Jane Remover
Jane Remover | |
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 Jane Remover performing in September 2024 | |
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| Also known as | |
| Born | September 26, 2003[1] Newark, New Jersey, United States[2] |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Labels | DeadAir |
Jane Remover (born September 26, 2003) is an American musician. They[c] released their debut studio album, Frailty, in 2021, which was followed by Census Designated in 2023, and Revengeseekerz in 2025. They pioneered the "dariacore" microgenre on SoundCloud with their album of the same name, released under the pseudonym Leroy. They have also released music under the alias Venturing, and their first album under this alias, Ghostholding, released in 2025.[5]
Biography
[edit]Remover, along with their twin sister, were born in Newark, New Jersey, living there until they moved to Clark around 2011.[6][7] They attended The College of New Jersey for one semester before leaving to pursue music full-time.[8] They formerly made music under the pseudonym Dltzk. She came out publicly as a trans woman in 2022 creating their new name Jane Remover as they left their deadname behind.[3] In September 2024, they stated they have no pronoun preference.[4]
Career
[edit]Remover's interest in music production stems back as far as 2011, inspired by dubstep producers like Skrillex, Kill the Noise, and Virtual Riot.[9] They would later go on to produce different styles of EDM in the mid-2010s, citing Porter Robinson as their biggest influence.[10] From electronic music, Remover's production became more trap-centric around 2018; they cited artists such as Trippie Redd, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler, the Creator as inspirations.[10] Guest production then became a large part of Remover's early career, with their being a member of multiple SoundCloud collectives such as PlanetZero and Graveem1nd. Their production gradually became more digicore-oriented.[10]
In late 2019, Remover began self-producing and releasing their own works on SoundCloud. One of Remover's first solo releases, "What's My Age Again?", gained popularity after being shared on Twitter.[10] Their second EP, Teen Week, was released on February 26, 2021, under the pseudonym Dltzk (stylized as "dltzk").[11] The track "Homeswitcher", featuring Kmoe, reached 100,000 streams on SoundCloud within the first two weeks of its release.[12]
After the release of several more non-album singles, Remover began teasing the release of their debut studio album, Frailty, and releasing singles for it in June 2021. After the release of the tracks "How to Lie", "Pretender", and "Search Party", Frailty was released via DeadAir Records on November 12, 2021.[13] The album was acclaimed by various publications, such as Pitchfork, who placed the album at #47 on their list of the best albums of 2021.[14]
On June 27, 2022, Remover announced the retirement of the Dltzk pseudonym, and introduced the name Jane Remover. On the same date, they released the single "Royal Blue Walls". In Remover's statement, they said "the stage name Dltzk has never sat right with me" and that it "reminds me of a period of my life I'd like to move past". They also announced that the Teen Week EP would be abridged, as they had become uncomfortable with the project as it was originally released.[15][16] This change went into effect on October 10, 2022, and four songs were removed from the EP.[11] Remover's second single released under the name Jane Remover, "Contingency Song", was released on November 16, 2022.[17] They were the opening act for Brakence's Hypochondriac tour from November 26 to December 20, 2022.[18]
In March 2023, Remover became an official resident of NTS Radio, where they performed monthly hour-long sets, entitled "Wait Watch This", on the station's second channel.[19] They retired their residency in December 2024.
