Welcome to «LXXXVIII» – the ninth Actress album produced by Darren Cunningham and the first ever presentation of Actress’ journey into the world of luxury sounds. «LXXXVIII» is the result of 25 years of working on mind-expanding, soul-infusing audio infusions for dance floors, rave halls, festivals and concert halls.
«LXXXVIII» provides the space to reflect on an instrumental facet of its creation: game theory. Indeed, deep strategic thinking – more commonly associated with economics and chess than artistic practice – was fundamental to Actress’ process when «LXXXVIII» came to life.
The release follows the intriguing 2022 EP, ‘Dummy Corporation’, which put Actress back at the center of underground club culture. Prior to that, the 2020 album «Karma & Desire» featured Mercury Prize winner Sampha, Zsela and Aura T-09 as guest musicians – the Guardian commented that it «cements his place as one of club culture’s great poets.»