Tracklisting
A1 Valerie Ace - Taking A Risk
A2 Valerie Ace - Slay
B1 Valerie Ace - Anxious Not Afraid
B2 Valerie Ace - How To Fit In

Sales Note
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 and 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 and Stress is an all gas no brakes package of four crucial cuts from a producer on top of her game.
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Tracklisting:
A1 Valerie Ace - Glucose Guardian
A2 Valerie Ace - Lavender Ceiling
B1 Valerie Ace - Sweaty Syrup
B2 Valerie Ace - Hyper Hyper Dancy Hardcore

Release Note:
Unrelenting but utterly charismatic across four tracks, Valerie Ace's debut EP 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.
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Turkish-born Nene H is one of the most exciting breakout acts in techno. Based in Berlin, she's hailed as part of a new generation that is pushing the genre forward. She achieved notable acclaim as a classically trained pianist before starting her career as a techno producer, frequently incorporating oriental, drone and psychedelic vocal elements into her industrial sound. Selected as one of 2018’s SHAPE platform artists, Nene H has already showcased her live set at noteworthy events such as Berlin Atonal and CTM, Red Bull Music Festival, the Boiler Room and festivals around Europe. With a background in acclaimed classical composition, Nene H’s individual approach is immediately evident across these distinctive club tracks that, for all their sophistication, intend to strike instantly at the dark heart of any self-disrespecting dancefloor.
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