On August 23, 2023, Remover shared the single "Lips" from their second album, Census Designated, which was released on October 20 of that year.[20] On September 20, the album's title track, "Census Designated", was released along with an accompanying music video directed by Quadeca.[21] The album saw their move away from bitcrushing and sampling towards a "blend of shoegaze and bedroom pop", guitar rock anthems with slow buildup and deafening noisy climaxes. A Pitchfork review of Census Designated compared this iteration of their sound to music acts such as Ethel Cain, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and yeule.[22]
In February 2024, Remover began the Designated Dreams tour, co-headlining alongside their labelmate Quannnic. Playing 12 dates across the US, the tour promoted both artists' albums released the year before, being Census Designated and Stepdream, respectively.[23]
Through August and September 2024, Remover opened for American rapper JPEGMafia's Lay Down My Life tour.[24] In December 2024, Remover announced the Turn Up or Die tour, their first as the sole headliner. The tour will feature Dazegxd, as well as special guests d0llywood1 and Lucy Bedroque, and is set to begin in April 2025.[25] On January 1, 2025, Jane Remover announced their third studio album, Revengeseekerz, alongside the release of its lead single, "JRJRJR". The album will release sometime in 2025.[26]
Leroy
[edit]Leroy was a side project of Jane Remover, under which they created sample-heavy EDM mashups. These releases sampled a wide range of sounds, including pop songs of the 2010s, viral videos, and even Remover's own music. They released a series of albums with the name "dariacore", the first of them on May 14, 2021. The cover art for each album released under the Leroy moniker were screenshots from the TV series Daria, which led to the term "dariacore" being used to describe the unique production style that Remover used for these releases.[12] The genre was described by Raphael Helfand of The Fader as "an entire genre in and of itself, taking hyperpop's silliest tendencies to their logical conclusions".[27] Three albums were released under the pseudonym "leroy" from December 2020 to May 2022,[28] after which the moniker was officially retired in June 2022 with the release of a DJ mix titled "Leroy & Dltzk Memorial Service".[29] The Dariacore series of albums have since inspired many artists to adopt a similar style of production, releasing short sample-based EDM tracks themed around popular media.[9]
On July 21, 2023, Remover released the fourth and final studio album under the Leroy pseudonym, Grave Robbing, which premiered on NTS Radio.[30]
Venturing
[edit]Venturing is a side project of Jane Remover. It initially started as a fictional indie rock band created by Remover.[31][32] They released several tracks under the Venturing alias onto SoundCloud throughout 2022 and 2023, before releasing Arizona, their official debut EP as Venturing, onto streaming platforms on May 19, 2023.[33][34] Remover officially announced the project's debut studio album, Ghostholding, on December 5, 2024. It was released on February 14, 2025.[31][32]
Tours
[edit]Headlining
[edit]- Designated Dreams Tour (with Quannnic) (2024)[23]
- Turn Up or Die Tour (with Dazegxd, D0llywood1, and Lucy Bedroque) (2025)[25]
Opening
[edit]- The Hypochondriac Tour (with Brakence) (2022)[18]
- Lay Down My Life Tour (with JPEGMafia and RXKNephew) (2024)[24]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]As Jane Remover
| Title | Album details |
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| Frailty |
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| Census Designated |
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| Revengeseekerz |
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As Leroy
| Title | Album details |
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| Dariacore |
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| Dariacore 2: Enter Here, Hell to the Left |
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| Dariacore 3... At least I think that's what it's called? |
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| Grave Robbing |
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As Venturing
| Title | Album details |
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| Ghostholding |
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Extended plays
[edit]As Jane Remover
| Title | EP details |
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| No Words, Just a Picture of Me[35] |
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| Teen Week |
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As Venturing
| Title | EP details |
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| Arizona |
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Singles
[edit]As Jane Remover
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Me" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Woodside Gardens 16 December 2012" | Teen Week | |
| "52 Blue Mondays" | 2021 | |
| "It's a Vicious Cycle" | Non-album single | |
| "How to Lie" | Frailty | |
| "Pretender" | ||
| "Search Party" | ||
| "Royal Blue Walls" / "Cage Girl" | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Contingency Song" | Census Designated | |
| "Lips" | 2023 | |
| "Census Designated" | ||
| "Flash in the Pan" / "Dream Sequence" | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Magic I Want U" / "How to Teleport" | ||
