Erika de Casier‘s debut album Essentials is out on Independent Jeep Music.Shedding off the excess is just as important in music as it is in life. With her debut solo album Essentials, Erika De Casier has put forth a collection of songs that are both endearingly pure and effortlessly effective, imbuing a chronologically complex brand of R&B with a dose of zen that would have even the ***** **** tapping his foot.Hailing from Copenhagen by way of a handful of other cities across the globe, Erika first cut her teeth on Denmark’s house scene, having collaborated extensively with the collective Regelbau and served as one half of Saint Cava. As a solo artist, she’s focussing on the styles she grew up loving – those first musical memories that echo in your head for a lifetime. By the time you’re a quarter of the way through Essentials’ first track, “The Flow”, it should be exceedingly clear that Erika de Casier’s childhood consisted of more than its f...