Interstellar Recordings, Insomniac Records’ home for melodic house and techno, recently dropped the new double single ‘Viking / Magma’ from Kyiv, Ukraine-based sound producer and live act 8Kays (aka Iryna Shvydka).
She’s making her debut appearance on Insomniac’s Interstellar Recordings imprint with her new two-track offering. The lead track finds her enlisting the vocal prowess of Aussie-born, Germany-based singer/songwriter Kyle Pearce, a multi-platinum certified sensation known for his work alongside Vintage Culture, Tube & Berger, Klangkarussell. ‘Viking’ balances Pearce’s poignant, breathy vocal delivery with a meticulously crafted melodic techno groove, imbued with a sense of grandiosity via its galloping rhythm, cosmic atmospherics, growling bassline pulses, and rippling synth leads riddled with peak-time energy.
On the B-side, ‘Magma’ takes is position as the perfect counterpart, a gripping melodic techno instrumental propelled along by dark, driving drums, pulsating basslines, warbling detuned melodies that are met with by whirring pads, gurgling acid licks and molten call-and-response.
8Kays has been a huge draw at world renowned festivals and club venues from the likes of EDC Las Vegas, OffWeek, Printworks, Watergate, De Marktkantine, SOHO. She’s enjoyed tastemaker support from key figures such as Adriatique, Miss Monique, Fideles, Yotto, Korolova, John Digweed, Gorgon City, Ida Engberg, CamelPhat.
8Kays adds: “Viking is one of the tracks I like the most from my recent productions. I do find inherent to the sound I want to pursue: melodic, sensual and effective And ‘Magma’ is all about power, which I wanted to demonstrate in the track. The volcano was my first idea when I heard the track with my eyes closed, it resonated at the sound/meaning level for me.”
Striving for the freedom of bringing her experiments into sound, 8Kays is a space where she can have room for sound realization. When it comes to music, you’ll hear the call of the soul straight from 8Kays’ inner dimension. Her intriguing and undeniably particular sound reflects the artistic mind, full of authenticity and depth.
Releasing with such labels as Afterlife, the iconic and renowned Renaissance Records, Booka Shade’s Blaufiield Music imprint, Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats, and Eleatics Records, 8Kays’ music is set to sound loud and clear. Her ‘Morning After The Rave’ track, released on Afterlife, has hit hundreds of festivals and intimate club shows, setting a high claimed sound level for 8Kays as the one to follow.
8Kays current touring schedule includes reputable festivals and club shows, such as Tomorrowland (Belgium), OffWeek (Spain), Printworks (UK), Watergate (Germany), De Marktkantine (Netherlands), SOHO (UAE), and many more spots around the globe.
‘Viking/Magma’ is available here