“I’ve always been really interested in self-perception and seeing myself through somebody’s eyes. That’s one of the greatest things about falling in love.”
Dani Offline
Soundchecking at the Lower Grand Radio studio before her show with White Crate, Dani Offline casually swirled her hands across the keyboard, pouring out the Van Heusen & Burke jazz standard “Polka Dots and Moonbeams”. Yours truly, working the mixing board, was briefly stunned. But understanding that background and capability immediately made clear where Dani’s music comes from, body and soul.
With verses and hooks as irresistible as Solange and soul jazz inflections shared with Sade, the multi-talented singer, songwriter, and producer returns to the spotlight this week with Mirror, her first EP since 2019’s Water Signs. Across seven tracks featuring full band arrangements, Dani Offline puts her voice front and center, cooing ponderous musings on the toughness and softness of love, reflected and refracted through self-perception and (sometimes) self-deception. No answers; just observation, improvisation.
