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What’s the end-game for most electronic musicians? For many, it might be playing the big stage at Coachella, or having millions of people follow you on Twitter. After all, that’s the modern benchmark of musical success, right?

However, New York-via-Singapore electronic musician Claire Marie Lim has a different vision for her future. As a full-time music technologist, Lim’s version of “making it” includes empowering young women (especially Asian women) to take the stage for themselves in a proportionally male-dominated industry. As an outspoken advocate for diversity in the electronic music scene, she’s already helped foster the development of a new generation of music lovers by DJing for Grammy-nominated children’s hip-hop group Alphabet Rockers. She has also worked with organizations like Beats By Girlz, SisterSMATR, Girls Rock Campaign, and Women in Music in the hopes of inspiring others to find their own unique voices as musicians.

But all of this seems to be building up for her latest long-term project, “Colors of Us”–a jointly-produced musical showcase between herself and local young talent in Queens. It’s a project that both pushes the limit of Lim’s own production skills as well as her teaching skills. Largely funded by the Queens Council on the Arts, “Colors of Us” is an exceptionally ambitious project considering that she’s culling together so many musical perspectives in order to form a cohesive album. Although the project isn’t set for release until late summer/early fall, it’s one that we’re excited to hear more about as it develops.



However, that’s not to say that Lim doesn’t pursue her own music on top of that. Performing under the alias dolltr!ck (exclamation mark included), Lim also has her own new music lined up for release in the upcoming months. If the work that she’s posted so far is any indication, we’re due for a treat. On 2017’s “Dream Away (ft. Konstellation)”, Lim bombards you with a sugary beat that’s not too far removed from the pink Internet aesthetic of Porter Robinson. Her most recent major release, an official remix of My Brightest Diamond‘s French single “Champagne”, injects fervent energy into the already pulsating electronic track, giving it new life as a spirited club banger. If anything, Lim’s own work proves that the future of electronic music is in good hands. - From the Intercom

After the wild success of My Brightest Diamond’s latest LP, the baroque pop vocalist is gearing up to rerelease A Million and One for a target audience of French Touch enthusiasts. No, not really—but dolltr!ck’s pulsing new remix of her French-language version of “Champagne” offers a taste of what that might sounds like for all those Francophones out there.

“I loved the original versions of ‘Champagne’ in both French and English, especially My Brightest Diamond’s vocals,” explains the Singapore-born electronic artist dolltr!ck. “I’m a fan of Shara Nova and her music, and I wanted to stay true to her artistry while also putting a fresh spin on the song. House music inspires me significantly and I thought I’d have a go at creating a dolltr!ck version of ‘Champagne’ that people would want to dance to!”

MBD’s Shara Nova gives further explanation for the track’s genesis:

“Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem ‘Still I Rise,’ I wrote the song ‘Champagne’ in the spirit of a fighter who is determined to prevail despite the opposition around them. What’s your opposition? How do you find your own breathing space and the determination to rise like air? The inevitability of air’s ascent reminds me to be aware of my own air, to breathe, to allow my head to float on the top of my spine and to simply stand in my space. I can float.” - FLOOD