| "JRJRJR" | 2025 | Revengeseekerz |
As Venturing
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sister" | 2024 | Ghostholding |
| "Halloween" | ||
| "Famous Girl" | ||
| "Dead Forever" | 2025 |
Remixes
[edit]| Year | Song | Artist |
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| 2021 | "Legend" | Alice Longyu Gao (with Alice Glass) |
| 2022 | "Tellmewhatuwant" | Aldn |
| "Tell Me" | Dazegxd | |
| "Honest" | Umru (with Cecile Believe) | |
| "4Ever" | That Kid (featuring Bébe Yana) | |
| 2024 | "Nasty" | Tinashe |
| "Shake It Like A" | Frost Children (with Danny Brown) |
Music videos
[edit]| Song | Year | Director |
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| "Census Designated" | 2023 | Quadeca |
| "JRJRJR" | 2025 | Parker Corey & Jane Remover |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jane Remover [@janeremover] (March 22, 2021). "i share a birthday with serena williams" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Jacob, Lola (November 10, 2023). "Introducing: Jane Remover on her sophomore album 'Census Designated'". Coup De Main. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Sundaresan, Mano. "dltzk: Frailty Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ a b "@janeremover". Twitter. Archived from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ "Jane Remover Announces New Venturing Album 'Ghostholding'". December 5, 2024. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ^ Zhang (January 25, 2022). "Digicore Hero dltzk Is So Online It Hurts". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Dawson, Madelyn (October 26, 2023). "Jane Remover Reconstructs Herself Through Trust". Paste. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ Brickner-Wood, Brady. "Jane Remover's outer space". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Darville, Jordan. "5 Fast Facts with dltzk, the teenage digicore producer with adrenaline and heart". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bugara, Billie (February 23, 2021). "dltzk: A Life Before Teen Week". Lyrical Lemonade. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Remover, Jane. "Teen Week". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Press-Reynolds, Kieran. "An 18-year-old invented a new genre of meme-heavy music called 'dariacore' that's like 'pop music on steroids'". Insider. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Frailty". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. December 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (June 27, 2022). "Jane Remover Shares New Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ DeVille, Chris (June 27, 2022). "Jane Remover – 'Royal Blue Walls' & 'Cage Girl'". Stereogum. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ Helfand, Raphael (November 17, 2022). "Song You Need: Jane Remover's soaring shoegaze sadness". The Fader. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ a b @brakence (September 12, 2022). "The Hypochondriac Tour. My first headline. [...]" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 8, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Radio, N. T. S. "MEET OUR NEW RESIDENTS FOR 2023 | NTS". NTS Radio. Archived from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Lindert, Hattie (August 23, 2023). "Jane Remover Announces Album, Shares New Song "Lips": Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (September 20, 2023). "Jane Remover Shares Video for New Song "Census Designated": Watch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ Press-Reynolds, Kieran (October 20, 2023). "Census Designated". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Minsker, Evan (October 31, 2023). "Jane Remover Announces 2024 U.S. Tour". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Pearis, Bill (July 15, 2024). "Tour news: Bob Dylan, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Goose, Eagles @ Sphere, JPEGMAFIA, Don Toliver, Nicole Atkins, more". Brooklyn Vegan. Archived from the original on July 17, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Jane Remover Is Taking Her Eclectic Sound On The Road With Tour Dates". UPROXX. December 10, 2024. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Jane Remover Announces New Album 'Revengeseekerz': Hear "JRJRJR"". Stereogum. January 1, 2025. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ "Listen to leroy's final mix". The FADER. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Music | Jane Remover". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Remover, Jane. "Jane Remover — leroy & dltzk Memorial Service (for Goop Week - 6/26/22)". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ "Wait Watch This w/ Jane Remover: Leroy Grave Robbing Special". NTS. Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Jones, Abby (December 5, 2024). "Jane Remover Announces New Venturing Album Ghostholding". Stereogum. Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Sacher, Andrew (December 5, 2024). "Jane Remover announces debut album by fictional band Venturing". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ "venturing". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "Arizona EP - Album by venturing". Apple Music. May 19, 2023. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "No Words, Just a Picture of Me - EP by Jane Remover". Spotify. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2023.