{"id":625183,"date":"2026-10-09T08:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625183\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:38:17","slug":"jennifer-loveless-releases-debut-lp-familiar-on-running-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625183\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Loveless Releases Debut LP \u2018Familiar\u2019 on Running Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto-born, Berlin-based DJ\/producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/artist\/jennifer-loveless\/956661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Loveless<\/a> has released her debut album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/release\/familiar\/7408274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Familiar<\/a>, via Gerd Janson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/articles\/1565074-label-of-the-month-running-back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Running Back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Across seven tracks, Loveless steps away from the harder club music that has filled much of her recent catalog.\u00a0Familiar moves through ambient, downtempo and deep house, circling memory, time and the odd feeling of old versions of yourself suddenly reappearing. She also wrote a series of poems alongside the album, giving those ideas another place to live.<\/p>\n<p>The past year has been especially busy for Loveless \u2013 currently a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/articles\/1246953-beatport-next-class-of-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beatport Next Class of 2026<\/a>. Her three-track\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/release\/fever-ep\/5440318\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fever EP<\/a> landed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/articles\/882742-label-of-the-month-aus-music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aus Music<\/a> in late 2025, followed by a remix of Shonky and Jennifer Cardini\u2019s minimal anthem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/track\/august-in-paris\/29858149\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August In Paris<\/a>,\u201d the discordant \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/track\/you-can-play-it-wrong-twice\/23325406\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You Can Play It Wrong Twice<\/a>\u201d for Butter Sessions\u2019 15th anniversary, a vibey reinterpretation of Benny Benassi\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/articles\/1389080-dj-tennis-launches-peak-time-archives-series-life-and-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Satisfaction<\/a>\u201d for DJ Tennis\u2019\u00a0Peak Time Archives, and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/track\/ricky\/30457009\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky<\/a>\u201d for Moxie\u2019s\u00a0Ten Years of On Loop compilation.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, it\u2019s a strong snapshot of where Loveless is right now. She can move from club-ready cuts to stranger, more off-center territory with grace and envelope-pushing energy. It\u2019s no wonder why so many pivotal underground labels keep pulling her into anniversary releases, compilations and remix projects.<\/p>\n<p>That makes Running Back \u2013 Beatport&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatportal.com\/articles\/1565074-label-of-the-month-running-back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Label of the Month<\/a> this past August \u2013 a pretty natural home for\u00a0Familiar. The label has always made room for records that sit somewhere between the dance floor and everywhere else.\u00a0Familiar fits right into that world: club music at the root, but with the pressure dialed down and plenty of space left to breathe, explore and contemplate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatport.com\/release\/familiar\/7408274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get it on Beatport<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto-born, Berlin-based DJ\/producer Jennifer Loveless has released her debut album,\u00a0Familiar, via Gerd Janson\u2019s Running Back. 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