In a city defined by reinvention, Berlin-based producer Kate Pending has carved out a world of electronic music that thrives on connection, experimentation, and atmosphere. Her new EP, Two Words, stands as one of her most cohesive and emotionally resonant releases to date, a five-track journey shaped not in isolation, but in the company of friends, collaborators, and the creative rituals that bind them.
The origin of Two Words is as meaningful as the music itself. What began years ago as an informal weekend retreat for friends escaping their routines to create without pressure has transformed into an annual tradition. Producers, vocalists, rappers, instrumentalists, and sound designers gather, not to chase perfection, but to explore what happens when shared energy becomes sound. Every track on the EP carries the imprint of those collective moments.
The opening piece, “Hibiskus,” sets the tone with spoken-word poetry written by Michael Huber and delivered by Patrizia Carlucci. Soft, fleeting, and imagery-rich, it paints the picture of a hibiscus flower that reaches for light but never fully arrives, a metaphor for longing, resilience, and unfinished becoming. Produced by Kate Pending and HARRiSON FiAT, the track establishes the EP’s reflective core.
“Nothing Changes,” created with VOID LOOP and CRLCC, blends broken rhythms with warm female vocal texture, its future garage dissolving into chillstep, melancholy wrapped in softness. It is the EP’s emotional hinge: intimate, nocturnal, and quietly cinematic.
That mood lifts with “Walk Away,” a deep-house collaboration shimmering with bright synths and glowing warmth. Danceable yet thoughtful, the track reflects Kate’s ability to bridge introspective sound design with uplifting moments, um an echo of Berlin’s after-hours glow. “Begging Blank,” co-created with CRLCC, returns to broken beats and glowing synth pads. There’s a tension in the track, a push-and-pull between motion and stillness, making it one of the EP’s most introspective pieces.
The closing track, “Monkey Dust,” seals the EP with atmospheric richness. Ambient, spacious, and quietly nostalgic, it feels like the dusk after a long creative weekend, footsteps echoing in an empty room, ideas still humming in the air. As the follow-up to Pigmented Reality (2024) and her collaborative project Tomorrow’s Dreams of Yesterday with Luke Tangerine (2025), Two Words marks Kate Pending’s continued evolution as an artist who uses electronic music to build entire emotional worlds. Her work is never just about beat texture; it’s about the spaces between people, the conversations that become melodies, and the friendships that shape sound. With Two Words, Kate Pending doesn’t simply release mus;c, she documents connection, and she curates atmosphere. She turns a yearly ritual into a sonic landscape where every collaborator leaves a fingerprint. This is electronica crafted with care, intention, and human warmth, an EP built from shared moments and shaped into something beautifully enduring.
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