INFINITY CLUB II

The Toronto producer/DJ dropped her first *INFINITY CLUB* EP in the dog days of summer 2023—perfect timing for a sweaty, sultry blast of jungle, dancehall, and R&B that channeled the feeling of a packed club at peak hour. (Fitting, as the Jamaican Canadian artist, born Kirsten Azan, has spent the last decade-plus establishing herself as one of Canada’s most respected DJs, having helmed the annual JERK rave series since 2013.) Like its predecessor, *INFINITY CLUB II* plays out more like a DJ mix than a buttoned-up EP, its freewheeling fusion of techno, garage, R&B, and Caribbean-centric music of the diaspora as much a rebuttal of electronic music’s whitewashing as it is a good time. Vocalists like Aluna and Lady Lykez pop in to reprise their roles on the EP’s first edition, plus new cameos from Ravyn Lenae, BEAM, Jessy Lanza, and Yaeji; the latter two appear on “Mirror,” which envisions a universe in which a Police song comes with airhorns, breakbeats, and ad-libs in Korean.

Back for round two, the Toronto DJ’s thrilling bashment rave tracks temper turbo-charged riddims and booming bars with frosty electronica and mechanical garage.