Cherushii - Far Away So close

Last year, a fire broke out on the second floor of Ghost Ship, an artist space and residence in Oakland, California. At the time of the fire, the venue was hosting a party featuring artists from LA-based record label 100% Silk, with their artists Russell E.L. Butler, Nackt, and Cherushii all performing on the lineup. The latter two artists both lost their lives in the fire, along with 34 others, some of them musicians and some from the city’s trans community. As news of the fire first started to come in, two phrases, “death trap” and “illegal rave”, were regularly appearing in reports, while more recently, the LA Times ran an in-depth story about LA’s underground music and party scene in which they describe venues like Ghost Ship as “a disaster waiting to happen”. In that article, the Times insensitively uses Cherushii’s death as a link to discuss the wider issue of unlicensed warehouse spaces – but not once does it ask who she was, why she was there, or why her life mattered to the community. Though it’s easy for mainstream press outlets to focus on the potential dangers of unlicensed spaces, the serious problems will never disappear if they refusal to understand why artists and marginalised people gravitate towards them in the first place. While in one moment everything can disappear, all of the moments that Cherushii and other clubbers and artists have shared in these locations are invaluable. For many, these spaces are home. Chelsea Faith Dolan aka Cherushii centered her 2nd EP around its title track, which evokes a Balearic dream sequence along some Mediterranean isle – swooping shorelines, seagulls, liquid sky sax (courtesy of jazz multi-instrumentalist Marcia Miget), sensual surfer acid. Escape as experience. The record’s other three cuts stake her map across varied terrain, from maximalist catwalk (“Set You Free”) to sublime moonlight (“Nightsteps”) to sparkling pleasure dome (“Sweet Spot”). A common feeling amongst those who knew Dolan was that her music was unfairly overlooked, and that it’s tragically only being celebrated now that she’s no longer here. Follow us : Label: 100% Silk ‎– SILK081 Date: 06 Nov 2015 For any copyright infringement request, please contact us.