Warp presents Take Me Apart, the highly anticipated debut album from contemporary R&B's icon-in-the-making, Kelela. The long-awaited opus arrives at the tail end of extended tours with The xx and Gorillaz and scene-stealing guest spots as feature vocalist on a handful of crucial records - from longtime ally Solange's majestic A Seat at the Table to Warp's gonzo rap star Danny Brown's immense Atrocity Exhibition and most recently, the star-studded Humanz from Gorillaz.

Take Me Apart emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela's art - even when clad in the armor of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits - and Take Me Apart sees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

On 2015's acclaimed Hallucinogen EP, Kelela swept listeners along in the rush of ecstasy and the melancholic vapor trail of a hopeful, but ultimately doomed liaison. Hallucinogen would prove to be a turning point, and The New York Times would name it's single, Rewind, one of the “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going”. The EP's oversized impact would ignite a period of kinetic worldwide live shows.

These appearances would be tantalizing signs leading the way to Take Me Apart. Amplifying the ideas explored on Hallucinogen, here

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