I WISH YOU JOY: Jane Claire x Golden Hornet x MXTX
The first track Jane Claire has ever composed, written and produced, “I Wish You Joy,” officially released as part of MXTX—a compilation album featuring tracks by 13 other producers and DJs from Austin and Mexico City. To celebrate the global premiere, the song was performed live by a mixed chamber ensemble at Moody Amphitheater during Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas.
“I wrote I Wish You Joy like one of my South Texas grandmother’s lucid, nighttime prayers, delivered at the stroke of 9 PM with a lipsticked whisper and the sweet smell of potpourri on the nightstand. It’s a practice in self-soothing, appreciating the mundane whimsy of our lives and finding the hope to sing lullabies—to ourselves and to each other.”
MXTX: A Cross Border Exchange (out on Six Degrees Records) embraces a hybrid musical approach that empowers artists to collaborate across artistic, cultural, geographic, and political lines. This dynamic work is a collaboration of numerous Texas- and Mexico-based artists, including:
Golden Hornet, an Austin-based non-profit led by Graham Reynolds
Orión García, founder of the Latinx DJ/producer/artist collective, Peligrosa
Coka Treviño, art entrepreneur from Monterrey, Mexico and founder of the The Projecto
Felipe Pérez Santiago, highly-acclaimed Mexico City composer, sound artist and current artist in residence at California’s SETI Institute
Ramón Amezcua “Bostich” of the groundbreaking Nortec Collective, based in Tijuana
Rubén Albarrán, renowned vocalist and activist from Mexico City, lead singer of the legendary Cafe Tacvba
Gabriela Ortiz, Latin Grammy nominated composer and recipient of Mexico’s National Prize for Arts & Literature
GULF COAST SUN: A MEDITATION
Soft sounds emanate from the southernmost shores of a Texas pandemic hellscape.
Five minutes long, this track features original beats and mixes by Jane Claire, sourcing found sounds from Golden Hornet’s MXTX Sample Library. Featured sound composers include Henna Chou, Natalia Rocafuerte, Graham Reynolds and Paulina Sotomayor.
GEMINI BIRTHDAY SET
In recognition of her birthday month, Jane performed a virtual set for Madness on Main, debuting unreleased tracks from her upcoming project.
SOUR GRAPEFRUIT EP
Jane Claire’s first proper release, sour grapefruit, was released on the label Insect Records in February 2019 and comprises both music and the written word.
The EP’s four tracks are an electronic, lo-fi ode to gently outliving one’s exes, produced in collaboration with Butcher Bear and a host of Texas-based electronic musicians: Kinder, Reaganometry and Out Of Place.
sour grapefruit’s accompanying poetry book is a collection of mostly mean poems about her exes.