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01. Paul Valentin / Liv Lisa Fries - Elvau
02. Paul Valentin / Liv Lisa Fries - Elvau (DJ Koze Remix)
03. Paul Valentin - Malfunction
04. Paul Valentin - WhatThe!
05. Paul Valentin - Listen
ARTIST
TITLE
Of Sand EP
FORMAT
12"

LABEL
CATALOG #
FEINES 076EP FEINES 076EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/14/2026

After the dissolution of his wave-making duo project Ameli Paul, Berlin based musician and producer Paul Valentin aims to venture down new roads and finds help from illustrious folks like Liv Lisa Fries, DJ Koze, Thomass Jackson and Philipp Fein along the way. Valentin's debut EP on Feines Tier marks his first solo release in 10 years and is a colorful journey through sonic worlds and emotions in the continuous search for his own sound. Opener "ELVAU" is a collaboration with actor Liv Lisa Fries built around their intimate voice recordings which are woven delicately into a dreamy web of shimmering synths atop pulsating break beats that would make Bicep proud. For his remix, His Kosiness, the Tripsitter Himself also known as DJ Koze follows the breakbeat path further down, gleefully taking all sorts of wonky and fun diversions on the way, which makes one hope that the ride never ends. Follow-up tune "Malfunction" is a more straightforward affair with its rolling synth arps and is -- in Valentin's own words -- "about personal failure, dissolution, and the distortion of the self." Equally dark under- and overtones are throwing shades over "WhatThe!", dealing with anger and transformations, resulting in a banger for the heavier moments on the dancefloor or the mind between your headphones. The EP closes on a more hopeful note with "Listen", which stands for "everything that could be, if we listened to each other." And it's never a bad idea to listen to chirping 303 basslines, especially when paired with melancholic synth pads and weird vocal samples, as is the case here. The rework of Thomass Jackson and FT-head honcho Philipp Fein feels beautifully anachronistic with its reduced tempo and could have been something Andrew Weatherall would have played when he was still playing our earthly dancefloors.