Review: DJ/Producer BAMBII Drops Nocturnal Banger “One Touch”
☆ BY Kristian Gonzales ☆
Photo By Adriel Armani
PROVIDING LATE-NIGHT DRIVING VIBES — Toronto based DJ and Producer BAMBII shares her new single, “One Touch,” a sleek fusion of dancehall, jungle, and garage tailored to blow out subwoofers and neon-dripped parties. Recently co-producing the bulk of alternative/R&B siren Kelela’s newest album, Raven, BAMBII aims to drop some wavy heat before the comedown.
She reshapes the bounciness of traditional riddims into an off-kilter form, inserting dancehall samples into the frantic pace of jungle and UK garage breakbeats. Extraterrestrial synths hover in the background, oozing the after-hours feel of this track that blast at a function in the big city, akin to that featured in the song’s visualizer. Succeeding her previous single, the drill-inspired “Ride With Me,” featuring Tempest, “One Touch” is a return to BAMBII’s futuristic island sound as heard in bangers such as “Nitevision” and “TRUCK RIDDIM.”
“Years ago I was in Jamaica and was surprised to hear a jungle track blaring from someone's car that made me stop and listen,” BAMBII says, speaking on the initial inspiration for the single. “I’m trying to give listeners that raw feeling of the dancehall I grew up with but with all the rage and chaos of the rave.”
Taking root as a DJ in Toronto’s club scene in her early twenties, the producer strived to avoid any sense of conformity and carry a sense of pride into the city’s musical identity. Inspired by fellow DJs in Europe and Montreal shifting between rap, pop, and R&B into electronic music while claiming her Jamaican descent, she formed her dancehall/house sound to evoke fluidity crossing ethnic and gender-based barriers in the dancehall scene, dismissing critics who would otherwise label her as “urban.” Embracing inclusivity as a creative, BAMBII spreads her ethos through her party series JERK across cities like LA and NYC.
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