Berlin-based DJ, producer and label owner Valerie Ace has been carving out her place in the world of hard-edged techno in recent years. The Deutsche techno prodigy expertly blends the groovy sounds of Berlin's underground with contemporary rave nuances.

Valerie's musical palette can be linked to her early exposure to music creation as a teenager while playing guitar in a Krautrock band, however, Valerie's intense attachment to club culture began in 2018 when she began to run community-driven raves in the art school of Düsseldorf. These smoke-filled painting studios were where she would first cut her teeth in the industry and go deep into the art of DJing.

In 2020, during the pandemic, Ace began to emerge as an exciting producer in the international techno scene and she would soon opt to relocate to Berlin, where she would hone her craft and fully immerse herself in the culture.

Her debut EP landed on SPFDJ's revered Intrepid Skin imprint to critical acclaim. Ace unveiled a thrilling four-track EP that displayed a charismatic sonic compass that is both daring and captivating. Running off the back of the success of her debut EP, Valerie has gone on to feature on a host of prized labels including Anetha's Mama Told Ya, Mala Adh, Haven, and more.

Outside of the studio, Ace has been touring globally from London to Beijing. Valerie has been gracing the booths of illustrious club and festival institutions such as Fold, Tresor, Boiler Room & Unreal Germany, to name a few. Valerie's vision for techno extends beyond producing and DJing; in 2022, she established her label, Hardwon, which features original productions from Ace herself alongside Biia, Nara, New Frames, Ryan James Ford, Vel, and WTCHCRFT. In 2024, Ace drops a second EP on Intrepid Skin and hints at two more debut offerings, all of which will be released soon. These new releases will further galvanize her already impressive back catalogue of original music.

All Valerie Ace Releases (from newest to oldest)

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Valerie Ace - Escape the Algorithm [BOYS NOIZE RECORDS]

Inside Pax 2024

BIPOLAR FRUITS

BIG AS YOU ARE (feat. KAT)

GiGi FM - Virgo Space Acid [SRN003] 

A1. Calibration
A2. Mercury
B1. Virgo Space Acid
B2. Floresta

Release date : 23rd May 2025
Pre-order : https://gigifm.bandcamp.com/album/virgo-space-acid-2

All tracks written, produced and performed by GiGi FM.
Mixed and mastered by Ahmet Altinbas.
℗ & © 2025 GiGi FM - Sea~rène.
All rights reserved. Made in the EU.
Photography by Yumiya Saiki.
Layout by Studio Phazed.

GiGi FM - Virgo Space Acid [SRN003]

1st single in the series

Mastering by Znzl
Visual by Solveig Herrström

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Your Kiss My Bliss

HATE exclusive premiere.
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Swiss Primal Instinct boss, Chlär, debuts on Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver with the ‘Topography’ EP.

Artist: Chlär 
Title: Topography EP
Label: Mote-Evolver
Catalogue: MOTE071
Format: 12" Vinyl + Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: #Techno
Release date: May 21, 2025

Tracklist:
A1: Altitude
A2: Serac
B1: Lamin
B2: Phantom Grid

Next up on Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver is Primal Instinct co-founder Chlär with the 'Topography' EP. It follows his debut album, 'The Architects of Shadows', which came out on Primal Instinct at the tail end of 2024, and sees the Swiss-bom, Germany-based artist deliver four more tracks of unmistakable, dance-floor-primed Chlär sound.

Chlär's 'Topography' EP embraces Mote-Evolver's tradition of deeper groove Techno with finesse, seeing 'Altitude' kick off proceedings as a heads-down slice of hypnotism featuring can't-miss Techno rhythm while otherworldly creatures add to the atmosphere. 'Serac' then delves even further, its effective bassline welded together with subtle sequences before we flip the record around for 'Lamin', a track rife with ghostly dub chords and remnants of a vocal sample. Closing out the trip is 'Phantom Grid', a clap riding its groove as it builds the intensity, dropping the pressure with hammering kickdrums and excellent, warped percussion for another lose-yourself club offering from the ever-promising Chlär.

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Topography EP

Altitude

Premiere: Chlär — Altitude [MOTE071]

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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 (Tool Mix)

Boysnoize Records