The Derry DJ and producer Or:la has announced a long-awaited debut album.
Trusting Theta will be released on September 20th on Fabric Originals, and feartures contributions from SOAK, Eliza Rose, and Mary Lake, and pulls from Or:la’s (Orlagh Dooley) wide-array loves of acid, breakbeat, UK bass, tribal house, deep house, 90’s techno and garage.
The now Liverpool-based artist’s Trusting Theta is inspired by Celtic and Greek mythology, and addresses sapphic love, friendship, female rage, community, the criminalisation of pepper spray as a self-defense tool, and was made for “The girls who get it, get it”.
In particular, Or:la was drawn to the Celt’s respect for women as healers, mothers and leaders.
New song ‘Chant’ is a body riddling-rhythm with vocals by Or:La herself inspired by life in London, and the city’s socialites.
The artwork for the album features Or:la as a 3D scan transformed into a stone bust that nods to the themes of the album, and a nod to how myths and legends, like the tale of Medusa, can be misinterpreted.
Trusting Theta Tracklist:
A
01 Milky Way Of Glitter feat. SOAK
02 Cooking Up Pepper Spray With Mary Lake
03 Fired Up
04 Chant
B
05 Sea Slugs
06 Cupid Doesn’t Live In Clapham Common
07 Patriarchy Purge
08 Slay The Beast feat. Eliza Rose
09 Goodnight Sister Boom Boom
Or:la Tour Dates
12th July – Love International, Tisno, Croatia – Tickets here
19th July – Nation of Gondwana, Berlin – Tickets here
26th July – La Potion Pride, Meraki, Liverpool, UK – Tickets here
28th September – ReSolute x fabric, NYC
2nd August – All Together Now, Curraghmore Estate, Ireland – Tickets here
3rd August – Twitch, Belfast – Tickets here
4th August – Dekmantel x Is Burning, Amsterdam – Tickets here
10th August – Houghton Festival, Norfolk, UK – Tickets here
23rd August – Lost Village, Lincolnshire, UK – Tickets here
25th August Body Movements, London, UK – Tickets here
14th September – Waterworks, London – Tickets here
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