LP Giobbi (2025)

One Liner: Local EDM lady growing in stature

Wikipedia Genre: house, electronic, dance
Home: Austin!

Poster Position: Second Quarter - Line 11
Day: Saturday
Both Weekends.

Thoughts:  Well, I was kinda hoping this was going to be some dank rap, although I have no clue why the band name denoted a rapper in my mind.  Just seemed right.  Instead, this is EDM party-time.

She was last here in 2021, and has since added a Taylor Swift remix and actual albums to her catalog.  But still, listening to her catalog is brutal because she has 478 remixes of the same song on Spotify.  I was kind of generally enjoying the tunes for a while, but have reached a point in the songs that they are bugging me.  "Gas Me Up" made me want to switch to listen to something else, and there are too many remixes of the same songs in here so that it feels like I'm hearing the same thing over and over.  She really likes the power female singer accompaniment - like some mid-90's C&C Music Factory thing from 30 years ago.

Her label bio says that she was born in Oregon but is based in Austin now.  So that is cool.  She studied piano at UC Berkeley.  Real name is Leah Chisholm.  One article about her says this for an origin story: "she played piano at various locations throughout San Francisco until one fateful night she was approached by a producer from Daft Punk while playing jazz piano at popular spot Madrone Art Bar. Recognizing her talent as a musician, she was recruited to be part of an all-female electronic band."  Pretty neat.

I just found something that, at least for me, was very interesting.  Among her singles and remixes and many, many collaborations - a 2023 album called Garcia (Remixed), which is all Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead vocals remixed into techno songs.  I don't know if it is actually good, but I am entranced nonetheless.  I wonder how that works.  Did she have to get permission to use his vocals, pay a percentage?  Or can remixes just use what they want and its a fair use or something?  If so, I vote that someone does this again with cooler background tunes.  These are kinda same-sounding, although I dig hearing "Deal" and "Sugaree."

Top track that isn't a remix is "Forever and a Day" with 30.7 million streams.

Like I said - power belting lady singer over generic house beats.  Check the box.  But, someone asked to find them an EDM artist who would be blowing the Tito's tent up for this year's festival.  We don't know her stage, but this might be the one.  I'd rather have one with more bass, but who knows.  Second-biggest streamer (non-remix division) is "All In a Dream."  28.6 million.

Big sound.  Huge singer added in there, and the bouncy house pianos are pretty fun.  I am confused by her report of how she came up with her DJ name.  The internet says she chose "LP" from her own name (which should then be LC for Leah Chisholm) and Giobbi is her mother's maiden name.  Makes me think of a glob of snot for some reason.  Let's throw in the TayTay remix, just so you can hear what the kids are really wanting.  33.8 million streams.

An official remix posted to the real Taylor Swift YouTube channel and everything.  Huge.  I mean, it's fine, not sure that it actually makes the original that much better for me.

Probably wouldn't go see this one, but if you're into EDM, would be high energy fun.