The heart. The core of it all. A bloody, meaty muscle the size of a fist, pumping perpetually. Working, all day, everyday, against the clock. Nature’s own metronome. Sometimes you feel it throbbing in your throat, spasmodic, wanting to escape. Occasionally it explodes in warmth, sending sharp little electric needles of euphoria through the body. Now and then it sinks down to the stomach, acid, heavy like lead.

And one day it breaks — it is broken —, it shatters, quartered as if pulled apart by horses. It hurts. And the sharp pain, imploding, feels inescapable. A solitary ache, a blow, a deep hole which cannot be seen or explained. But you try to mend it. You reach for the glue and the duct tape. You pick pieces of gut and tripe and patch it back together. You shield it and harden it with leftover scrap metal. As long as it’s running.

Could heartbreak hardcore become a subgenre? A cathartic, visceral style nudging itself into the tradition of the hardcore continuum, written and produced by heartbroken musicians?

Heartbreak is the painful devastation left behind by the fact that we are no longer one. Most of us don’t know what to do with it. There is no funeral, no mourning. The capitalist structures which surround and smother us have no cure, no solution for heartbreak. There is no time for it: pain is not productive. That is: we cannot value it as we value a commodity, unless it is deeply enmeshed in layers of meta-post-ironic subterfuge, lest we seem vulnerable. Abstraction upon abstraction, we’ve forgotten what pain is and we’ve tried to hide it. Violet does not, because she cannot. Her approach is violent, immersive, euphoric sincerity. That’s the only way to escape.

HEART opens the EP with early-morning IDM inclinations, cushioned by a dubstep-y, wobbly bassline. It melts into angelical, nostalgic pads, topped with a dusty piano that morphs into some sort of brass instrument - and then back, like an indecypherable instrument, yet unknown to those who touch the earth. The track takes inspiration from one of Violet’s biggest influences, Jamal Moss AKA Hyeroglyphic Being and other sonic experimentalists who push the boundaries of palpability.

BREAK delves unbashedly into DnB territories, with a sub-bass piercing the mix in the pad-led oneiric intro — which leads us into a surprise jazz breakdown — and then a drop with a saturated, nasty jungle rave stab, deliberately navigating between opposing frequencies and states-of-being, like one does when heartbroken.

HARD is a no-frills (for Violet standards) ode to techno realness, to those propulsive dancefloor moments which help us believe that it's worth it to keep pushing through the pains of being pure at heart. It’s highly inspired in the UK techno tradition, with a pinch of dub and percussion for days.

CORE comes as an unexpected treat, the record’s closing act. A genreless groover that seems to melt all sorts of influences — from Depeche Mode to DJ Satélite. A fast-paced slow-burner, the track is chock-full of intricate sound design and romantic moments coming from layered pads. Everything, all at once.

If heartbreak is the core of this record, the cover art by Lisbon artists Shcuro and Postmodern Bot suggest tranquil blue skies are just around the corner. After all, we’re naive over here - and Violet still wants to die an optimist.

text by joão biscaia 
credits
released February 14, 2023

mastering by Ten Eight Seven
cover art by Postmodern Bot and Shcuro

NAIVE019 Violet - HEART/BREAK HARD/CORE (preview)

Oh My

Oh My (Sha Sha Kimbo Remix)

This is my set closing out the Elsewhere Loft at the Solar Sounds takeover on 12/02/2023. This was a lot of fun to make and I can't wait to be back!

1. Siberian Goose Down - O'Flynn
2. Like This - William Kiss
3. Let Me Tell You - Lyric
4. Big Dick In The Room - Medicine 8
5. Better Late Than Never (KETTAMA Remix) - Lafayette
6. A Milli - Lil Wayne
7. Gazza - Adam Pits
8. Catch The Beat (Derrick's Black Catcher Vocal) - Honey Dijon, Cakes Da Killa
9. LikeLikeLike - Ketiov
10. Some Give It Up - Sy-Kick
11. Mood Edit - Manao (Ice Spice)
12. All Love - Sally C
13. We Like to Party! (Klubbheads Mix) - Vengaboys
14. Spin Girl, Let's Activate! - Octo Octa
15. Helps Your Two Hips Move - Anz
16. So Emotional (Skream Remix) - Whitney Houston, SKREAM
17. fill me in edit - Soul Mass Transit System
18. Installation  - Pangaea
19. Never Leave - exxy
20. It Feels So Good (Breakbeat 12") - Sonique
21. PCD + SAG - Leonce
22. Pumps and Bumps - Dukeyman
23. LSD (HMC Remastered) - DJ HMC
24. Did I Tell U - KETTAMA
25. Mi9nimal Loopy Pumper - Mella Dee
26. Lalala (Want Somebody) [X-Coast Remix] - TDJ
27. Problems - Floating Points
28. Lovestoned/I Think She Knows (Firestone's "Modesty" Mix) - Justin Timberlake

Firestone: Solar Sounds @ Elsewhere (NYC) - 12/02/2023

einadia ; december23

[CET] on rinse.fr @grgregreg owes his avant-garde style to his rich musical culture, varying from house, disco and afro to jazz and dancehall. His sets are decidedly catchy, influenced by his love for nightclub culture.

