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: TĀLĀ
Based: London
Listen: soundcloud.com/talaofficial
Similar to: Arca, Jai Paul

London producer TĀLĀ made a huge statement with ‘The Duchess’, a lead, title-track from her first EP. For a debut track, it already signals serious intent: Twisting and contorting expectations on what to expect from electronic music, it stamps and stabs in several directions - plus, with a title title like that, it can’t be short on confidence.

But it’s in the newcomer’s latest, ‘Serbia’, that she really sets her stall. Of Iranian descent, the previously unknown artist brings in a genuine voice. Thumping, head-spinning percussion latches onto wonky production. It’s nearly off-beat in execution. Odd to the extreme, it sounds futuristic and ritualistic all at once, like the kind of music space cults might play in their downtime. True to her ink-stamp logo, TĀLĀ is already asserting a genuine trademark.





Debut EP ‘The Duchess’ is released on 2nd June. Pre-order via Aesop.