Raven Artson’s relationship with pop music is complex, authentic, and celluloid. Describing his sound as “tear dripping autotune,” on his new album, Transformia, Artson delves into the realms of love, relationships, and the arrival of intimacy. Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Los Angeles, Artson has an innate comprehension of melding a variety of stylistic extracts into provocative distillations. Artson explains, “When I hear others talk about my work, I notice that they can’t quite pin it down and I love that. Like life itself, everything I do is free-flowing.” Highlights on Transformia include “Rash Of Independence,” a jazz-flavoured, glitch-pop tune revealing Artson’s open-minded approach to love, untrammelled by conventions like ownership and exclusivity. “If you make ...