Jane Remover (born September 26, 2003) is an American musician. She pioneered the "dariacore" microgenre on SoundCloud with her album of the same name, released under the pseudonym Leroy. She released her debut studio album, Frailty, in 2021, which was followed by Census Designated in 2023.
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 Jane Remover performing in September 2024 | |
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| Born | September 26, 2003[1] Newark, New Jersey, United States[2] |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Labels | DeadAir |
Biography
editRemover grew up with her parents and twin sister in northern New Jersey.[4] She attended The College of New Jersey for one semester before leaving to pursue music full-time.[5] She came out publicly as a trans woman in 2022.[3]
Career
editRemover's interest in music production stems back as far as 2011, inspired by dubstep producers like Skrillex, Kill the Noise, and Virtual Riot.[6] She would later go on to produce different styles of EDM in the mid-2010s, citing Porter Robinson as her biggest influence.[7] From electronic music, Remover's production became more trap-centric around 2018; she cited artists such as Trippie Redd, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler, the Creator as inspirations.[7] Guest production then became a large part of Remover's early career, with her being a member of multiple SoundCloud collectives such as PlanetZero and Graveem1nd. Her production gradually became more digicore-oriented.[7]
In late 2019, Remover began self-producing and releasing her own works on SoundCloud. One of Remover's first solo releases, "What's My Age Again?", gained popularity after being shared on Twitter.[7] Her second EP, Teen Week, was released on February 26, 2021 under the pseudonym Dltzk (stylized as "dltzk").[8] The track "Homeswitcher" featuring Kmoe, reached 100,000 streams on SoundCloud within the first two weeks of its release.[9]
After the release of several more non-album singles, Remover began teasing the release of her debut studio album, Frailty, and releasing singles for it in June 2021. After the release of the tracks "How to Lie", "Pretender", and "Search Party", Frailty was released via DeadAir Records on November 12, 2021.[10] The album was acclaimed by publications such as Pitchfork, who placed the album at #47 on their list of the best albums of 2021.[11]
On June 27, 2022, Remover announced the retirement of the Dltzk pseudonym, and introduced the name Jane Remover. On the same date, she released the single "Royal Blue Walls". In Remover's statement, she said "the stage name Dltzk has never sat right with [her]" and that it "reminds [her] of a period of [her] life [she'd] like to move past". She also announced that the Teen Week EP would be abridged, as she was uncomfortable with the project as it was originally released.[12] This change went into effect on October 10, 2022, and four songs were removed from the EP.[8] Remover's second single released as Jane Remover, "Contingency Song", was released on November 16, 2022.[13] She was the opening act for Brakence's Hypochondriac tour from November 26 to December 20, 2022.[14]
On August 23, 2023, Remover shared the single "Lips" from her second album, Census Designated, which was released on October 20.[15] On September 20, the album's title track, "Census Designated", was released along with an accompanying music video directed by Quadeca.[16] The album saw her move away from bitcrushing and sampling towards a "blend of shoegaze and bedroom pop", guitar rock anthems with slow buildup and deafening noisy climaxes. A Pitchfork review of Census Designated compared this iteration of her sound to music acts such as Ethel Cain, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and yeule.[17]
In February 2024, Remover and labelmate Quannnic joined in The Designated Dreams Tour. Playing 12 dates across the US, the tour focused on their respective albums released the year before.[18]
Remover opened for American rapper JPEGMafia's 2024 Lay Down My Life tour.[19]
Leroy
editRemover has released music under many pseudonyms throughout her career. The most notable of these aliases is Leroy, under which she created sample-heavy EDM mashups. These releases sampled a wide range of sounds, including pop songs of the 2010s, viral videos, and even Remover's own music. She released a series of albums with the name "dariacore", the first of them on May 14, 2021, and the cover art for each album released under the Leroy moniker were screenshots from the TV series Daria, which led to the term "dariacore" being used to describe the unique production style that Remover used for these releases.[9] The genre was described by Raphael Helfand of The Fader as "an entire genre in and of itself, taking hyperpop's silliest tendencies to their logical conclusions".[20] Three albums were released as "leroy" from December 2020 to May 2022,[21] after which the moniker was officially retired in June 2022 with the release of a DJ mix titled "Leroy & Dltzk Memorial Service".[22] The Dariacore series of albums have since inspired many artists to adopt a similar style of production, releasing short sample-based EDM tracks themed around popular media.[6]
On July 21, 2023, Remover released the fourth and final studio album under the Leroy pseudonym, Grave Robbing, which premiered on NTS Radio.[23]
Discography
editStudio albums
editAs Jane Remover
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| Frailty |
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| Census Designated |
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As Leroy
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| Dariacore |
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| Dariacore 2: Enter Here, Hell to the Left |
