November 2024, Friday 15th: Turkish-Italian DJ and producer Carlita has released her highly-anticipated debut album, “Sentimental”. The album, which is the culmination of Carlita’s lifelong journey through music, is out via Ninja Tune.
Throughout its 12 tracks, “Sentimental” taps into Carlita’s passion for Turkish psychedelia and ’90s rock while touching her roots in classical music. This blend of influences, paired with collaborations with Sicilian musician Orofino, super dance/pop producer SG Lewis, and mentor-manager DJ Tennis, fuse into her penchant for house, techno, and indie dance and tell the whole story of Carlita’s musical odyssey, which began at age three when she first learned the piano and has taken her to dance music’s most coveted spaces.
Carlita’s greatest strength as a musician, her natural ability to learn any instrument, permeates the tracklist on Sentimental. Recordings of her playing piano, cello, bass guitar, drums, and more are featured throughout the album and, paired with her knowledge of music theory, give the body of work its timeless, intuitive, and cohesive feel. It’s easy to imagine tracks like “Time,” “The Moment” and “Trouble Symphony” working beautifully on the dance floor, but there’s also the essence of something deeper, the touch of a musical scholar that pushes Sentimental beyond clubs and festivals, and into backyards, dining rooms, runways, and all places reserved for bringing people together.
“Sentimental” tracklist:
1. Trouble Symphony (feat. DJ Tennis)
2. Planet Blue (feat. Cleo Simone)
3. The Moment (feat. SG Lewis)
4. TV Disco
5. Wish You Knew
6. Falling (feat. Mascolo)
7. Wait for You (with Elderbrook)
8. What You Need
9. Forever Baby (feat. Janet Planet)
10. Comme Ça Voce (feat. Orofino)
11. Time
12. Little Things (feat. Julietta)
image: Dan Medhurst
