Girls of the Internet (GB)

About

Girls of the Internet is soulful house music built around live instruments rather than programmed loops. It's the project of producer Tom Kerridge, who gathers musicians and vocalists around him and writes songs meant to hold up outside the club too. The idea for the collective came from Roy Ayers and his work with Eighties Ladies. The album When I Lost, I Found Myself shows the approach in action, with collaborations featuring Sophie Faith, Oscar Jerome and shiv. Their vocals get plenty of room alongside deep bass and house rhythms. Kerridge looks back to the early days of house, when people who didn't fit in elsewhere found each other on the dancefloor, and the collective itself brings together a mix of gender expressions and sexualities. On stage, the music is played by a full band.