Vampire Slayer

Valentin Torres’ recent re-location in Los Angeles has certainly influenced his album. Makeout Weird is his most urban release yet, the perfect soundtrack for a worrying night-shift, driving through half-asleep suburbs, alone with your sentimental misery and pointless desires. Vampire Slayer music is dark and has been built for lonely all-nighters. Like on his recent EP Silence Wave, beats are everywhere and give the tone to the whole record, oscillating between adrenaline peaks (Feet Fetish, Road Kill, Heartbreaker) and creeping grooves (Breathe, Brick). In this record Valentin let express his dark IDM & electronic influences, all the tracks of Makeout Weird are enveloped in a nocturnal steam, full of sexual tension and freak situations. By mixing his vicious experiments with evocative & modern beats, Vampire Slayer succeeds to create an insidious album full of contrasts.