Meticulously carved rhythms splice percussion patterns with the tension-and-release pneumatics of ballroom battles.

Photo: Injun Park

NET GALA’s distorted signals and queer-coded references jostle each other through the kinetic sensibility of Seoul’s experimental club underground, jacking with the tension-and-release pneumatics of death drops. First sparked in the queer DIY rave circuit, their lurching rhythms discard snares and hi-hats or swap them out entirely to lay atop footwork-speed grids, pitched-up hooks and softsynth leads pushed until they rasp.

  • GALAPAGGOT, by NET GALA

  • GALAPAGGOT, by NET GALA