Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2023/truancy-volume-300-verraco/

Soundcloud: @verraco

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Verraco

Truancy Volume 300: Verraco

Re-recording of my closing set at the last Flux held at Bossa Nova Civic Club. This was such an amazing party! All the DJs did a great job, and the crowd had a wonderful energy... Check out the mix and tap in if you missed it!

Connor Wrong for FLUX @ Bossa Nova Civic Club 04/10/2024

Rinse FM Podcast

Pariah presents Voam: Live from Open Ground - 10 October 2024

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

Alien zaps, chopped electro and playful techno from the Fever AM boss's live set at Mode Festival 2024.

@rhyw

RA Live - Rhyw (Live) - Mode Festival 2024, Australia

Akua stops by once again ahead of her set at Studio at Basement. This time she delves deeper to showcase different shades of house music. 

https://www.instagram.com/akua_b_
https://www.soundcloud.com/akuadj



Akua @ The Lot Radio 06-19-2025

Peder Mannerfelt @ Sauna Radio 12.07.25

Imperial Stomp by Neon Studios

Buy link: xelimarecords.bandcamp.com
Artist: Martin Stagnaro
Label: Xelima Records
Catalog Number: XVA5Y
Release Date: 20 Nov 2025
Format: Digital
Mastering:Xelima
Artwork: Xelima
Artist links: https://soundcloud.com/mart-n-stagnaro
Label links: SoundCloud.com/XelimaRecords

PREMIERE: Martin Stagnaro - Protofunk [XVA5Y]

Arabian prince on Mescaline

Further Information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-145-verraco

Verraco delivers a set of ultra-futurist club productions sitting at the intersection between 'industrial perreo + jungle revivalism x mental drum&bass' on his Bleep mix. In a first half which maintains around 100 bpm, the Colombian producer/DJ swirls together industrial-strength perreo, technoid dembow rhythms, soundsystem techno wallops and twisted breaks. The effects are searing, with recent favourites from the likes of Slikback, Lurka and Low Jack all rubbing shoulders in this section. Verraco subsequently ratchets up the tempo significantly for the mix’s latter stages - breakneck junglism and IDM are the order of the day here, though the indefinable, highwire percussion innovations of Rian Treanor and Donato Dozzy also get a look in. It all combines for a thrilling and unpredictable mix expertly put together.