Catch GЯEG every 1rst & 3rd Wednesday of the month from 19h to 20h

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GЯEG b2b Azamat B. - 23 Janvier 2024

Episode 68 of your favorite Thursday night show, IDEAL Radio on @subfmradio. Originally aired on January 26th, 2024.

New episodes air every other Thursday from 10PM-12AM PST (Friday 6AM-8AM GMT).

Hosted by @antsnow with an out of this world guest mix from Los Angeles based, Nigerian producer @somasoundss 

Support somasounds: https://www.somasounds.net/

somasounds - journeys (a remix pack) - OUT NOW! 
http://tinyurl.com/ssjny

Ant Snow Tracklist:
Strooly & TEHKAL	Nightcrawler
Agoria	I Love You More Than Myself
Kush Jones - SHUFFLED STACK
Caucasian Boy - IN FROM BEHIND
Baronhawk Poitier	 - Pickle Pickle
MoMA Ready - Blessing
Oak City Slums - BUS RIDE
Lost Vintage - Honolulu 1988 (Tony Rainwater's Beach Breaks Mix)
Javonntte - Aquarius Swing (DJ SWISHA's Libra Bootleg)
BIG J - BOUNCE IT
OSSX - Brain Scratch
SDOT - Another Life
LCY - Cherubim (Morwell Remix)
Don Toliver - 5X (S.S.D. Bootleg)
Daphne Too - Unreleased
EL BLANCO NINO - Use Your Heart
TAH - SHUG URR PLUM
DJ DYLAN - CALYPSO OF CLUB
ERIC MARTIN - Pop N Bounce (ALEX AUTAJON Bootleg)
96 Back - Cross This Heart
Trax Couture - CT36
Baauer - 1SNAP (XQZ ME CLUB TOOL)

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IDEAL Radio EP068 - somasounds

Myria Idha invites Plaur for this Warung show. 
Bali-based DJ, producer, and designer, Bagus Purwoko aka Plaur found his niche in the underground music scene from a vast range of global influences via the internet. He spent over a decade working the local music scene pro bono which then led him to connect with people in the community.
He is known for his genre-bending and extensive blend of contemporary club music with a knack of harmonic pop twists and intriguing sounds on his DJ sets. He currently curates a series of events and programs through ORBITWARE — a Bali-based event platform he founded in 2019 that showcases talent in immersive experiences in contemporary club culture.


Warung w/ Plaur (26/01/24)

return of the sound of music

Edward George:
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/edward-george
https://morleyradio.co.uk/series/the-strangeness-of-dub
https://counterflows.com/commission/kuduro-electronic-music-from-angola

Sound Of Music on @threadsradio - Mixcloud playlist:
https://mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/playlists/sound-of-music-w-edward-george

Tracklist: 
Milford Graves, Arthur Doyle, Hugh Glover – 04 January 1976 I
Kavain Wayne Space & XT – Side A
Billy Strayhorn – Chelsea Bridge
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Chelsea Bridge
Anne Guthrie & Seymour Wright – Chelsea Bridge
DJ Nigga Fox – Onda Da Terre
JJ Doom – Ello Guv’Nor
Inge Copeland – Faith
Iya Shillelagh – Water Weight
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 – Water No Get No Enemy
Tibslc – Hypertranslucent
DJ Nigga Fox – Ma Rotima
The Horus All Stars – Cristo Redentor
Three Dots – The Count Of Monte Cristo

For more shows: @threadsradio ~ Listen live: www.threadsradio.com

Sound Of Music w/ Edward George (*Broadwater Farm) - 30-Mar-24

Nirvana

Sammy Virji, Tuff Jam - Up and Down (HJ Official Dub)

reall v1 138 bpm

(DJ) Firestone, host of Polari: A Queer Agenda

Lenapehoking (PHL)

Liberate the World

Firestone: Solar Sounds @ Elsewhere (NYC) - 12/02/2023

FIRESTONE | Polari