Jessica Audiffred’s ‘RAVE NEW WORLD’ Is a Love Letter to the Rave That Raised Her

There’s a certain electricity in debut albums—the kind that hums with ambition, hunger, and the raw need to be heard. For Jessica Audiffred, RAVE NEW WORLD isn’t just a debut—it’s a memoir, a manifesto, and a battle cry, all wired into a 10-track, genre-bending odyssey.

Raised in Mexico City’s underground rave scene, Audiffred didn’t just come up watching DJs spin—she inhaled the culture. That obsession, once just a teenage escape, now pulses through every kick and drop of this album. RAVE NEW WORLD is the sound of a life shaped by dance music and sharpened by self-discovery.

The opening track, “Keloke,” featuring fellow Mexican producer urboi., sets the tone with teeth-baring bass and spitfire Spanish verses. It’s unapologetically rooted in her heritage, a nod to the raves that first ignited her. And from there, the record doesn’t let up—it evolves.

What’s remarkable about RAVE NEW WORLD is how fluidly it jumps between bass sub-genres without ever losing its soul. “Rave On,” a standout collaboration with chae, drips with synth-laced nostalgia, as if Audiffred bottled the haze of a sunrise set and poured it over a dubstep build. It’s both intimate and explosive—a delicate balancing act she pulls off again and again across the record.

Tracks like “Afterparty” (with Nostalgix) and “Goes Like” lean into house and techno flavors, proof that Audiffred isn’t boxed in by the dubstep label she’s often saddled with. These aren’t detours—they’re expansions. You can hear an artist flexing her range without chasing trends. The confidence is unmistakable.

But the emotional core of the album belongs to “I Wanna Be Free.” Leah Culver’s vocals tremble with a kind of desperation that’s all too real, and Audiffred matches it with a stripped-back, liquid drum & bass production that might be the most vulnerable thing she’s released to date. There’s no armor here, no wall of wubs to hide behind. Just feeling, laid bare.

And then, of course, there are the bangers. “Unleashed,” with JEANIE and Dani King, is a middle finger in sonic form. “Destiny” goes full cinematic warfare. These are the kind of tracks that explode in live sets—not just because they hit hard, but because they mean something to the people dancing to them.

What ties it all together is the sense of purpose. This isn’t just a collection of songs—it’s a narrative. A journey. The story of a young girl who fell in love with the rave and grew up to reshape it in her image.