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Remember dancing? If by chance the last year-and-a-half has your feet figuratively stuck in the mud, London-based virtuoso TSHA has you covered. After months of lonely livestream sets and a longing for audience engagement, the self-taught producer and DJ is once again ready to move the crowd with emotive grooves and vibrant melodic composition. Drawing from sounds both traditional and atypical, TSHA’s unique marriage of bounce and benevolence has quickly seen her emerge as a presence that can no longer be ignored on the dancefloor.

“Power” arrives as the second single from TSHA’s forthcoming EP OnlyL, and sees her delivering a track oozing with sentimentality for the collective experience that her craft invokes. Written in the throes of lockdown, “Power” is a moment that begs to be experienced within the long-awaited embrace of an audience. With infectious, rolling 808s alongside plucky steel drums, twinkling keystrokes, and staccato vocal samples, “Power” somehow creates a soundscape that would have equal draw in a sweaty, neon-washed club as it would on a Mediterranean beach at sunrise.

“I wrote this track with clubs in mind, in the midst of the pandemic, with a dream to play it out to a large crowd and have a proper dance again,” notes TSHA. “It's been such an amazing feeling to have seen your reactions to ‘Power’ over the past few weeks as the UK has slowly began to open back up again. Hearing the track for the first time in the environment that I wrote it for, at a time when these moments seemed so far away, has been a seriously humbling experience for me.”

On the heels of an unwelcome live music hiatus, this summer has seen TSHA picking up right where she left off, setting her sights on bigger stages and more ambitious live production to come. Armed with her singular taste and a healthy dose of optimism, TSHA is delivering some of the most evocative and dancefloor-ready tunes this side of the apocalypse.

Be sure to pre-save TSHA’s upcoming EP OnlyL slated to release August 27.

Listen to “Power” below:

TSHA announces ONLYL EP; listen to the titular lead single featuring NIMMO

TSHA is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting talents coming out of the UK. Forthcoming EP OnlyL due for release on August 27 showcases a confident creative who is constantly developing and refining her own distinct feel and sound. The release arrives off the back of a stellar run for the young artist including the launch of her new bi-monthly ‘Jackfruit Radio’ show on Apple Music—which debuted with a guest spot from femme culture founder Elkka, Her most recent EP, 2020’s Flowers, made multiple End-Of-Year listings, and was met with widespread praise. On EP title track and lead single ‘OnlyL’, TSHA’s innate gift for producing genre-defying, classy electronic pop is at the fore. An instant earworm, it features vocals from NIMMO aka Sarah Nimmo and Reva Gauntlett, with TSHA juxtaposing the dark lyrics against the track’s upbeat instrumental.

TSHA · OnlyL (feat. NIMMO)