Liquid Cool

For her first album in four years, Los Angeles artist and producer Ramona Gonzalez pared down her sound to its bedroom-disco essence. Drawing on the vibe of contemporary R&B, vintage synth pop, and underground beat music, her new album, "Liquid Cool," brims with anthemic hooks but offers them with relaxed ambivalence. With textures that suggest "Dirty Mind"-era Prince, the concise three- and four-minute tracks vibe like never-were AM radio hits. It was written and performed by Gonzalez in her home's walk-in closet; as a result "Liquid Cool" is missing the commercial sheen that propels could-be hits onto the mainstream charts. In its stead though is something more vital: a singular artistic vision." Randall Roberts (LA Times)

After a pop-oriented push on 2012’s One Second of Love, Nite Jewel's Ramona Gonzalez reclaims the murky, DIY vision of her Altered Zones-era releases.

It could be easy to forget that Nite Jewel's Ramona Gonzalez was at the forefront of some of the sounds that dominated the 2010s.

Get ready to be transported to an ethereal and dream-like state with the help of Nite Jewel’s placid new effort ‘Liquid Cool’. As the