In a blizzard of breaks and surrounded by towering slabs of icy atmospherics, Quelza comes spinning into the Dekmantel UFO orbit with ‘Pensa Poetico’, an EP of grandiose proportions due out May 23rd, 2025 in Vinyl 12″ & Digital formats / DKMNTL-UFO16.
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Anyone who caught Quelza at Dekmantel Ten last summer will be well aware of the breakthrough producer’s affinity for evocative soundscapes — amongst his keen instinct for dancefloor propulsion its his richly rendered atmospheres that have made him such a vital new talent in the industry and club scene.
The curious, extraterrestrial quality to his sound is the perfect fit for the resurgent UFO series, and Quelza has more than risen to the occasion with four tracks that take in the widest spectrum of his sound to date.
The title track ‘Pensa Poetico’ is a dramatic, 11-minute epic that moves beyond dancefloor rigidity into a fractured zone where rhythms splinter and shudder around immersive dub chords pulses and IDM infused rhythms . There might be the anchor of an insistent, staggered kick drum, but it’s a simple tool to allow the freedom of movement for intricate layers of steel, glass, ice and dust before the second half erupts in a powerful display of breakbeat science. It’s the most adventurous expression from Quelza to date — a track he credits with unblocking his creative process on the path towards a more honest expression within his production.
This spirit of adventure maintains throughout the EP, balancing cathartic compositional shifts with hyper- detailed scene-building and energy shifts that push and pull with your expectations. Quelza’s well- established affinity for dancefloor physicality holds true as he twists and turns through these constantly surprising, nail-biting arrangements. Even when everything seems to fall apart, he’ll sense the perfect moment to return to a pinpoint groove. Toying with minimal, modernist 2-step and complex organic percussion as well as choppy breaks, this is the sound of Quelza breaking out into a new phase where anything feels possible and his production vocabulary allows him to land audacious moves with mind- blowing finesse.
Tracklist.
A1 / 01. Pensa Poetico
A2 / 02. A Bird With Burned Wings
B1 / 03. Orange Du Ciel
B2 / 04. Belly Jolie Movements
Artist. Quelza
Title. Pensa Poetico
Cat#. DKMNTL-UFO16
Format. Digital / 12″ Vinyl
Label. Dekmantel
Release date. May 23rd, 2025
Written, mixed and produced by Léo Naït Aïssa
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos
Cat. No. DKMNTL-UFO16 – All rights reserved
℗ & © Dekmantel UFO Series 2025
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