Sometimes life comes at you fast. A few days ago we were minding our own damn business, and within literal minutes of each other heard Ninajirachi’s “Fuck My Computer” on XMU Discovery and saw a promo for the Australian artist’s upcoming local show September 25 at Cambridge’s Middle East. It was our double-shot introduction to electronic DJ and producer Nina Wilson, and suddenly we feel like BFFs.
Maybe it’s the unhinged blog house, tech, and hard electro that courses wildly through frenzied debut album I Love My Computer, which dropped this month on NLV Records; maybe it’s the unabashed ode to electronic culture that has us in a vise grip; or maybe it’s just that we haven’t been treated to hyperactive dance-pop beats n’ treats like this in a hot minute. We deserve a dance party for these sweltering end times, and Ninajirachi has provided a cool soundtrack. Let’s plug in.
“I’ve spent more time with my computer than any one person, it helped me realise who I am and raised me for better or worse,” says Ninajirachi. “I may never have discovered electronic music without it, because I’m from a small town in regional Australia, and it’s not really a place where that exists. It’s a big contrast actually. All of my music is computer music, it’s my instrument, and I don’t know who I would be without it.”
Same, girl.
Fire up I Love My Computer below, and party like its 2010. That might have been the last good time at the club.
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