INTRODUCING PURIENT;

March 03, 2021

INTRODUCING PURIENT;

LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK FROM MEMORIES EP OUT 3/26 FEATURING EARTHEATHER & VARG²™

PRAISE FOR PURIENT

"Meet [one of] the women reshaping Australia’s electronic music scene"
i-D

"Sounds like a long walk, a slow kiss"
STACK Magazine

"EBM style productions with melodies that drift in and out"
Triple R (Melbourne Radio)

Purient, the moniker of Melbourne-based producer and vocalist Kate Durman, arrives today with the title track off her forthcoming debut EP, 'Memories,' coming out March 26th, 2021 via Burning Rose / Pelvis Records. Listen + watch HERE.

Oscillating synths, breathless vocals and clanging percussion, the EBM heavy composition slowly builds with intensity, counting down the moments before a shriek pounds the acid house alarm. Of the release Durman says "I wrote 'Memories' in early 2018 with the intention of producing a club track that DJs could tool and have fun with. Lyrically, the song speaks to the concept of being attached to an idea that you once had of someone."

Durman subverts traditional pop forms to deliver an introverted, brooding and purposeful sound, delicately complemented by gauzy vocals. Traversing her own thoughts with uncanny attention to detail, her visceral productions are reminiscent of Kelly Lee Owens’ meditative melodies, Smerz’s concentrated chaos and the subtle trance of Daniel Avery. As Purient, her sound is equal parts experimental, stylish and unpredictable. Eartheater, aka NY-based Alexandra Drewchin, and Varg²™, Swedish producer Jonas Rönnberg, also offer their take on two tracks taking Durman's music further into another dimension.

A member of LA-via-Australia label, Burning Rose Records, and a regular fixture of Melbourne’s thriving electronic music community, stay tuned for more Purient music and news coming soon.

"Memories" by Purient is out now via Burning Rose / Pelvis, buy/stream it here.

Memories EP by Purient is out March 26th, 2021 via Burning Rose / Pelvis, pre-order it here.