https://ruiho.bandcamp.com/album/becoming-is-an-eventful-situation
From one of my favorite labels right now Objects Ltd., the brainchild of
Lara Rix Paradinas. She has stated the mission of the label to be to
promote music by "women & non-binary artists." Which makes it a good place
to hear things a bit rotated out of the normal.
What Rui Ho sounds like to me, surprisingly or not, is Mike Paradinas's
early work. Lush synths, distorted drums, but everything has a sheen of
distortion from the subtle to the outre. Her harmonic palette seems to be
tuned to the 'black keys' pentatonic sounds, which is always serviceable
and consonant, but she finds ways to push the familiar into the strange.
Everything on Objects is worthy, but Ja Ru's "Pariah" is in particular a
real game-changer both for the label and for Chicago footwork. I know
footwork isn't super-popular on this list, but if you've not liked it in
general, this may be the album to change your mind. I like JLin a lot, but
Jana's stuff I think might be more fully realized music than most of Jlin's.