Valerie Ace DJ mixes (selection)

Returning to Intrepid Skin after her brilliant debut EP, and following on from a string of acclaimed releases since then, Berlin-based producer, DJ, and label owner Valerie Ace presents four new cuts of powerful hard dance and techno. Strass & Stress is out 1st March as both vinyl and digital.

With a background in organising DIY raves and a commitment to community-led efforts in electronic music, Valerie carefully fuses references from a range of genres into a singular, contemporary take on techno. Guided by an instinctive ear for experimental, groove-driven frameworks, her strain of dance music is hard-edged but mischievous, playful but heartfelt.

Diving straight into the peak hours, opening track ‘Taking a Risk’ is a swirl of hard kicks, frantic alarms and distorted leads; a statement of intent for what is to follow. Hot on its heels is the aptly-titled ‘Slay’- a marching roller with double drops of acid, warped sonics and echoing glitches. Plunging into a hazier zone, ‘Anxious not Afraid’ takes an intoxicated spin on psytrance, building a vast acoustic space with equal parts tension and release. Closing off the EP, ‘How To Fit In’ jumps back onto the floor with an unrelenting spiral of industrial-leaning hard drum chaos.

Strass & Stress is an all gas no brakes package of four crucial cuts from a producer on top of her game.

Valerie Ace - Strass & Stress EP [Intrepid Skin]

Valerie Ace - Escape the Algorithm [BOYS NOIZE RECORDS]

Intrepid Skin returns with its most outspoken, outlandish release yet. SPFDJ’s tastemaking imprint is proud to introduce ‘Glitzer Vs Hass’, the debut release from German artist, Valerie Ace. 

Unrelenting but utterly charismatic across four tracks, Ace blends her lived experience intertwined with today’s increasingly complex politics of club culture with a thirst for experimentation, unpicking and subverting the strains of toxic masculinity that still run deep through contemporary culture. This is first-rate dancefloor discourse with little room for chin-stroking.

‘Hyper Hyper Dancy Hardcore’ submits to the ridiculous promise of its title with a breathless finale that showcases Ace’s ability to deliver function and pure fun. Leaving a strong final impression this Rotterdam-rooted hardcore anthem provides all the thrills but thoughtfully dispenses with the macho bullshit, its central vocal constantly shifting in pitch and context. 

Driven by the energy and outrageousness that has come to define her scene, yet smartly subverting and experimenting with it, ‘Glitzer Vs Hass’ sees Valerie Ace enter the contemporary techno landscape with passion, humour and much-needed sonic resistance.

@IntrepidSkin @SPFDJ

Valerie Ace - Hyper Hyper Dancy Hardcore [SKIN005]

Valerie Ace – live from Intrepid Skin in Berlin.

Valerie Ace | Boiler Room Berlin: Intrepid Skin

Valerie Ace is the 325th guest of our original Hate Podcast series.

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HATE Podcast

HATE Podcast 325

Valerie Ace - HATE Podcast 325

Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown (Valerie Ace Remix) *FREE DOWNLOAD*

Recordced at .TAG Chengdu on September 23rd 2023. This show was the last stop of my China tour with X-Clusive Content.

Valerie Ace at .TAG in Chengdu, China | 23 Sept 2023

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Valerie Ace - Casting A Spell On U With My Acid [HARDWON008]

Valerie Ace - 303 Problems [HARDWON008]

Valerie Ace - Kick-Drum Music [HARDWON008]

BCCO Mix Series 327: Valerie Ace

B1 Valerie Ace - Anxious Not Afraid

Strass & Stress

Valerie Ace - Taking A Risk [Intrepid Skin]

Premiere: Valerie Ace - "How To Fit In" [Intrepid Skin]

Berlin-based heavyweight @valerie_ace returns to @intrepidskin with four cuts of pulverising hard dance and techno

The ‘Strass & Stress’ EP is out 1st March – have an exclusive first listen to ‘Slay’ now. 

