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08/01/2025

Back from holidays, where I kept myself busy visiting the Cat Village. Back to music with a big one:

Friday, 10.01, abd debut, alongside 'local heroes' and

Obviously, a legendary place, a legendary night, and an honour to participate! Closing at 3am - see you there :)

Saturday, 11.01 - back .edinburgh, sharing the decks with some local legends. The night starts early, so shop up for some good techno :) I'm playing at midnight :)

Closing down of is yet another reminder that good quality nights playing a more ambitious (for the lack of a better word) music need constant support. Pleasure has been one of the forces that kept the Edinburgh clubbing scene afloat, and I'm genuinely worried what will happen now. They are absolutely correct - better to fold it than to play s**t music in my view. But this leaves us, people who don't like tomtom techno but wanna go out, with even fewer options. We musi cherish them. (So, come to the next .edinburgh night!!)

02/01/2025

Hello hello, don't really have the capacity to make this post a slideshow with photo and video evidence of cool gigs and all this important social media stuff. But I still want to thank all the people who have supported me in 2024. The promoters, producers, clubs, DJs, labels, fellow artists, dancers, the meetup crew. Thank you all for all the moments we shared.

2024 was a difficult year for me on many fronts, so here is to all future years being better.

Happy New Year everyone - see you on the dancefloor!

Xx Vera

23/12/2024

A bit of DJ spam from me just before Christmas ⛄

check this one out on Soundcloud and Youtube! Last month I had the pleasure to take part in .edinburgh takeover at together with ! I was not very happy with my performance as I was playing, but then I had a listen at home, and I think it's a banging set, actually 😁
and with a great representation of Scotland-based producers too!
Swipe to see a few transitions and the tracklist, but also check out the whole thing on Youtube. 🔗 in my bio linktree :)

slides:
1. ona:v - AT1 (out on ) into - Double Helix
2. - Emotional Hijacking into - Shaken (always wanted to play this track out!)
3. & - Arena Sequence into .as - Secret messages
4. - La Ultima Guerra de Michuá into - Dusty
5. - Dusty into .karaka - Kukoo
6. .karaka - Kukoo into & .am.blanka - Mindset
7. - Canopy into .karaka - Rikoo (the whole EP is crazy!)
The tracklist is in the last slide, too!

05/12/2024

Sooo excited to be on the Sisu roster again!!

As last year, I'm also a part of our internal team. This year we're bigger again, ready to bring changes to the world!
See below the long list of amazing artists with whom I share the space on the roster. Amongst them my .edinburgh sister as well as many DJs and producers whom I have already met through events, collectives, radio shows :)

Swipe to see the full list of residents. Excited!

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Poster & artist cards: Joely Swerdlow -

The roster:

.caz .__ .___ .diavl .wav .jahina .sses .edwardsdj .dj .dj_

Artwork:
Artist Video: .insta

29/11/2024

It's release day!

Super excited to be back into making music. My track, AT1, is a part of a VA released on a Paris-based - run by . The whole VA is beautiful, eclectic but cohesive, and I'm excited to be amongst these fantastic non-formulaic producers!

I had a long break in production, and when I reflect on it it's a combination of a genuine lack of time, plus too much of trying of being like others. I had watched all the tutorials of famous producers, and tried to be like them. Lost my own way of making music somewhere in that process. But I'm back.
And I do like this track a lot. Played it in my last show that I am yet to impose on you.

Head to Bandcamp and get it!

Mastering:
Artwork: Mathilde Proy

26/11/2024

Back at later this week. This year, I will be taking a part in a panel discussion on 's initiative
Discussion will be led by Finlay Johnson of AFEM, and will include several perspectives, hearing from (), .lamb808 (), - and me.

Knowing me, you will know how heartbroken I was - still am!!! - after stopped operating. It was a really disheartening moment that caused deep disappointment with the entirety of music scene. Lots of rationalizing and cognitive dissonance was on display...

is a fantastic campaign that aims to give credit to music producers. I hope during the discussion we will find what steps to take to achieve this. In the end, it will be grassroots - how to go about making it work?

I'm also having 1-2-1 chats with people later that afternoon :) Come to say hello :)

See you there!

Xx

31/10/2024

Recharged after holiday in my home country (mostly filled with life admin and the cat hating me) and excited for the weekend ahead. Hoping to catch up with music friends, too :)

Friday - Brighton debut with .tapes - sharing the booth with .___ and

Saturday - playing for on a stellar lineup! Sharing the booth with and

Sunday - repping .edinburgh at

If you are around let's hang out xx

16/10/2024

Still absolutely heartbroken that Aslice is closing. A telling sign of how the music industry really is. Spoken to and have read posts from numerous people, and it was striking how much cognitive dissonance is at play...
In any case, I am proud to have contributed, and I cherish the friendships and relationships that were formed via Aslice. I still hope some rich hobbyist will fund it as a side hobby.

