Lyzza

{{Short description|Brazilian artist and DJ}}

Lyzza, stylized as LYZZA, is a Brazilian artist, Music Producer and DJ.{{Cite web |last=Schnipper |first=Matthew |date=2018 |title=Lyzza: "Sleeve" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/sleeve/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} As a teenager she enrolled in a DJ workshop class at Amsterdam community-centre Studio Nowhere, which encouraged her to keep pursuing music. In 2016 she started as a Ball Culture DJ in Amsterdam and eventually started touring around the club scene in Europe.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Encore! - Brazilian musician Lyzza on reconnecting continents through her avant-garde pop |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20221031-brazilian-musician-lyzza-on-reconnecting-continents-through-her-avant-garde-pop |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=France 24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=LYZZA's love for textured fabrics mirrors her experimental style |url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/aesthetic/lyzzas-love-for-textured-fabrics-mirrors-her-experimental-style/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Crack Magazine}} As an electronic pop artist, she released four EPs and a mixtape and has been associated with the avant-pop genre as well as "post-PC Music".{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Eric |title=Lyzza: Mosquito |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lyzza-mosquito/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Meet Lyzza, the Brazilian Artist Shaping Club Music While On a Quest to Find Herself |url=https://remezcla.com/features/music/meet-lyzza-brazilian-artist-dj-club-music-interview/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Remezcla |language=en-US}}

Lyzza has cemented her presence in the avant-garde music world and her career has taken her across high-profile festivals such as Sonar, Melt!, Pukkelpop, Montreux Jazz Festival and Primavera Sound, the last performance resulting in Pitchfork recognising her as one of the [https://pitchfork.com/features/festival-report/the-best-of-primavera-sound-2018/ “Best of Primavera Sound 2018.”] Lyzza has produced music for Emel Mathlouthi and has made remixes for Linn Da Quebrada and American musician John Frusciante/ Trickfinger his experimental electronic label Evar Records.

Lyzza has cited Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) as an influence, explaining how "Roman Reloaded taught me you don’t have to censor yourself, there’s not that many rules to the artistic creation of music." Lyzza has stated that she found her SoundCloud community with Ariel Zetina, Jasmine Infiniti, LSDXOXO, among others.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Annabel |date=2022-08-19 |title=Permanent Rotation: LYZZA on Nicki Minaj |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/lyzza-interview-mosquito-mixtape/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}

In 2022, Lyzza released her mixtape Mosquito on the label Big Dada, an imprint of Ninja Tune.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-18 |title=LYZZA shares video for new single, 'Ressaca': Watch |url=https://djmag.com/news/lyzza-shares-video-new-single-ressaca-watch |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=DJMag.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=LYZZA reveals forthcoming mixtape 'Mosquito' |url=https://mixmag.net/read/lyzza-reveals-forthcoming-mixtape-mosquito-news |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Mixmag}} The mixtape featured a collaboration with Spanish artist La Zowi.{{Cite web |title=LYZZA's new alt-pop mixtape, MOSQUITO, explores her experience as a Black woman in the music industry · News ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/news/77548 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}} and Zambian - Canadian rapper and producer and 2020 Polaris Music Prize-winner Backxwash

Since 2023, Lyzza has expanded her artistry and debuted her first gallery-exhibited soundpiece 'Echo's' at The Serpentine Gallery as part of 'Third World:The Bottom Dimension', a multi-part project, [https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/gabriel-massan-collaborators-third-world-the-bottom-dimension-exhibition/ exhibition] and free-for-all PC [https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/gabriel-massan-third-world-the-bottom-dimension-game/ Video Game] conceptualised by artist and collaborator Gabriel Massan.{{cite web | url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/gabriel-massan-hans-ulrich-obrist-third-world-bottom-dimension-serpentine-london?lang=en | title='Video games are at the frontier of art' }} Gabriel was the youngest artist to have their own solo-exhibition and Lyzza was the youngest artists ever showcased at the gallery, earning them a collaborative cover for Fact Magazine's S/S 2023 Issue.{{cite web | url=https://thevinylfactory.com/product/issue-05-limited-edition-2/ | title=Gabriel Massan & LYZZA - Issue 05 (Limited Edition) - TVF }}