Play With the Changes

by Rochelle Jordan

Overview

Rochelle Jordan debuted in 2011 and by 2014 seemed poised to be known by more than seekers of progressive electronic R&B. The singer's discography was blooming. She was referenced by fellow Torontonian Drake ("Club Paradise"), sampled by Special Request ("Soundboy Killer"), and recruited by Childish Gambino ("Telegraph Ave."), and she had opened for Jessie Ware in the States. Thwarted for years by an ensuing label and management deal that proved to be grossly restrictive, she bounces back on TOKiMONSTA's Young Art label with Play with the Changes, an album with greater vocal, lyrical, and sonic range than her previous releases. Jordan continues to team with producer KLSH, who has been with her from the start, and she is also aided by Machinedrum and Jimmy Edgar, dancefloor adventurers who have benefitted from her economical writing and flexible voice in assorted settings, both separately and as the duo JETS, for several years. Play with the Changes dives into assorted strains of dance music rooted in the U.K. soul and acid house scenes of the late '80s and early '90s. London-born Jordan was raised in part by the records played by her older brother, and that inspiration manifests in an R&B-rooted set that glows with elements of atmospheric house, spangly garage, and racing drum'n'bass, heard most vividly on beguiling tracks like "All Along," "Got Em," and "Already" (the latter containing a rapped verse tougher than anything Jordan has done before). There's also a gorgeous ballad evoking Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, and Timbaland, and a couple grade-A modern slow jams. Best is the slithering "Count It," all sensual threat with demands like "Put the band on this cash" and "Count it all again." It's just as enthralling -- and empowered -- as any of the club tracks. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	09/29/2021
Label:	YOUNG ART RECORDS
UPC:	0192641682131

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rochelle Jordan   Primary Artist
Farrah Fawx   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
LSDXOXO   Primary Artist
Things You Say   Primary Artist
KLSH   Primary Artist
Me   Primary Artist
Byron the Aquarius   Primary Artist
Sinistarr   Primary Artist
Kingdom   Primary Artist
Soul Clap   Primary Artist
Sango   Primary Artist
DJ Minx   Primary Artist
Machinedrum   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Audra Green   Composer
Ezra Ruben   Composer
Things You Say   Producer,Remix Engineer
Raushaan Glasgow   Composer
Matthew Nordstorm   Composer
Rick Trainor   Composer
KLSH   Producer,Remix Engineer
Me   Remix Engineer,Producer
Shawn Hatfield   Mastering Engineer
Byron the Aquarius   Composer,Remix Engineer
Sinistarr   Producer,Remix Engineer
Kingdom   Producer,Remix Engineer
Soul Clap   Producer,Remix Engineer
Charles Levine   Composer
Eli Goldstein   Composer
Sepalcure   Composer,Producer
Praveen Sharma   Composer
Sango   Composer,Producer,Remix Engineer
DJ Minx   Producer,Remix Engineer
Travis Stewart   Mixing,Composer
Chris Godbey   Mixing
Jimmy Edgar   Composer,Producer
Alix Perez   Composer,Producer
&Me   Remix Engineer
Andre Boadu   Composer
Jeremy Howard   Composer
Machinedrum   Producer,Remix Engineer
Kelvin Montgomery   Composer
Rochelle Fearon   Composer
Rochelle Jordan   Composer
Kaytranada   Producer,Remix Engineer
Louis Kevin Celestin   Composer
Jennifer Witcher   Composer