Blending elements of sultry alt-R&B and downtempo electro-pop, Tei Shi is the indie electronic project of multifaceted musician Valerie Teicher. Often incorporating layered vocal loops, she made her full-length debut with Crawl Space in 2017. She then delved deeper into R&B influences in collaborations with Blood Orange, who was featured on her second album, 2019's La Linda.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Teicher grew up in both North and South America, also spending several years in Bogotá, Colombia; Vancouver, Canada; and Boston, Massachusetts, where she attended the ...