Janine The Machine presenting the Official Music Video for, ‘Reiki’
Most Americans are still learning about the ancient Japanese healing practice of Reiki. Through touch, a reiki master channels and directs invisible energy fields to stimulate the life force present in all creatures. Music, too, is an invisible force that has the power to inspire, excite, and intrigue. When itβs done right, thereβs a mystical quality to it β it tugs you into its world, and it doesnβt let go until the recording stops. Artist and songwriter Janine The Machine knows all about that kind of magic. The Detroit-born, Atlanta-based artist makes songs that shimmer and pulse, lure and seduce, mesmerize and elevate. Janine may be young, but sheβs a bit of a mystic herself, and itβs no coincidence that sheβs named the lead single from her latest EP after Reiki. Listen to it, and youβre likely to notice some shock waves in the energy fields around you.
Music is in Janineβs DNA. She frequently collaborates with her older brother, artist / songwriter / producer Maejor (whoβs produced songs for Drake, Justin Bieber, Frank Ocean, Jhene Aiko, and more). Janine is also a talented creator in her own right: she co-wrote βTrust Myselfβ and βGirl Gangβ on Ciaraβs upcoming album, Beauty Marks, and has worked with artists like Teyana Taylor, The Dream, and Tyra Banks.
Janine is a vocalist with enough personality to sing over adventurous production. The arrangement of βReikiβ is a pop fantasia: thereβs a thick, rubbery bass synthesizer, a marvelously off-balance, wholly engrossing beat, and an electronically treated vocal suitable for an artist who calls herself The Machine. Nothing does what you expect it to do; everything surprises and delights the viewer.
Sheβs an alluring screen presence, too. With her colorful braids, gold jewelry, and diamond-shaped sunglasses, she looks like a cross between a pop seductress and a high priestess. The camera never strays far from her in the bright, appealing clip for βReikiβ β she floats through an urban garden like something thatβs been summoned from another star.
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