Listening to Nigeria-born, Chicago-based Dreamer Isioma's debut full-length album, Goodnight Dreamer, feels like diving into an immersive new world. That's likely similar to Isioma's experience of creating the project: As they described to NME, the album was like a "science experiment."
"When I began the project, I was just somebody who wanted answers," the multi-genre artist explained. "As I was researching my philosophical questions about life and what is happening here, I kind of wrote my answers."
In this episode of Press Play at Home, Isioma delivers a kaleidoscopic performance of the first track on that album, "StayUp!" Surrounded by their band, the Celestials, Isioma seems to float through the performance, bouncing to the song's pulsing groove and twinkling riffs.