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Mila Stern - Five Finger EP
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Mila Stern’s groove-heavy and highly danceable sound explores fringe soundscapes informed by Post-Punk and Electro. What sets her apart is a willingness to embrace unorthodox sounds, explore the beauty in harshness and dissonance, and transform jarring atmospheres into captivating dancefloor moments. With ‘Five Finger EP’, Mila Stern delivers an eclectic six-tracker featuring two high-pressure originals and four carefully selected reimaginations by Camea, mytripismytrip, Öona Dahl, and Hardt Antoine for Kiosk catalog number 021.
‘Five Finger Discount’ encapsulates Mila’s uncompromising aesthetic: warm, powerful, energetic, and constantly teetering on the brink of disintegration. Morphing, overdriven stabs build energy atop a sub-heavy groove and a sea of pads. A sweeping break fractures the track into shuddering bursts of corroded machinery, before the compact groove returns with punishing dancefloor power.
Camea transforms ‘Five Finger Discount’ into a heavy-weight techno roller. Shuddering, pitch-shifting bass hits and salvos, sizzling white noise sweeps, and an ominous mantra morph the track into... more
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released September 8, 2023
Mastering by Sasse at Blackhead Studios
Vinylcut by Andreas "LUPO" Lubich
Artwork by Polina Tretyakov & Hannes Hesse at 113Prozent GbR
Includes unlimited streaming of Five Finger EP
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
Mila Stern - Five Finger EP
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Mila Stern’s groove-heavy and highly danceable sound explores fringe soundscapes informed by Post-Punk and Electro. What sets her apart is a willingness to embrace unorthodox sounds, explore the beauty in harshness and dissonance, and transform jarring atmospheres into captivating dancefloor moments. With ‘Five Finger EP’, Mila Stern delivers an eclectic six-tracker featuring two high-pressure originals and four carefully selected reimaginations by Camea, mytripismytrip, Öona Dahl, and Hardt Antoine for Kiosk catalog number 021.
‘Five Finger Discount’ encapsulates Mila’s uncompromising aesthetic: warm, powerful, energetic, and constantly teetering on the brink of disintegration. Morphing, overdriven stabs build energy atop a sub-heavy groove and a sea of pads. A sweeping break fractures the track into shuddering bursts of corroded machinery, before the compact groove returns with punishing dancefloor power.
Camea transforms ‘Five Finger Discount’ into a heavy-weight techno roller. Shuddering, pitch-shifting bass hits and salvos, sizzling white noise sweeps, and an ominous mantra morph the track into a darkly efficient peak- time banger.
Öona Dahl’s Return Remix transforms ‘Five Finger Discount’ into a merciless, beat-driven interpretation focused squarely on the dancefloor. A brutally efficient staccato bassline, electric stabs, and bright blips create an unapologetic and body-moving dancefloor weapon.
Making the original’s blippy synth progressions the focal point, mytripismytrip reimagine ‘Five Finger Discount’ as a slow-burning cyclone of subdued energy. Beautifully pitching sirens intertwine with shimmering arpeggios to unfold waves of transcendent power.
Built around salvos of displaced snare rolls, sawtooth sweeps, and a blippy, detuned lead, ‘Deadline Disco’ draws its power from an eclectic array of sounds jostling for the center stage. A barrage of surging and receding energy encapsulated in perfectly controlled mayhem.
Hardt Antoine builds his rendition of ‘Deadline Disco’ around an infectiously body-moving arpeggio. Layers of distortion add a searing edge, transforming the original into a stripped powerhouse with Dark Disco undercurrents.
Few artists move on the fringe so comfortably, make unconventional sounds so accessible, or pursue their vision with the same bright-eyed conviction.
With ‘Five Finger EP’, Mila Stern epitomises the magic that happens when uncommon sounds are embedded in the framework of commanding, floor-focused energy. ‘Five Finger EP’ embodies her stand-out style and the stunning range of musical interpretations it inspires.
credits
released September 8, 2023
Mastering by Sasse at Blackhead Studios
Vinylcut by Andreas "LUPO" Lubich
Artwork by Polina Tretyakov & Hannes Hesse at 113Prozent GbR
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