Gelli Haha
A performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha is a space for pure creative chaos that exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51.
Releases New Single + Video “Normalize”
Debut Album Switcheroo Out June 27 via Innovative Leisure
Headlining Resident DTLA on July 26 - Tickets On Sale Today
Photo By Sophie Prettyman-Beauchamp
“Acid-Tinged Pop-Art” FLOOD
“well worth your attention” KCRW
Cool Band Alert…”a veritable buffet of dancefloor-ready sounds, from bubbly disco rave-ups and gritty underground club bangers, to stretched out slow jams that ache with sincerity.” Bandcamp
“A delightfully deranged party girl whose bleepy vintage synths, sleazy chug and tireless disco keeps things weird in the right way” The Guardian
“...I can’t imagine anything I want to hear more" The Quietus
Gelli Haha reveals “Normalize”. Influenced by 80s Nigerian soul boogie, her final single ahead of the release of debut full-length album, Switcheroo, delivers mid-tempo synth-funk underneath a raw but smooth vocal. Gelli Haha expresses her desire to be free of hardships in the chorus, singing “I want to fly away”. The video for “Normalize” adapts Gelli Haha’s live stage performance into film, and is the next chapter of the psycho-science experiment that began in the previous single, “Spit,” revealing Gelli has been transformed into a parachute monster. The series was directed by David Gutel, watch below.
A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha (pronounced Jelly-Haha) is a space for pure creative chaos that exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51. Gelli’s music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Her debut album Switcheroo, out next month via Innovative Leisure, is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli.
With a shared taste for off-kilter pop and vintage gear, producer Sean Guerin (of De Lux) joined Gelli in turning freshly-formed demos into a high-voltage experiment, abandoning meticulous structure for something freer and more electrifying. Every song on Switcheroo makes use of a myriad of recording toys; wacky analog effects, such as the Eventide Harmonizer, MXR Pitch Transposer, and various Electrix units, fashion an intentionally flawed and strictly silly texture throughout the album. Switcheroo is an exercise in letting go, an inside joke turned theatrical spectacle.
Gelli Haha’s wild, prop-filled, choreographed live show has quickly become one of LA underground’s most sought after performances. She returns Saturday, June 26 with a headlining show at the Resident in Downtown Los Angeles with dance arts center; KCRW’s Travis Holcombe is set to DJ. Tickets are on sale here – Presented by Minty Boi and Gelli Kompany.
Switcheroo Tracklist:
1 - Funny Music (Official Music Video)
2 - Spit (Official Music Video)
3 - Normalize (Official Music Video)
4 - Bounce House (Official Music Video)
5 - Piss Artist
6 - Tiramisu
7 - Gelliverse
8 - Dynamite
9 - Johnny
10 - Pluto is not a planet it’s a restaurant
Gelli Haha Live Dates:
Jul 26: Los Angeles, CA - Resident
w/ dance arts center, Travis Holcombe (DJ)
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