Title: Natural High Artist: Katerina Label: Esp Institute Product Type: 12-INCH SINGLE UPC: 820200611024 Genre: Dance Release Date: 2026-05-01 Number of Discs: 1
Katerina is an old friend from the early trips to Helsinki, a Finnish Bulgarian queen of the dance, having commanded the wood floors of Kaiku since it's inception. Her debut EP with the ESP Institute, 'Natural High' is something special if we may humbly brag. It is the electronic embodiment of our annual journey around the sun, with it's release landing just in time for this year's Summer solstice. Over 4 tracks, the narrative shifts are technically subtle but emotionally palpable, presenting moods that swing both warm and cold but maintain a delicate balance start to finish, a confidence that speaks of true experience and understanding the dynamics of dancefloor moods. Our typical verbose track-by-track dissection feels unnecessary as Katerina's work here is most legible as a whole. 'Natural High' is a cozy and honest offering, a soft-edged cerebral antidote to the daily falsehoods perpetrated by mankind, and a reminder that in the end, we are all just children of Gaia. Run Free!
Tracks: 1.1 A1. Run Free 1.2 A2. Solstice 1.3 B1. Natural High, Eternal Sunshine 1.4 B2. Dance with Me Zombie!
