Jeshi details new mixtape, Headrush

Headrush is currently set for an October release and is described as a love letter to nightlife and the nightclubs where Jeshi discovered dance music "before I even had an ID that could get me in." Expanding on the rap-meets-dance project, new track "linea rossa" — made in collaboration with London-based experimental producer and multi-instrumentalist Cameo Blush — arrives today, following previous singles "champagne", "at the wheel".

"I'd go from Walthamstow to Essex and it felt like I'd been teleported into another world," he explains. "The over-the-topness of the clubs felt so exciting to my 17-year-old brain. There was a freedom then where you didn't need to know the right records or be part of the right scene."

"Dance music has always been one of my biggest inspirations but I always felt like an outsider to that world," Jeshi explains. "I was DJing at friends' parties a lot but wanted to bridge these two loves of mine and create a space between them. To make songs and put my life into them the same way I always had, but then be able to play them out straight away in rooms full of people."

Headrush closes off a busy eighteen months for Jeshi, following collaborations with Celeste, Leon Vynehall, Vegyn and Ross From Friends, and most recently Oscar Farrell on "Greyhound." It also sees him continuing his creative partnerships, as artists including Ineffekt, Fredwave, Big Ever, Just Lil, and X CLUB also appear on the mixtape.

A lot of the time when rappers dabble in dance music, it feels like an afterthought, but Jeshi is motivated by a love of the genre and driven by a fresh energy and desire to bring something new to the dancefloor.

Headrush artwork

Headrush tracklist

"peace at last (feat. Ineffekt)"
"PSYCHO!"
"champagne (feat. Fredwave, Big Ever)"
"thames"
"make me sane (feat. Just Lil)"
"linea rossa (feat. Cameo Blush)"
"headrush (feat. X CLUB.)"
"at the wheel"
"carousels"
"before u (feat. Oscar Farrell)"