Dancing generally is a unusually solitary expertise — our bodies gathered however transferring independently from each other, eyes closed and minds drifting. Sofia Kourtesis, an digital musician born in Peru and residing in Berlin, strives to convey a extra collective which means by way of her pulsing home tracks. She sings in Spanish and explores her personal Latin American heritage, however her themes of cultural identification are frequent to anybody questioning who they’re and the place they belong.

These themes are express in “Madres,” which she says shouldn’t be solely about her mom but in addition all of whom take care of others. “Madres has no gender,” she writes. “Madres loves to guard those you like.” She takes the form of an angel standing on the shoulder of a dancer, whispering of their ear that they’ll by no means stray too removed from dwelling: “Ven, niño que estás ahí, vuelve a casa / Vuelve a casa.”

With its tender pulse, effervescent arpeggios and magical vocals, “Madres” additionally acts as an antidote to the extra aggressive, fast-paced music dominating the digital scene. Its chorus is brief however highly effective, and it exhibits Kourtesis can transcend the dancefloor to write down songs with a wider emotional attain.