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| Dariacore 3... At least I think that’s what it’s called? |
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| Grave Robbing |
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Extended plays
editAs Jane Remover
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| No Words, Just a Picture of Me[24] |
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| Teen Week |
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As Venturing
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| Arizona |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Album | Details |
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| "Me" | 2020 | Non-album single |
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| "Woodside Gardens 16 December 2012" | Teen Week |
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| "52 Blue Mondays" | 2021 |
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| "It's a Vicious Cycle" | Non-album single |
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| "How to Lie" | Frailty |
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| "Pretender" |
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| "Search Party" |
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| "Cage Girl" | 2022 | Census Designated |
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| "Royal Blue Walls" | Non-album single |
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| "Contingency Song" | Census Designated |
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| "Lips" | 2023 |
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| "Census Designated" |
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| "Flash in the Pan" / "Dream Sequence" | 2024 | Non-album single |
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| "Magic I Want U" / "How to Teleport" |
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As Venturing
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| "Sister" | 2024 | Non-album single |
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Remixes
edit| Year | Song | Artist |
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| 2021 | "Legend" | Alice Longyu Gao (with Alice Glass) |
| 2022 | "Tellmewhatuwant" | Aldn |
| "Tell Me" | Dazegxd | |
| "Honest" | Umru (with Cecile Believe) | |
| "4Ever" | That Kid (featuring Bébe Yana) | |
| 2024 | "Nasty" | Tinashe |
| "Shake It Like A" | Frost Children (with Danny Brown) |
References
edit- ^ Jane Remover [@janeremover] (March 22, 2021). "i share a birthday with serena williams" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Jacob, Lola (November 10, 2023). "Introducing: Jane Remover on her sophomore album 'Census Designated'". Coup De Main. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Sundaresan, Mano. "dltzk: Frailty Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ Zhang (January 25, 2022). "Digicore Hero dltzk Is So Online It Hurts". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Brickner-Wood, Brady. "Jane Remover's outer space". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Darville, Jordan. "5 Fast Facts with dltzk, the teenage digicore producer with adrenaline and heart". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bugara, Billie (February 23, 2021). "dltzk: A Life Before Teen Week". Lyrical Lemonade. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Remover, Jane. "Teen Week". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Press-Reynolds, Kieran. "An 18-year-old invented a new genre of meme-heavy music called 'dariacore' that's like 'pop music on steroids'". Insider. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Frailty". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. December 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ @janeremover (June 27, 2022). "Jane Remover — Royal Blue Walls — out now" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 26, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @janeremover (November 16, 2022). "Jane Remover — Contingency Song — out now" (Tweet) – via Twitter.[dead link]
- ^ @brakence (September 12, 2022). "The Hypochondriac Tour. My first headline. [...]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 8, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Lindert, Hattie (August 23, 2023). "Jane Remover Announces Album, Shares New Song "Lips": Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (September 20, 2023). "Jane Remover Shares Video for New Song "Census Designated": Watch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ Press-Reynolds, Kieran (October 20, 2023). "Census Designated". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (October 31, 2023). "Jane Remover Announces 2024 U.S. Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (July 15, 2024). "Tour news: Bob Dylan, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Goose, Eagles @ Sphere, JPEGMAFIA, Don Toliver, Nicole Atkins, more". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ "Listen to leroy's final mix". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Music | Jane Remover". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Jane Remover — leroy & dltzk Memorial Service (for Goop Week - 6/26/22)". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ "Wait Watch This w/ Jane Remover: Leroy Grave Robbing Special". NTS. Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "No Words, Just a Picture of Me - EP by Jane Remover". Spotify. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
Further reading
edit- https://pitchfork.com/news/jane-remover-shares-two-new-songs-listen/
- https://www.thefader.com/2022/11/17/song-you-need-jane-remover-contingency-song
- https://www.stereogum.com/2191489/jane-remover-royal-blue-walls-cage-girl/music/
- https://www.insider.com/dltzk-frailty-hyperpop-dariacore-digicore-soundcloud-rap-internet-musician-osquinn-2021-11