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NGAIO reimagines EP for the dancefloor
DJ, songwriter and dancefloor diversity champion NGAIO is back with a new clutch of club-ready bangers.
The tracks are reimaginings of her own debut EP, Four Quarters, released in June 2024.
Over the last year NGAIO has, in “a project of pure love and curiosity”, worked to turn the poetic and introspective compositions of Four Quarters into songs to fill the dancefloor, with the results embracing reggaeton, Afro-trance and carnival energy.
Four Quarters Remixed sees the artist going back to her roots, incorporating new rhythms, global flavours and heavy bass into the original tracks that ruminate on themes of womanhood, identity and self-acceptance. The new EP is “built for movement, sweat and sonic release,” she says.
Reinventing the EP has been a process of evolution, beginning with preparing the original iteration of Four Quarters for release last year during which time NGAIO considered how best to present the tracks in a live context.
She continued to refine the songs for performances at Eyeife Festival in Cuba and this year’s Glastonbury festival, where she appeared on Shangri-La’s Nomad stage.
‘This is me evolving — not just as an artist, but as a producer,” she says. “Through performing Four Quarters live, I experienced the songs in new ways and saw how to flip them through the lens of the club, incorporating the bass-heavy energy I’m known for as a DJ.
“It’s a celebration of transformation, the power of underground music and positive messaging to reflect how the rave can instigate self-appreciation and collective belonging.”
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The project represents NGAIO turning the page on her next chapter as she continues to strive for self-discovery, breaking new ground and showing up for people of marginalised backgrounds and genders in the club context with messages of celebration, self-love and joy.
Listen to Four Quarters Remixed at ngaioamusic.bandcamp.com/album/four-quarters-remixed
Main image: Charley Williams
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