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Today, in another “unanticipated yet delightful collision of worlds” (PAPER), GRRL x Made of Oak have announced and released their debut EP, Inertia. Out everywhere digitally and available as a physical pre-order via Psychic Hotline, the brain-bending and body-moving collaboration is the result of a shared obsession between two sonically dissimilar, but like-minded members of Durham, NC’s eclectic dance community: elusive DJ, producer and NTS affiliate James Mapley-Brittle (GRRL), and Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn (Made of Oak). “It’s not clear what they’re putting in the water in North Carolina, but whatever it is, it’s going to make you sweat uncontrollably, screw up your face, and bounce like you’re spring-loaded,” said Bandcamp Daily, when naming GRRL x Made of Oak some of the best electronic music of the month. “Kind of DJ Stingray electro, blown up to Pacific-Rim-monster size...distilling the purest essence of rave.”
Experience Inertia now, and pre-order the EP on limited edition vinyl here:
https://ffm.to/GRRLxMadeOfOak
While the two artists have crossed paths at many of the same parties over the years, it was a conversation about their mutual captivation for peak-hour club music that ultimately brought them together amidst the woods of Betty’s studio in Chapel Hill, where they created four songs thrilling and massive enough for the height of their respective live sets.
In addition to its title track,“an energetic cut which delivers trance-tinged techno” (Mixmag), Inertia features “Tempest,” “Interference” and the previously unheard “Aerial,” with the entire EP translated into its own visual language through the mesmerizing artwork of Eric Timothy Carlson and Aaron Anderson (Bon Iver, Boys Noize, Leon Vynehall). From the hypnotic videos for each song to the meticulous physical packaging, listeners can further lose themselves in the endlessly exhilarating layers of music.
Having recently performed together for the first time at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works and Los Angeles’ Gold Diggers earlier this summer, GRRL x Made of Oak are preparing to return to the decks for a busy fall. Over the weekend of October 7th-9th, at home in Durham, Boiler Room will present the duo’s set at Slingshot Festival, and on October 15th, GRRL x Made of Oak will play the second annual Psychic Hotline Block Party alongside a lineup of friends like The A's, Arooj Aftab, Bartees Strange, Hand Habits, Indigo De Souza, Joe Rainey, Joe Westerlund, Lambchop and more at Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle.
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