LSDREAM Explains Why the Mission Should Cease

Chatting with EDM.com at Identical Identical However Totally different, LSDREAM opened up concerning the finish of his beloved collaborative venture with CloZee and the duo’s inimitable artistic chemistry.

All good issues should come to an finish. For LSZEE, the groundbreaking collaborative venture between LSDREAM and CloZee, that ending is lastly right here.

LSZEE will play its last present on Friday, with one exception: a one-off reunion at Bonnaroo subsequent summer time to make up for this yr’s weather-interrupted set. What started with their debut at Electrical Forest 2024 shortly outgrew expectations as they advanced right into a competition headliner, alongside the best way embarking on a U.S. tour and dropping a self-titled debut album, one of many yr’s greatest digital LPs.

Closing the e book on such a profitable venture could seem odd, however the motive sits between the 5 letters of their identify. On the heart of LSZEE are LSDREAM and CloZee, two solo artists with their very own paths.

“We’ve got journeys. We’ve got to get again to our missions,” LSDREAM advised EDM.com at this yr’s Identical Identical However Totally different competition in Southern California.

LSZEE was by no means meant to be everlasting. It was conceived as a brief “moment-in-life container,” as LSDREAM places it, a joint thesis from two artists experimenting within the lab.

“It’s an exploration. We puzzled what would occur. That’s thrilling as an artist,” LSDREAM mentioned. “She wished to discover completely different sounds and get out of her routine. I wished to do the identical. We got here collectively to do this, however in the end we wish to get again to our solo paths. That is the top.”

Watching LSZEE unfold in actual time felt like magic. Their sounds merged so naturally that you might hint components of each artists with out ever labeling it a collaboration. LSZEE wasn’t a spin-off of their solo work, however reasonably a world unto itself.

Their onstage chemistry matched their sonic connection. Usually a peaceful, composed performer, CloZee let her guard down round LSDREAM, exhibiting a extra playful aspect.

“She additionally introduced out extra playfulness from me. She’s so humorous,” LSDREAM countered, noting the pressures of touring alone. “Being collectively invited a way of play. I introduced that out of her, and he or she introduced it out of me. We have been sporting wigs on stage. ‘Bust out the wigs, it’s time to be foolish and have enjoyable!’”

The collaboration additionally refined LSDREAM musically. Working intently with CloZee taught him easy methods to assemble units with extra maturity and intentionality.

“What she does that I’m amazed by is how she creates an open area to your coronary heart and vibe to come back out and do its personal factor,” he mentioned. “She doesn’t have that ADD method that’s quite common in bass music.”

“For me to include my sound into that type, and be in that power, bouncing our sensibilities off of one another, I really feel extra elevated or refined with my tastes. She added an elevated lens that I can look by way of. ‘How would CloZee take into consideration this?’”

Their camaraderie echoes a quote from Terence McKenna, the thinker usually tied to rave tradition: “It’s all about love. Making another person’s existence just a bit simpler… nothing else issues.”

Satirically, what stands out most about LSZEE has little to do with music. Sharing the artistic bounties and burdens turned a stirring reminder of why life is price dwelling.

“It actually taught me the place pleasure comes from,” LSDREAM mentioned. “Superb issues have occurred for my music profession, and people are all joyous issues, however they arrive and go… I’d categorize them as embodied issues that stay on paper.”

“Whereas the enjoyment of connecting with somebody by way of friendship fills you completely. Along with her and me, that was the gas of this collaborative venture. How cool is it to do that with one among your greatest pals?”

The LSZEE expertise mirrors life: two journeys intersecting briefly earlier than persevering with down their very own paths. The venture could also be finite, however the imprint they left on one another isn’t.