Rochelle Jordan has returned with her highly anticipated album titled ‘Play With The Changes’ released on Young Art Records. “Born in London to British-Jamaican parents” as the press release states, “Jordan and her family relocated to the eastside of Toronto in the early ‘90s. Her father, a drummer, encouraged her love of art and instilled an appreciation for Northern soul, and Jamaican reggae and dancehall. Bleeding through the walls of her childhood bedroom, the adolescent Jordan soaked in the record collection of her older brother: funky UK house, nocturnal drum and bass, garage, and all the gospel samples contained therein.”
Since her upbringing Jordan has channelled her variety of influences into some cutting edge music that sits in the vein of R&B and electronic. After a string of mixtapes in the early 2010s, she relocated once again from Toronto to Los Angeles, where she would meet with artists such as Jessie Ware, resulting in her opening on Jessie’s tour. At the same time Jordan was receiving some call ups to write, including for Childish Gambino’s highly anticipated project ‘Because the Internet’. A similar time frame also saw the release of her debut studio album ‘1021’ in 2014. This was her last solo project for over six years, where in the break she worked with producers such as Jacquees Greene, JIMMY EDGAR and the incredible UK producer Machinedrum, who would later play a pivotal role in Play With The Changes.
The album features production by Machinedrum on nearly every song, with additional help from JIMMY EDGAR, Alix Perez, SEPELCURE and long-time collaborator KLSH. This roster of producers has helped Jordan create a sound like no other, providing listeners with a project waiting to be unleashed into the post-lockdown world. The album is available on all major streaming services as well as physicals on her Bandcamp page. Stream Play With The Changes below.