Citizenn

Citizenn is the recording name of Midlands-born producer Laurence Blake. Taking the name from a visual reference in the anime film Akira, he emerged with releases on Kerri Chandler’s MadTech, Waze & Odyssey’s Street Tracks and Love Fever. His music draws on house’s lineage while using technology as a creative subject, a preoccupation that also shaped his debut album, Human Interface.

Blake’s career spans production, DJing and remixes, including work for artists such as Maya Jane Coles, Adele and Hercules & Love Affair. DJ Magazine named him Breakthrough DJ of 2013, and his releases moved across labels including 20:20 Vision and Crosstown Rebels. Human Interface explored the relationship between human emotion and technological life through a set of tracks built for electronic music contexts.