Barcelona queer collective MARICAS launches a record label
The first release will be from co-founder ISAbella
Barcelona-based queer nightlife collective MARICAS have launched their own label.
The first release comes from their own resident and co-founder ISAbella. Her five-track EP ‘Audio Exótica’ is now available to preorder as a 12”.
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Isabella’s ‘Audio Exótica’ is a dark house EP littered with breakbeats and hissing hi-hats, harking back to the queer origins of dance music.
MARICAS has been running as a party in Barcelona for the past three years. As a label, it aims to be genre-fluid, spotlighting their own frequent collaborators.
Listen to snippets from ‘Audio Exótica’ below, and watch the promotional film for the EP directed by Leo Adef and Kitty Lee Schumacher.
Jemima Skala is Mixmag’s Weekend Editor. Follow her on Twitter
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