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-valerie-ace-slay

Premiere: Valerie Ace ‘Slay’

Echoes Of October B2B Valerie Ace at HÖR | SYNOID showcase | April 2024

Two years after her debut on SPFDJ’s Intrepid Skin, Valerie Ace is already counted as a quickly rising voice in techno, her work featuring on Anetha's Mama Told Ya, Mála Ádh, Haven, and more. In 2023 she founded her own Hardwon imprint, now on its 8th release and featuring established and upcoming names like Ryan James Ford, WTCHCRFT, and others.

Now Rant & Rave offers her third vinyl full EP, Givers & Takers, confirming her premier place in contemporary techno. The title track starts ominous, pensively drawing tension over a slow breakbeat as busy percussion patterns interlock, leading into its intense second half, where heavy bass doubles down and pushes to a bruising climax. ‘Eat Dirt’ takes after its title, grinding faces into grit as it switches between breaks and straight sections while pounding the floor into submission. ‘A Moment Lost’ loses no time charging out of the gates, ratcheting tension with quickly evolving snares, the filtered bass punches driving the track over steadier, atmospheric background sounds. The afternoon or afterhours vibe of ‘3PM’ is accentuated by seasick synth layers contrasted against malignant drums, unsure if the drugs are wearing off or kicking back in for another trip.

Givers & Takers

Valerie Ace - A Moment Lost [RAR007]

Valerie Ace - 3PM [RAR007]

PROTOCYBERPUNK

NO LIMITS

Recorded at the outdoor rave by Blackout Collective in Lyon on Sept 21st 2024.

Valerie Ace at Blackout Eclipse in Lyon, France | 21 Sept 2024

Over 550 high quality modular hardware samples from Valerie Ace

182 MODULAR FX/TEXTURES
051 HARDWARE KICK-DRUMS
117 MODULAR PERC
028 LONG ATMOSPHERES/TEXTURES
086 HI-HATS
013 KICK-DRUM LOOPS
018 HI-HAT LOOPS
022 SNARES
030 TOMS
BONUS MODULAR LEAD MELODY LOOP

Hardware used to record this sample pack:

Elektron Syntakt
Erica Synths Graphic VCO
Xaoc Odessa Harmonic Cluster Oscillator
Intellijel Plonk
ALM Busy Circuits Akemie's Taiko
Vermona DRM
Jomox Mbase 11
Landfill Noise
Tiptop Audio Fold Processor
Qu-Bit Scanned
WMD Crater
WMD Fracture
WMD Chimera

VALERIE ACE SAMPLE PACK - Demo Track

Over 550 high quality modular hardware samples from Valerie Ace:

182 MODULAR FX/TEXTURES
051 HARDWARE KICK-DRUMS
117 MODULAR PERC
028 LONG ATMOSPHERES/TEXTURES
086 HI-HATS
013 KICK-DRUM LOOPS
018 HI-HAT LOOPS
022 SNARES
030 TOMS
BONUS MODULAR LEAD MELODY LOOP

Hardware used to record this sample pack:

Elektron Syntakt
Erica Synths Graphic VCO
Xaoc Odessa Harmonic Cluster Oscillator
Intellijel Plonk
ALM Busy Circuits Akemie's Taiko
Vermona DRM
Jomox Mbase 11
Landfill Noise
Tiptop Audio Fold Processor
Qu-Bit Scanned
WMD Crater
WMD Fracture
WMD Chimera

VALERIE ACE SAMPLE PACK - Individual Sound Previews

Valerie Ace at HÖR | December 04 2024

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 - In An Ideal World

DJ and producer @valerie_ace has been known locally for hosting events at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, which temporarily turned their painting studios into a nightclub. Behind the decks, her selection ranges from dreamy to hardcore with a focus on fresh and unique sound-designs.

During this time away from the clubs, she has been incessantly working towards her debut EP.

Within this exclusive mix for FOLD's DETECT, Valerie Ace presents one of her upcoming tracks alongside everything hyper, dancy, and hardcore.

DETECT [044] - Valerie Ace

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Labels: KAOS, @boysnoizerecords, @intrepidskin, @rawppl, @mamatoldya, @havenakl + Rant & Rave

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