Kittens debut EP Zanon & On contains two original productions, “Zanon & On” and “To the Light” featuring Dinero and Collision.
Lauren “Kittens” Abedenini is a Los Angeles DJ of Iranian descent that has feminist workshops where she teaches women how to DJ. Her class PWR WITH KITTENS is at Scratch DJ Academy. This is her first EP, which is named after the Farsi or Persian word for woman.
The title track “Zanon & On” is an trap influenced instrumental. The second track “Light On” features the R&B stylings of Dinero and Kollision. The EP is out now on Fool’s Gold Records.
According to the press release, ““’Zanan’ means “woman” in Farsi and was also the name of the only womens’ magazine in Iran, which the government sadly shut down. So “Zanan & On” to me is kind of like a more inclusive version of ‘The Future Is Female,’ meant to empower women and other people who feel they don’t belong.” It continues, “Meanwhile, flipside banger “To Light” features rising NY star Flipp Dinero and Kollision of ATL’s Quality Control over an energetic, hybrid beat with claws to spare.”
On Instagram Kittens wrote, “My first official release is out today and I’m like whewwww I can’t believe it finally happened. I’ve been DJing for so many years and working quietly on production until I found a sound I felt was really “me” enough. I’m so thankful for my friends who supported me thru this whole process because I def had some neurotic moments filled with self doubt but….we finally did it,” Before shouting out to the rapper/vocalists, “Big big thanks to @flippdinero and @iam_kollision for hopping on To Light. And major thanks to all y’all who have been supporting and growing with me thru the years. We’re just getting started ?? Zanan & On out everywhere now. Link in bio. Let me know what u thinkkkk.”
Kittens recently opened at Hard Summer 2018. She is shown there at the top of the page, wearing a black crop top, black biker shorts and chunky white Nikes.
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