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Valerie Ace - Kick-Drum Music [HARDWON008]

Returning to Intrepid Skin after her brilliant debut EP, and following on from a string of acclaimed releases since then, Berlin-based producer, DJ, and label owner Valerie Ace presents four new cuts of powerful hard dance and techno. Strass & Stress is out 1st March as both vinyl and digital.

With a background in organising DIY raves and a commitment to community-led efforts in electronic music, Valerie carefully fuses references from a range of genres into a singular, contemporary take on techno. Guided by an instinctive ear for experimental, groove-driven frameworks, her strain of dance music is hard-edged but mischievous, playful but heartfelt.

Diving straight into the peak hours, opening track ‘Taking a Risk’ is a swirl of hard kicks, frantic alarms and distorted leads; a statement of intent for what is to follow. Hot on its heels is the aptly-titled ‘Slay’- a marching roller with double drops of acid, warped sonics and echoing glitches. Plunging into a hazier zone, ‘Anxious not Afraid’ takes an intoxicated spin on psytrance, building a vast acoustic space with equal parts tension and release. Closing off the EP, ‘How To Fit In’ jumps back onto the floor with an unrelenting spiral of industrial-leaning hard drum chaos.

Strass & Stress is an all gas no brakes package of four crucial cuts from a producer on top of her game.

Strass & Stress

Valerie Ace - Taking A Risk [Intrepid Skin]

[EKT-DGT-092] House of Piru - Cat’s Cradle
A COLLABORATION POLAND ▼ ITALY 2024

“Piru” means “devil” in Finnish. A perfect name for a cat.
“House of Piru” is on the one hand - home of a devil,
on the other - devil’s dance music.

Founded in 2020 as duet:
Gosia Marczak (vox) and DJ KCH (production). Our music is the
result of searching for new sounds and combining elements which, from the first glance, don’t necessarily match to each other. Gosia presents a wide range of extreme vocal techniques, which she mixes with clean singing and declamation.
KCH takes care of instrumental layer providing clashes and spins
of metal guitars, dance rhythms, pulsing bass and hip-hop
scratches, taking inspiration from Norwegian black metal, jungle
music and African techno.

ARTWORK BY SUROWIEC▼
www.instagram.com/surowiec

HOUSE OF PIRU▼
houseofpiru.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/houseofpiru
www.instagram.com/houseofpiru
open.spotify.com/intl-it/artist/56Rfsc1CV4keZFxTGnrhbX
www.youtube.com/channel/UC21zeEnEaxs6YC94QRHUf1g

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Hate Peach

Imaginary Friend

Denied (The Night)

Seriously

Help Me

Ghosting You

Karma Instant

Theá Tou Págou

e k 4 t e C o l l e c t i v e

m a t e r i a O b s c u r a

h y p n o s i s w a v e

Theá Tou Págou

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