Laxcity

Joshua Mbewe – professionally known as Laxcity – is a Sheffield, UK-based, Ndola, Zambia-born artist whose imaginative music draws on textured and intricate soundscapes to create immersive electronica with emotional resonance. Laxcity’s eponymous Laxcity EP and its follow-up, Introspection, were released in 2017. His debut LP, Catharsis, issued at the end of the next year, is a moving project coloured by orchestral influences that would set the stage for continued blends of high-octane electronica and oftentimes wistful, ambient and cinematic scores. A second pair of EPs, Purity and Disconnect, would follow. Newly independent, 2021 has seen him release 2018-2021 (mixtape) – a 14-track time capsule that captures the now-unmistakable Laxcity sound, with its whirring synths, sonic polish, and invigorating energy – a collaborative single with Moore Kismet, and a single with bitbird for its Gouldian Finch 4 compilation; play Porter Robinson’s “Secret Sky”; tour EU with DROELOE; and announce his first ever headline show, taking place January, 2022, in London. His latest, melodies from heaven, is a lush tribute to Josh's Christian upbringing and his first foray into analog synths; it's also the lead single from his second album – and most ambitious project to date.