HUA LI – RIPE FRUIT FALLS BUT NOT IN YOUR MOUTH (FRUIT JUICE PINK VINYL) - LP •

HUA LI – RIPE FRUIT FALLS BUT NOT IN YOUR MOUTH (FRUIT JUICE PINK VINYL) - LP •UPC: 623339926515 Label: NEXT DOOR Format: LP Release Date: March 29, 2024 In stock items ship within 48 hours Hua Li has often worked the fruitful tension between opposing forces, whether being mixed race, bisexual, or overtly political and softly vulnerable. Now the half Chinese, half militant, half rapper of your heart is back with "ripe fruit falls but not in your mouth", her most ambitious and personal record to date. Playing between hazy R&B,

UPC: 623339926515
Label: NEXT DOOR
Format: LP
Release Date: March 29, 2024
In stock items ship within 48 hours

Hua Li 化力 has often worked the fruitful tension between opposing forces, whether being mixed-race, bisexual, or overtly political and softly vulnerable. Now the “half-Chinese, half-militant, half-rapper of your heart” is back with "ripe fruit falls but not in your mouth", her most ambitious and personal record to date. Playing between hazy R&B, hip-hop, jazz and electronic, Hua Li’s sophomore LP takes the imaginary garden as a proxy for cultivating home. With complex vocal arrangements, lush production by Alex Thibault (aka Gloze), and big, vibrant mixing by TNGHT’s Lunice, ripe fruit is a private confessional on a loud-ass record.

Following 2019’s Dynasty and 2020’s critically acclaimed Yellow Crane EP, "ripe fruit" is characteristically libertine. Textured and sensual, the Montreal multi-hyphenate balances her rich, waveforming tone with danceable, electronic signatures. The rapper is fierce and frequently funny, erupting from gauzy runs to deliver a quick uppercut that stings. With hooky, addictive features by Ambrose Getz and Darkus Millon, ripe fruit is an intimate record of healing, with Montreal’s nightlife at its heart.

An artful collaborator, Hua Li co-wrote and performed on Gayance's 2023 Polaris short-listed album, Masquerade, and is the touring DJ for Inuk electro-pop throat singer, Riit. Her charismatic stage show has taken her around the world, including tours with Cadence Weapon and Fat Tony (serving as the former’s touring DJ), to Reykjavik’s Secret Solstice Festival, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and Pride Toronto.

Luminous and compelling, Hua Li shows it takes tenderness to let things ripen, and guts to let things die. In-between is a kind of rapture that begs to be savoured.

For Fans Of: Gayance, Tirzah, FKA Twigs, Heems, Tkay Maidza