Actress – Karma & Desire

Karma & Desire is the seventh solo studio album by British electronic music producer Actress, described by Actress as being “a romantic tragedy set between the heavens and the underworld”. 

Accompanying its release, Actress released a short film entitled after the album. The film was directed by Lee Bootee and includes appearances from Sampha, Zsela and Aura T-09 who all feature on the album. The album was well received by critics, with Actress being acclaimed for further developing his sound, described as “warmer and more generous than anything he’s released to date”, and “a masterpiece of ethereal, smudged contemporary electronic music”, Karma & Desire was regarded as one of the best albums of 2020.