简介：Kingdom's energetic productions merging contemporary R&B withU.K.bass music influences have been widelyinfluential tounderground dance music and left-field R&B since the early 2010s.Inaddition to his own releases on Night Slugs and Fool's Gold, the LosAngeles-based producer co-runs the acclaimed Fade to Mind label,and helped introduce the world to alternative R&B star Kelela, whosang on his single "Bank Head," from the 2013 EP Vertical XL. Followingadditional club singles and mixtapes, his more song-focused debutalbum, Tears in the Club, arrived in 2017, boasting collaborations withSyd and SZA. More collaborative projects like Neurofire (2020) andTransmission (2021) haveincorporated deeper explorations ofelectro,house, and post-newjack swing R&B. 从艺历程：Born Ezra Rubin in Massachusetts, Kingdom moved to New York City atage 18 to study art at the Parsons School of Design.Though he hadbeen making music for years beforehand, heinitially made a name forhimselfin the late 2000s as a DJ on the New York City club scene witha couple different residencies: Vortex, which was launched in 2008,and ddarkk, which included contemporary R&B and U.K. garage mixedalongside electro and house.In the summer of2010, Kingdom madehis commercial production debut with "Mind Reader" on A-Trak andNickCatchdubs' Fool's Gold label. Featuring vocalist Shyvonne, theecstatic tune was a big hit on the electro scene, and a concurrentlyreleased DJ mix for Fact Magazine also proved popular. As a follow-up,Kingdom released That Mystic, a five-track EP on Bok Bok and L-Vis1990's Night Slugs label. Dreama, a four-cut EP of fierce club tracks on Night Slugs, and thepoppier dance single "Take Me" for Fool's Gold both appeared in 2011.During that year, Rubin moved to Los Angeles and started the Fade toMind label/collective along with Nguzunguzu, Prince William, and TotaFreedom.Acting as a U.S. counterpart to the British Night Slugs, thelabel aimed to release experimental yet accessible dance tracks thattore down boundaries between mainstream and underground cultureKingdom's late-2012 P VIP Edition included his remix of Ciara's"Goodies," and he made his biggest impact yet in 2013. His Vertical XLEP included the single"Bank Head" which helped make a breakout starof its vocalist, Kelela.An extended version of the song (along with twcother Kingdom-produced tracks) appeared on Kelela's widelyacclaimed debut mixtape, Cut 4 Me, which appeared on Fade to Mindin October 2013. For the next few years, Rubin was musically active as aproducer or remixer for other artists (including Chvrches, GlassAnimals, and Dawn Richard), but didn't release any of his ownproductions until "Shox" surfaced in 2016."Nothin," sung by theInternet's Syd, appeared later in the year. In 2017, Kingdom releaseohis long-awaited full-length debut, Tears in the Club, a furtherrefinement of his experimental club sound.In addition to Syd, othelguests included SZA and Najee Daniels. Kingdom released the VlPEdition, Vol.2 mixtape in 2018, and the two-volume EXTERRA EPappeared in 2019. Kingdom started the next decade with the double A-side single"CoeurWorld," a collaboration with Petite Noir, and in September 2020he issued Neurofire.The second Kingdom album, Neurofire washighlighted by"High Enough," featuring Tiara Thomas, and featuredappearances on other tracks by the likes of LUVK, Kayla Blackmon, andGhost.The following November, Kingdom and Rush Davis -- asinger/songwriter and producer Kingdom met in L.A. at the queer clubnight Mustache Mondays --presented Transmission.A set of tender-hearted ballads and intimate club tracks, it was issued throughTOKiMONSTA's Young Art label. Kingdom and Davis continued theiraffiliation and returned almost exactly a year later with the XMSN DSEP.