DJ ojo - Total Internal Reflection
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DJ ojo - Total Internal Reflection
Holdrons Arcade
135A Rye Lane
Unit 11 Holdrons Arcade
London SE15 4ST
United Kingdom
Label: Blank Mind – BLNK026
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: Nov 7, 2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Leftfield, Techno
DJ ojo's debut album arrives on Blank Mind with effortless charm, inquisitive energy and a generosity of spirit that makes it one of the more immediately likeable records to emerge from the UK's leftfield underground in recent years. Returning to the label following his acclaimed 2023 EP Coiled Up, ojo leans further into his enduring love of house and techno music while maintaining the vivid sound design, irreverent flourishes and elastic rhythms that defined his earlier work. The result is an impressionistic take on those forms — light, considered and allowing his idiosyncrasies to shine through with a synaesthetic quality that implies a gestural play between sound, colour and form.
Functionality is the key embrace: eight tracks, two discs, two tracks per side, a cohesive body of work purposefully presented to be played out. These guiding principles complement the uniquely skewed style of ojo — there's always a groove, but it might trip over itself; there's always a sense of cohesiveness, but it's never quite clear; there's always a dancefloor, but it's slippery when wet. Art by photographer Thomas Steineder, who interprets the record visually by bouncing light through analogue film wrapped around a prism, capturing a reflection turned inward. With Total Internal Reflection, ojo has somehow become even more himself — refining his vision into something playful, profound and enduring.
