NYC’s Despina brings their signature metallic palette to the 909 mix series. Someone we’ve had our eye on for a while now through their releases on Kindergarten and All Centre, Despina is quickly becoming known for their thrilling take on club music. I think RA described their All Centre release as ‘unhinged’ and it feels like an appropriate word to describe this session. It’s robotic, sometimes spiralling out of control before commanding back into action with high energy rollers and percussive-driven rhythms. It has left me very very eager to see them play in a club setting. This itch needs to be scratched asap!
‘Gravity Games’ by Despina is out now on Kindergarten Records – buy here.
Tracklist:
Dennett – Kalli
Triple Pendulum – Air Max ’97
Console – Pluralist
Backstab – Troy Gunner
Murmurs – Krithi
Temporary Transit – Teleself
Spati Creatures – Squidbrain
Bilka – Blawan
Skin Psychic – Despina
Bayon – Yilan
Triangulation – Farsight
Spit – Gag Reflex
Sumatra – Glimmerman
Tranki – Bitter Babe & Nick Leon
Hi Tek Music – East Man
Afloat – Ido Plumes
Ad Punks – Strange Contents
EN LA FIESTA – badsista
Overtone – Teo Drean
Thermal – Atrice
Selfcare dot gove – Despina
Hypnobody – Ekzander