Call for Location

Anyone who went out dancing in the 1990s might remember the phrase “Call for Location”—it was a standard fixture of rave flyers, dangling the promise of off-the-grid revelry just a phone call away. Growing up in South Florida, Jess Gentile spent many weekend nights punching numbers into her touch-tone, and her second album as Jubilee pays tribute to the thrill of those late-night escapades. It’s also an homage to the open-mindedness of those Miami parties, filtered through the anything-goes spirit of contemporary club culture. In keeping with her own eclectic DJ sets, she touches on house, bass music, grime, and electro, staying true to her origins all the while: “I Don’t Think So” puts a deep-diving spin on Florida breaks, “Speed Limit” tips its hat to Miami bass, and “Mami,” “Daylight Ravings,” and “Fulla Curve” bust out slinky dancehall and reggaetón grooves. Just for fun, there’s one unabashed throwback: “Disconnected,” which projects pummeling techno and trance stabs through the prism of 21st-century sound design. Even when casting a fond glance backward, Jubilee keeps one eye fixed on the future.

Jubilee has been staying up all night since as long as anyone can remember. She grew up in South Florida on the sounds of Miami bass, freestyle and Dirty South rap blasting from local radio stations like Power 96 and 99 Jamz. Her debut record “After Hours” was a love letter to the music and culture of her native Florida. Her sophomore LP “Call for Location” builds on this collection of late-night anthems and drum machine workouts. An homage to the rave hotlines of yesteryear, and also her insane travel schedule, her newest album is the result of three years of touring and producing; one foot in the studio one in the club. Much like her thrilling pan-genre DJ sets, “Call for Location” shows Jubilee off as a singular artist, connecting the dots between her own idiosyncratic musical narrative, playing with genre convention, geography and expertly navigating cutting-edge dance music in its many forms. Grime weight smashes into headbanging techno, bubbly Caribbean-informed rhythms share space with driving electro. The record’s leadoff single, the powerful Macula-collaboration “Mami,” is a peak time club burner, both tough and sultry, and a perfect micro-encapsulation of Jubilee’s transcendent DJ style. "Fulla Curve", a collaboration with the the young dancehall vocalist IQ, delivers an earworm worthy of the radio shows Jubilee grew up listening to. The feedback loop continues. “Call For Location” is the record of a dance music lifer, born of late nights and early mornings.

The South Florida native’s second album is a tribute to the regional raves of her youth, filtered through the wide array of global club styles that defines her style as a DJ.