Eclipse by Fruiting

We've been making music together since 2018 but scrapped everything before we released it. This time felt different. In 2021 we made what became the Solar Mix in a spirit of uninhibited creativity with no pressure or expectations. What started out as a slow, almost ambient pop track became a club banger when the stems were accidentally stretched to a much faster tempo and we went with it - gave it care and drum breaks and sparkly bits. It became Eclipse, and was going to be a stand alone song, but then we imagined the Lunar Mix. The patient covering of the moon to the cautious averted gaze at the sun. Bitcrushed drums, dub echo, melodies sped up, percussion slowed down, bassline reversed. The original brightly lit song transformed into murky downtempo. But still for dancing, maybe even more so. Together the songs are the beginning of something: a collaboration finally getting past false starts, a push and pull between sensibilities, a shrouding of light that reminds us to look up.

-Jen & Sasha, Fruiting

Sasha Mannequin & Jennifer Spektor