Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Leaps Into Drum’n’Bass on “RUIN: It’s Not Just Music”
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s RUIN: It’s Not Just Music finds her moving from ambient and new age toward drum’n’bass and festival EDM. The album grew out of a Barbican performance with an orchestra and was prompted by someone’s threat to “ruin” Smith. The review says it opens with strong, physical tracks but loses momentum as it continues.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, a California-based artist known for synth work and Buchla performance, released RUIN: It’s Not Just Music in 2026. The experimental album follows a gradual shift away from ambient and new age, after the electronic pop of Gush and a three-track orchestral EP. It originated from a London Barbican concert with an orchestra, where strings and live drums met jungle breaks and club rhythms.
According to Andrew Ryce’s October 12, 2026 review, the record was prompted by an unnamed person’s threat to “ruin” Smith, which she described as a fuck-you album. Early tracks like “Introduction,” “Ruin,” and “GTP!” are physical and bass-heavy, but later songs such as “I’m Just Being Honest” and “It’s in Everything You Say” lose focus, while “Obsessed” and “I Don’t Know What It Is” remain catchy but less vibrant.
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