Altered Zones

San Francisco-based label Human Ear, curated by producer/musician Jason Grier, just posted this down-tempo, lounge-inspired missive from Nite Jewelia, a fledgling collaboration between two of our favorite Los Angeles singer/electronic composers, Julia Holter and Ramona Gonzalez (aka Nite Jewel). The duo's untitled debut sounds sparser and less effects-laden than anything I've heard from either of them individually, but it unfolds like a clockwork of dramatic asides in a play, which is no surprise whenever Holter's in the picture. --Emilie Friedlander, Altered Zones

Nite Jewelia: "Untitled"

Nite Jewelia make their world debut May 17 on a compilation from Human Ear, which is also putting out Julia Holter's Live on KDVS cassette on June 21st

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MP3: Julia Holter: "Try To Make Yourself A Work of Art"