Released on Technicolour with a self-directed video for the most recent single.
Photo credit score: Pasqual Dominic Amade
Dutch digital duo Weval have launched their fourth studio album, ‘Chorophobia’, out now on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint. The file arrives alongside a self-directed video for his or her newest single, ‘Open Up That Door ft. Kilimanjaro’. Watch right here.
The new album sees Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers embracing dancefloor dynamics extra immediately than ever earlier than, difficult the introspective mindset that formed earlier releases like 2019’s ‘The Weight’ and 2023’s ‘Remember’. Sparked by the invention of the time period “chorophobia” — the worry of dancing — the duo leaned into its irony and let go of long-held inhibitions.
“Until that time, we had at all times labored on data with a ‘listening’ mindset,” says Harm. “We realised that we’ve been scared of constructing dance music for all of our journey as producers.” The result’s their most extroverted work but — crammed with high-energy cuts, style shifts, and daring rhythmic selections.
The album contains current singles ‘Dopamine’, ‘Just Friends’, and ‘Movement’, with stylistic nods starting from acid synths to funk, UK bass, and even Motown textures. Tracks like ‘Mercator’ present a hyperlink to their earlier catalogue, whereas the collaboration with Kilimanjaro on ‘Head First’ provides new vocal dimensions to their sound.
Weval will help the album with a headline UK/EU tour this autumn, together with a cease at Hackney Church in London.
Listen to ‘Chorophobia’ under and obtain your copy right here.
