B1 Valerie Ace - Anxious Not Afraid

The Wych Elm

CALMA BB

Do I have to

Listen / Download: https://lnk.to/EscapeTheAlgorithm

In just three years, Berlin-based DJ and producer Valerie Ace has released six EPs plus a few extra tracks on just as many labels. One can say she has a natural talent, but an unnatural talent would be more fitting. Valerie Ace makes machine music—dark, industrial, groovy techno—at machine pace with machine precision. For her first Boysnoize Records release, Ace delivers six cracking tracks on her Escape the Algorithm EP, reflecting the aggressive sound of the techno capital’s young underground.

The EP opens with “Do It Again” (145 bpm), a dizzying track that pumps through layers of pitch bending texture. Ace flexes her command of timbre with hallucinatory punctuations of alien insects and screeching tires that scream as if alive. “The Algo Made Me Do It” (150 bpm) follows with a swift gallop. Here, an organ synth melody drives the arrangement along a rollercoaster of builds and drops, with Ace’s synthetic-organic accents throughout. The abstraction of human voices into mechanistic noise seems to be an Ace signature, and feature heavily on “In an Ideal World” (144 bpm). This is a fully locked in, beats-replace-brain, ego-death-on-the-dancefloor track that takes control of the body and hypnotises with otherworldly chatter. Escape the Algorithm continues with a full mix and tool version of “Scan Code To Unlock Heart” (144 bpm), a rattling runner with a totally infectious horror film whistle that morphs from sample to synth. Ace’s polyrhythms rip, with toms banging a tribal groove and snare stuttering to climax on the drop. The EP closes with title track “Escape the Algorithm” (150 bpm), which finds Ace deftly moving from 4/4 to broken beat and back around two big build-ups. An ominous synth serves as a through-line across the complex arrangement, amplifying the energy as it sinks, swells, and shifts to staccatto.  

Valerie Ace’s Escape the Algorithm EP is all killer, no filler, and its length attests to its purpose: the unnatural extension of night to well past dawn. Fortunately, the machine that is Valerie Ace does not only power the decks, it powers the dancefloor, too.Escape the Algorithm

Valerie Ace - Scan Code To Unlock Heart

Valerie Ace - Do It Again

Valerie Ace - Scan Code To Unlock Heart (Tool Mix)

Valerie Ace - The Algo Made Me Do It

Valerie Ace - Escape The Algorithm

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VEL CORRUPTS AGAIN: P:\URR(V2)_INFECT_ME_SOFTLY is the second release of her label and will be out June 18, 2025.

This VA delivers delicate yet infectious techno, built for late-night clubs and introspective dancefloors. Ten artists explore glitchy textures, fragile rhythms, and emotional tension. It’s a soft, beautiful infiltration.
Each track feels like corrupted code, blending synthetic chaos with raw intimacy. A futuristic, organic sound that lingers.

Mastering: In Aeternam Vale. Artwork: Yann Rachon

Digital release on June 18.
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BNRCD014: Various Artists BNR Vol. 2
 
BOYSNOIZE REC. is finally growing up and is turning seven this year!An opportunity to sum up our long labelhistory and to celebrate another year of label-dom with the 2nd Volume of the infamous BNR Compilation, including well chosen tracks by labelboss Boys Noize himself. 
 
Since the first launch of BNR Vol. 1 back in 2008, the BNR fam has grown artistically and musically-wise...The love and blood our artists have given each one of those diamonds makes it possible to stand 101% behind in what we do and makes us feel confident. Take a listen and you’ll feel it too!
 
With BNR Vol. 2 we're giving back the unconditional attention and would like you to focus on some of BNR's best trackrepertoire - featuring Jan Driver, D.I.M., Spank Rock, Siriusmo, Erol Alkan & Boys Noize, Chilly Gonzales, Shadow Dancer, Strip Steve, Djedjotronic, Housemeister, Handbraekes (Boys Noize & Mr. Oizeo) and many more. Plus remixes from Modeselekor, Brodinski, SebastiAn, Diplo…
 
Available worldwide as a 3CD Digipak with an eight page booklet. On CD3 you can find a continuous DJ Mix by Shadow Dancer - and as always it will be avail as a digital download “masterpiece” too.
 
Go down with us. Peace.
 
BNR VOL. 2 OUT ON BOYSNOIZE RECORDS, MAY 28th 2012


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