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Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie review – a life-affirming journey through dance music
On her seventh album, delayed by personal tragedy, the US producer calls in collaborators aplenty on a high-energy set interspersed with tender moments
Grammy-nominated American producer Tokimonsta, real name Jennifer Lee, postponed the release of this seventh album, originally due out last autumn, so she could care for her best friend in her final days. The shimmering disco-pop of Lucky U, fuelled by guest vocalist Gavin Turek ’s airy vocals, is a high point, as is the laid-back soul of On Sum, with Anderson .Paak highlighting the virtues of molecule-altering love atop Lee’s juddering production built around rolling drum fills. The collaborative tracks – Cakes Da Killa, Amaka and Rae Khalil also feature – are the most grabby, but it’s on the quieter instrumentals, such as Eternal and the warmth of Infinite Embrace, that Lee shows her skills as a storyteller and the album finds its beating heart.
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