Witches Brew by Kiss Nuka

Kiss Nuka announces her forthcoming EP, Witches Brew, due for release 5 July via Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce label. Sharing the intricate, electro-pop-bass vocal-track “Witches Brew” today, the EP is a conceptual piece, promising an enchanting, mystical dancefloor journey across the four-track record.

Witches Brew EP follows Kiss Nuka’s past releases including Serpentine EP (2023), Raat Rani EP and single “I Love The Drive” released via seminal UK label Ninja Tune’s imprint, Ahead Of Time.

Speaking on the single, Kiss Nuka says, “Witches Brew is my electro-pop experiment. The lyrics came first and laid the groundwork for how I approached the production and composition thematically, keeping a sense of playfulness in the arrangement. I focussed on the vocals as the main element that drives the track, pitching them up and down, reversing them, using them as pads, and chopping them up rhythmically.”

Speaking on the EP, Kiss Nuka adds, “Women who have pushed boundaries, expressed themselves freely, and challenged expectations have often been feared. As I grow more into my own power, I am inspired by all these amazing female artists, producers, djs, and women working in music that I've had the pleasure of watching, listening to, meeting in the past months. This EP is a dedication to the strength and magic of women…Full of light and expansion, yet holding the power to bring darkness when provoked. Here's to the casting of spells, the celebration of the wild women and the sharing of their wisdom.”

She continues, “The lyrical content on the first track I produced for the EP (Witches Brew) informed the overarching theme, the blood red of the Future Bounce artwork inspired the name for one of the tracks, two ravens that came to sit by me on the terrace while I was listening back to one of the demos had the track named after them, and some sounds within that track tweaked to have the raspiness of the Raven's call.”

Based between India and Spain, Kiss Nuka is an experimental audio-visual outlet from Anushka Manchanda - a creative polymath with an artistic legacy spanning editing and directing through to Bollywood playback, singing and screen performances). The Kiss Nuka project is how Anushka distills the world around her – with all its chaos and natural tranquility into stylistically boundless and immersive musical experiences. Her productions blend ambient soundscapes and four-to-the-floor rhythms with electro-pop vocal lines, pacey breaks and poetic lyricism, culminating in a captivating, signature sound that has seen her release on labels including seminal Ninja Tune imprint, Ahead Of Time.

Under the moniker, she explores her inner raver, constructing live electronic club sets which blend techno, bass, drum & bass and jungle with ambient layers, electro-pop melodies and distorted vocals, all while nodding to her Indian roots. These hypnotic live sets have seen Kiss Nuka perform across esteemed venues and stages, including Mixmag LAB, Boiler Room, Magnetic Fields Festival to name a few, and was tipped among Mixmag's Top 15 Live Acts of 2022 and again in 2023 in their Producers that defined 2023 list. This year, she will perform at Glastonbury’s Greenpeace stage.

Tracklist

1.	Dance Of The Ravens	3:36

2.	Witches Brew	3:52

3.	Night Of The Blood Moon	2:57

4.	Dance Of The Ravens (Aftermath)	5:04

Credits

released July 5, 2024

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