Biography
"minimal glitches and wall-shaking bassline rumbles. Najia's vocal delivery is not too dissimilar to Beth Gibbons at her angsty best" NowThenManchester
The Electronic Exchange are Najia Bagi and Tullis Rennie. Following a one-off impromptu performance together in Barcelona in 2009, they began writing and recording “together” entirely via the web, each working from their respective homes in Manchester and Barcelona.
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Their music is a melting pot of shared influences, both musical and from their respective cities. Rennie’s trademark abstract electronica remains, but his productions move into new areas to include heavy, off-kilter rhythms. Dark and eerie electronic soundscapes combine with homespun “toolshed-dub” beats. Najia’s soulful and uplifting vocal melodies are bittersweet – her lyrics telling spooky urban murder-ballads.
For Concrete Moniker co-founder Tullis Rennie The Electronic Exchange is his first release on the label in over a year, following last year’s well-received solo effort BCN_ep, and a previous album with findlay_hunter_rennie.
Najia Bagi can be found as vocalist with Manchester favourites To Sophia as well as working on her own solo musical projects, video, photography and on a new collaboration with guitarist Paul Balcolmbe – The Ground.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.