BELIFT

BELIFT (KNOWN FORMALLY AS ALMA RODRIGUEZ-RIVERA) IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT AND PRODUCER BASED IN LOS ANGELES. GROWING UP IN INDIANA UNDER A HIP-HOP INFLUENCE, THEY SHOWED THEIR LOVE FOR MUSIC AT A VERY EARLY AGE. STARTING OFF THEIR CAREER IN 2020, THEY PIONEERED THEIR WAY THROUGH SOUNDS, USING SYNTHS AND SAMPLES TO EXPERIMENT AND MAKE NOISES SUCH AS KICKS, SNARES, RIMS, CLAPS, ETC. THE PRODUCER COMES FROM A INDUSTRIAL, ELECTRONIC, EXPERMENTIAL, R&B, AND LATIN INFLUENCE. THEY STARTED OFF EARLY IN FEBRUARY 2022, WITH RELEASING MANY PROJECTS UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES. IN 2023, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD BE CHANGING NAMES FOR THE LAST TIME. AROUND 5 MONTHS LATER, THEY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT EXTENDED PLAY AS BELIFT, TITLED "TERMINA" AS A DEBUT ON TAKE THE IMPACT, ON JUNE 16, 2023. 2 MONTHS LATER, SHE RELEASED HER COLLABORATIVE EXTENDED PLAY, TITLED "DYSTOPIA" WITH DAVHEY. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, BELIFT DROPPED THEIR SECOND EXTENDED PLAY, "CURVA". ON MARCH 15, 2024, BELIFT DROPPED HER DEBUT ALBUM, "LABYRINTH".