Zancudo Berraco, Aircode, ex.sses, King Monolith

False Locust is excited to present four artists found in the darkest, most thrilling corners of experimental electronic music.

Zancudo Berraco is the explosive experimental techno alias of Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Henrique Apolinário. A dedicated sonic explorer, he crafts loud, full-spectrum, and fast-paced live sets designed for pure dance-floor catharsis.

aircode is a Swedish producer based in London whose music is typified by dubwise dynamics, sonic capaciousness, and permutable elements of percussion, voice and piano. They have performed across Europe, and put out records on the labels TT (formerly Tobago Tracks), Takuroko, Alien Jams, Gin&Platonic and NHS along with a number of self-released Bandcamp drops.

ex.sses (she/they) is an experimental producer and DJ. ex.sses fuses heavy bass, broken drums and textural sounds, from her resident shows on Balamii and Netil to her guest mixes for NTS, Kiosk Radio she has built a bass led palette of sounds, unconfined by genre. ex.sses’ ties to experimental sound and club culture have since manifested in releases on TT, BAIT, Traverse, glint, Earful of Wax, Cherche Encore and Hard Return and has premiered on DJ Mag, Mixmag and Bad Tips. These releases have gained attention over the years, resulting in dark, club focused DJ sets across the UK and Europe. Her live electronic performances expand on ex.sses’ exploration of noise, textural sounds, poetry and the gendered body.

King Monolith blends noise, dub and reckless sampling to form a chaotic style of dance music; constantly on the edge of collapse into full blown noise