DJ and producer Sofia Kourtesis is following up 2023's excellent debut Madres with an extended play. Volver arrives August 1 via Ninja Tune, and features a collab with Daphni (Dan Snaith a.k.a. Caribou).
The pair's joint venture "Unidos" — a summer-ready house number — is the EP's first single, out today. It marks the first-ever collaboration on a Daphni song: "Sofia sent me a demo of this track that she'd been working on and it was immediately evident that it was a massive track," Snaith said in a press release. "To be clear, all the good ideas in this track are Sofia's, I just added some drums and pumped up the arrangement."
Kourtesis says Volver is a tribute to the LGBT+ community, especially the trans women in her life. "Their bravery and existence in a world full of hate and danger, they find a way to bring the lights to the most vulnerable communities, specifically those that are behind the walls of terrible corruption in the Latino America Security and Health System," she said.
Listen to "Unidos," and check out the whole tracklist for Volver below.
Volver:
1. Corazón
2. Unidos (with Daphni)
3. Canela Pura
4. Ballumbrosio (feat. Miguel Ballumbrosio)
5. Nitzan and Aminaa
6. Sisters