Sending love and gratitude to all the producers whose track I played!

Xx Vera

03/10/2024

Hello hello,
Busy weekend ahead!
Join me this Friday for .edinburgh
And then this Saturday .poetry.club.glasgow for on a fantastic lineup of live performers: .soma

Looking forward to hanging out with old and new friends - see you there!

Xx

16/08/2024

Hello friends.
Tomorrow I'm supporting - back in the techno cave of the
This is actually .edinburgh third birthday - can't really believe it. Looking back, if someone had explained to me how much - how much !!! - of work promoting is, I would have never started. Now, I'm trapped in a project I cannot abandon :)
Promoting feels a bit like a cycle of abuse - you stress, you hate it, you want to quit, then you absolutely love it during the night, and then the whole cycle starts again. Incredibly rewarding, though, to feel I'm contributing to the big picture, which for me is a multiplayered 'make the scene better' mission. Better in a variety of ways.

Back to tomorrow - I'm sharing the lineup with several super talented up and coming DJs that you should check out if you haven't yet: .violet and . The night is an RA pick, too :)

Also, remember to support your local nights :) we're the last bastion of no donk :) we need you - your likes, your money :), your weird dancefloor moves.

See you front left

Xx

30/07/2024

Came back from holiday with a tonne of pictures in which I look very uncool 🤣

I'm here to tell you that I'm back tomorrow, supporting - b2b

The night is the RA pick, there will be good techno - you should come. I don't know how to write these posts in an exciting enough way, as it's not like we have international headliners and what not. But we have good music. That's worth a fiver on a Wednesday night.

The goat is from the rave last weekend. Typical me - went to a rave, spent most the time with the goats and the chickens. There were several.

See you there xx

25/07/2024

In less than a week, I'm going b2b with supporting at for the last .edinburgh night before the festival begins 🎶🤖

Really excited for the whole night - my b2bs with have always been lots of 😊 this time we are opening Sneaks , which means you will get a gentler version off us! is such a great, versatile DJ to support, too :)

See you on the dancefloor 🪩

🎟️ 🔗 In .edinburgh bio

📷 By the fantastic

06/06/2024

Tomorrow!
On support duties for .edinburgh - supporting .___ for her Scottish debut! The night is an RA pick :)

On the lineup also - can't wait.

You know the drill - support your local nights or else there won't be any techno in your village!

See you at the mash!

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29/05/2024

!TONIGHT! True techno heat at Sneaky's - courtesy duo

In-demand DJs, accomplished producers, and label heads - .duplicity and have contributed a lot to the Scottish techno scene. Now residing in London, they are coming back for us for a special night!

Really looking forward to warming up for them :)
See you front left!

🎟️ In bio!

23/05/2024

Hello, hello, exciting weekend ahead as I'm making my debut at the SATELLITE SUNDAY night put together by . I'm playing b2b - it's has been a while, and I'm really excited to dig out my electro dancefloor weapons;) the night is really a celebration of the local scene, with .af and also on the lineup. All of, just like , actively doing stuff to keep the scene alive!

Tix are just £10, it's a bank holiday Sunday - you should be there. Xx

09/05/2024

This Saturday, I'm playing for the crew, on the lineup with and - an absolute legend in the world of techno.
It's also my debut, and I'm really curious about the venue given the vids I've seen 😍

Come dance with us, I'm on at 11 pm :) the night starts at 9, which is quite refreshing - plenty of time for good techno! The night has a no-camera policy, which is also good! Hope to see you all there xx
Tix on RA and Skiddle

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01/05/2024

The cat's been out of the bag for a while, but here's the news: I have the absolute pleasure to bring the undisputed techno legend Dave Clarke for a very special debut at Sneaky Pete's.

Championed early by the late John Peel who affectionately labelled him The Baron Of Techno, Dave Clarke has been making music of his own since 1990, collaborating with and remixing iconic artists such as Depeche Mode, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld and many others.

Now residing in Amsterdam, his incredible catalogue and career forge a timeless pillar for the genre of techno, with early recordings that helped crack open a world for fresh voices of electronic music that have left a lasting admiration amongst the scene’s new generation of protagonists.

As 2024 sees the 30-year anniversary unsealing of a classic archive that propelled Dave Clarke’s career and journey through the international dance scene, the reissues of seminal records such as Red’s "Protective Custody "Wisdom To The Wise" and“Thunder" are crucial steps in recognising his seismic influence on a scene that followed from the mid-nineties.

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