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SMurphy
12+ albums
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Jessica Smurphy (a.k.a. DJ Smurphy, Professor Jessica, Upgrayedd Smurphy and Upgrayedd Jessica) is an electronic music producer originally from Mexico City, currently based in Los Angeles. At the age of 20, Smurphy teamed up with producer Bona (aka Dr. Dude) to form high-decibel electro punk group Post Pastel. The duo reconfigured their collaboration in 2010 for Supermad, an acid house project for which Smurphy wrote lyrics and sang. She was a member of Mexico City's NAAFI crew, which made its name by putting an idiosyncratic spin on jagged, avowedly marginal styles, from moombahton to tribal guarachero to Jersey-inspired club. Smurphy first came to international attention with her 2015 debut album "A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colours Suspended in the Darkness", which was released on MatthewDavid's Leaving Records. She left the NAAFI crew in late 2015 when she moved to Los Angeles. Since then she has been releasing material under the monikers Professor Jessica and Upgrayedd Smurphy on her own R-CH-V label. As Upgrayedd Smurphy she released her 2nd album Hypnosys in 2017. There are two main facets to her music: hazy ambient and machinelike footwork. The rhythms, played out on high-pitched electronic toms and leathery hand-drum samples, move so fast that they seem almost to stand still. And the haze, meanwhile, works in the opposite way: as a nearly static, gelatinous mass that gradually yields a wealth of detail, the longer you look at it. It all seems simple, lo-fi,
