NTS BITTER BABE

Bitter Babe Mixes

As the Queen of Swords card expresses power and sensuality, this São Paulo via Bogotá B2B celebrates feminine club royalty.

Electronic flashing sounds and perreo vortexes alternate with animal calls to evolve into a heavenly soul absolution.

An extremely fluid mix with a tight rhythm of layered textures, techno floor thrusts in 4/4 sped up like a cardio workout, with a machine-gunning trance bassline merged with Middle Eastern and Latin brushstrokes. A set that is a festival, galloping head-spinning euphoria and a full alphabet of genres from G in guaracha to T in tango.

TASCAM DR-40

Bitter Babe b2b Cashu - Climate of Fear - June '24

Lisa More invite Bitter Babe - 24 Mars 2025

Bitter Babe takes the second half of RA.997, revelling in the fullness of the Latin electronic continuum. 

As part of our countdown to the 1000th edition of the RA Podcast, a milestone in the 18-year history of Resident Advisor's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format.

This week, following heady excursions through Lagos, Kampala, Detroit and Chicago, our focus shifts to Latin America—arguably the story in underground electronic music since the pandemic. 

After years of being all but ignored internationally, the glut of special club sounds coming out of Peru, Brazil, Colombia and beyond have finally received their flowers. 

Among the movement's great success stories are two artists who exemplify its refreshingly undogmatic energy: Verraco and Bitter Babe. 

Bitter Babe, naturally, takes the B. As a DJ, she reflects the fullness of the Latin electronic experience—"diverse, messy, emotional, political and full of contradictions," as she says in her interview. 

Her rollicking rides through guaracha, dembow, cumbia, techno and everything in between are powerful counters to anyone who believes the culture begins and ends with Shakira and Bad Bunny. And, as she'd like to remind everyone, "not every offbeat rhythm with Latin percussion is reggaeton."

Skip through the 60-minute mix and you'll hear wildly different rhythms at every juncture. Surely, you might assume, at the expense of flow? And yet enjoyed (as intended) from start to finish, the tunes gel like milk and honey, each silky transition subtly phasing in fresh tones and percussive flourishes. It's fast, feverish and intensely riveting.

@bitterbabe
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1001

Correction: the final version of this mix was uploaded on Tuesday, July 15th.

RA.997 Bitter Babe

Universal and electric, flowing with liquid and environmental sounds. Latin rhythms collide with broken fragments, building a crescendo of sensuality and velocity. Intriguing vocals ride over rolling grooves, acid tones, and techno kicks, creating irresistible bursts of energy.

Kia’s meditative cosmic aura meets Bitter Babe’s rhythmic fire in a tribal, sassy mix that moves, pulses, and evolves. Layered textures, ancestral grooves, and veteran bass carry the set through ravishing hours of sound.

Kia b2b Bitter Babe - Climate of Fear x Sustain Release - June '25

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-bitter-babe-23rd-september-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ BITTER BABE 230925

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-bitter-babe-30th-september-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ BITTER BABE 300925

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-bitter-babe-21st-october-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ Bitter Babe 211025

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-bitter-babe-4th-november-2025

The Early Bird Show w/ Bitter Babe 041125

Access Bitter Babe's personal vault.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/obsidian-dreams-w-bitter-babe/episodes/obsidian-dreams-w-bitter-babe-10th-november-2025

Obsidian Dreams w/ Bitter Babe 101125

@Bitterbabe is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ who emerged from Miami’s vibrant underground scene and now based in Paris, she constructs a sonic world that feels like a digital jungle—humid, dense, and dangerously seductive. Her cutting-edge selection is a visceral fusion where wild, percussive rhythms—spanning dembow, raptor house, tribal, guaracha, and Brazilian funk—are welded onto the skeleton of bass-heavy, low-end groove club music. It is a scorching experience where disparate sounds copulate in the frequencies, creating an illusion of untamed wilderness within the club environment.

Since 2023, she has been touring globally, delivering electrifying performances at Dekmantel Festival, Horst Festival, and Panorama Bar, among others. Her genre-defying approach has also led to a collaboration with Diesel for Crack Magazine, blending music and fashion in a bold, futuristic way. 

Beyond her DJ performances, Bitter Babe hosts Obsidian Dreams, her residency show on NTS Radio, where she curates an immersive sonic experience for a global audience. 

She is working on her debut solo EP for TraTraTrax, having just finished her amazing debut live performance at Mutek Montréal. As she continues to push sonic boundaries, Bitter Babe remains a defining force in the new wave of Latin club music and beyond.

Bitter Babe

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