Brussels-based Maloca presents Paradise Mountain, the new EP by Katatonic Silentio, the DJ & production moniker of Italian sound artist Mariachiara Troianiello. Sitting in counterpoint to her moody, visceral outings on labels such as Ilian Tape and Delsin, here Detroit electro & techno drum workouts entwine with New Age sensibilities to form a series of blissful, delicate environments which unfurl gradually and assert hypnotic, light-inflected dancefloor efficacy.

The EP spirals through expertly articulated terrains, dense with wet modular tones and slow-cycling arpeggiations. Elements here emerge and recede through an organic, deliberate process of transformation. Emotionally, the record sits at the luminous end of the spectrum - despite occasional disruptions to its affective arc, Paradise Mountain ultimately resolves as optimistic and joyful.