Freak A. Della Releases Go East

Freak. A. Della’s magical touch lies in the way she can bring an array of cultures, identities, rhythms, and sounds together. The space of not quite being one or the other, and yet being both, is exactly where Freak A. Della lives and creates a place for herself. A first-generation Cambodian American from New York State, she is no stranger to entering new territory. She combines her classical music training and interest in electronica and hip hop to produce music.

This Asian American grew up on the East coast of the U.S. with Southeast Asian roots. This made it difficult to be fully accepted by both cultures. She wasn’t American enough for many nor Asian enough for others. Yet, as an Asian American, she is in fact both. Her highly developed ear comes from over 25 years of classical music training at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York and 4 years of producing electronic music in Berlin.

Freak A. Della’s new album, Go East, surprises with bouncy-yet-deep dance floor tracks that you want to endlessly dance and wade through. The album pulls beats from the kicking and swinging gritty Berlin nightlife, as well as Afro-Latin percussion and ancient African and Asian instruments like the mbira and guzheng. Still, a pervasive melancholy seeps through the album, reflective of the music producer herself. Yet, Freak A. Della effortlessly enriches Western beats with Eastern rhythms and queer colours. She transforms both the frustration of not belonging as well as the joy of music-making into a contagious tapestry of electronic tunes with an extraordinary talent for composition and songwriting. Find Go East on many digital platforms, including iTunes, GooglePlay, Amazon, and Spotify.