Lollise

Bio

After many years of recording and touring with Underground System and the FELA! band, Lollise now shares her own bold Afro-futurist pop sound, rich with layers of kinetic, danceable percussion and gentle waves of ambient noise. The multi-disciplinary artist was born in Francistown, Botswana, and is now based in NYC. Lollise’s debut full-length, I hit the water, released September, 2024 on Switch Hit Records. She creates hybrid songs for this moment, taking influence from Setswana and Kalanga folk songs, as well as ’80s and ’90s South African electronic bubblegum and kwaito. Lollise has performed extensively in New York, from DIY community spaces to arts institutions including BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Public Records, BAM, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn Museum, and more.