Pink Stiletto + Plexi Stad + SERVICE
Ffo: New Wave, Post Punk, EBM
Plexi Stad
A cheerful melody in Plexi Stad's world quickly unravels into a darker, more abrasive soundscape. An invitation to dance transforms into a sonic confrontation, revealing the band's penchant for teasing the listener with unexpected twists. The cheerful facade dissolves into an intense and raw expression that refuses to bend to the prevailing norms. The poetic punk prowess of singer Peleman is as much seductive as it is dismissive. There's no compromise in both the instrumental and lyrical delivery.
The band delves into the dark sounds of James Chance & The Contortions, embracing the dissonant and unpredictable. Simultaneously, they channel the defiant spirit of bands like The Pop Group and TC Matic. Plexi Stad absorbs, reinterprets, and spits out a sound that is uniquely theirs.
Pink Stiletto
Pink Stiletto is a San Francisco-based analogue synth-driven project fusing 80s New Wave, Italo Disco, Post-Punk and early EBM aes- thetics with bilingual lyrics and a seductive, magnetic edge. Fronted by Valery Kvochkova, the project channels the eccentric energy of ZE Records and Eastern Bloc disco, merging glamor, grit, and bold experimentation of European electronica.
Featured on Metro Subterranean a Compilation 12inch release on Hyperspace Communications and Dark Entries followed by sold-out shows with members of The Units, Tuxedomoon, and Los Microwaves, earning praise as one of San Francisco's most exciting new acts, with a European tour ahead and new music in the works.
SERVICE
SERVICE is the eclectic hyperdreampop project of producer Sam Cuppen and artist Charlotte Hofman. With their atmospheric and sometimes dark synths, SERVICE brings dreamy but also danceable melancholy with a silver lining, that feels both familiar and ominous. Their debut EP “Sound & Music” is arriving this june. Previous year, the duo was selected for the Dutch Popronde, and after their show at the Valkhof Festival, 3voor12 wrote in their review: “SERVICE sounds like DEVO for the TikTok generation, that gets the whole crowd jumping up and down.”
