EP, InfinityClub(released August 4th) plays with these dueling impulses between the immediate and the conceptual. It is a celebration of home and belonging not only as a physical space – the dance floor, her family’s homeland of Jamaica, which she pays homage to via dancehall – but also as a state of mind.
Unsurprisingly for a DJ and producer of dance music, BAMBII thinks of the club as a home: she runs a popular club night in Toronto called JERK showcases the most exciting artists in the Caribbean diaspora and offers free jerk chicken to attendees. An extrovert through and through, she says, “I feel very fed by the people around me whether I know them closely or not. I get a lot from community and from a really good night out. It’s a skill to know what it means to be with people. ” The songs on InfinityClubwill undoubtedly come to life as they ricochet off the walls of a dance floor. From the thumping pulse of “Body” to the melodious, warped dancehall samples on “One Touch,” these tracks inspire euphoria, revelation, and movement that feels best when shared.“Music in public spaces forces an intimacy in us,” she adds. “It is the last thing that, despite forces like capitalism, breaks social rules. I can go to a rave and see a 40 year old woman having a relatable experience to me that crosses social boundaries.”