Abandon Reality

Artwork and visualisers created for Abandon Reality by Echo Juliet.

Abandon Reality is the debut EP from Echo Juliet, a producer, percussionist, activist and DJ based in Birmingham, UK. She crafts warm, percussion-filled electronica to help her escape to a more positive space, often inspired by nature.

Early support has come from BBC 6Music tastemakers Tom Ravenscroft & Deb Grant, Steve Lamacq, Cerys Matthews and Unclassified on BBC Radio 3.

“I often write music as a way to escape something that’s bothering me,” explains Emily, when asked about the inspiration for her new record. “Most of these tracks were created in moments like that, from feeling so frustrated about social inequality and climate change to experiencing burnout. In the process of making each track I created an alternate reality for myself, where things feel warmer, brighter, calmer.”

Abandon Reality is the first release on Emily’s new label Invisible IDs, a project that began life as a platform to spotlight electronic music by women & gender-expansive producers. She observed that there are a lot more women behind the decks now, but most mixes still mainly consist of music by men. Invisible IDs is sharing track IDs chosen by guest curators via instagram and playlists, and now it becomes a label.