FRIDAY, AUG 8TH - WORK Harder x CTHRTC: Anastasia Giovani, EMILIANA, Kilbourne & Krista Bourgeois
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About The Artists
Anastasia Giovani
Anastasia’s unrivaled passion and use of textural rhythms has made her a dominant force on the Los Angeles underground scene. Characterized by her textured, experimental sets her sound is nothing short of dark, raw and propulsive. She sustains an artist residency for one of LA's rising Techno promoters SXTCY. She's provided support for APHØTIC, Azyr, Charlie Sparks, D|K|OXY, Jamaica Suk, Lee Ann Roberts, MAEDON, Marcel Fengler, MATRAKK, SHLOMO, TRYM, DJ Volvox and Villa Senor. She's since made appearances for 6AM Group, BCCO, Closer LA, FNGRS CRSSD, RE/FROM x Teletech, Insomniac, and WORK. She’s the founder of VSCRL, a transmedia event series activating virtual / digital mediums and visual perceptions blended with the modular, vinyl and improvisational noise community. This series has become a vital node in the underground network introducing various mediums of performance, electronic music and its dynamic nature. She’s since released her debut track “Eating Off Your Dreams” on Synthetik Sounds. With a rapidly growing presence, Anastasia is crafting a distinct voice within the underground — pushing the boundaries of genre and form.
EMILIANA
EMILIANA writes from spaces both light & dark, creating pieces to encourage catharsis. Her sets lure you into dark spaces through chaotic rhythms that harmonize with high static tones and sinister textures, making dance floors an otherworldly experience. EMILIANA’s imposing and inescapable presence has reached an ever-growing fan base. Her use of intense, gritty abstractions and reputation for carefully crafted soundscapes has garnered her releases with Heist Mode, Industrial Violence, Interzeak, TSA Records, Meltdown, Crisis of Man, Sound of Hell, and CTHRTC, as well as a residency with WORK LA. Prolific, dynamic, and unpredictable, her productions weave together wisely distorted drums, ominous tones, and experimental noise, gaining her support from the likes of Cassie Raptor, Paula Temple, Dax J, 6EJOU, Sara Landry, and more. In her performances, she merges the immediacy of uncompromising propulsive textures with the unpredictability of expressive sounds to create an ever-shifting, energetic force. She is also the owner and founder of CTHRTC, a label created with the intention to challenge conventional music practices and provide representation for emerging artists. The varying presence of EMILIANA’s work serves as an emphatic tribute to chaotic, cinematic, and dark hued signatures where darkness is balanced by divinity and nature intermingles with euphoria.
Kilbourne
Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno. Her DJ sets showcase an unrelenting drive and spontaneous selection, and she has toured widely across the Americas and Europe at venues such as Tresor, Defqon.1, and Boiler Room. After critically acclaimed releases on PRSPCT, Industrial Strength, and Evar Records, 2024 sees her launching Hammerhead, a new label and party showcasing the most psychedelic and brutal sounds of the genre.
Krista Bourgeois
Originally from the United States and now based in Rotterdam, Krista Bourgeois is a hardcore industrial techno live performer, producer, and DJ whose abrasive and unapologetic sound is characterized by corrosive grit, industrial soundscapes that degrade into visceral, dystopian textures, and a relentless blend of unyielding percussion and analogue warmth. Her experimental approach is rooted in unconventional methods, with modular synthesis forming the core of both her live performances and studio work, allowing her to explore mechanized industrial sound design, experimental noise, and breakcore elements, which she blends with incisive precision to create her unique hardcore-infused techno. Krista's productions have been released on respected labels like PRSPCT, Karnage, Rebekah’s Go Hard or Go Hardcore, Gabber Industries Berlin, and SOMA, while her dynamic live performances have garnered international acclaim at venues such as the Maasilo and Radion, as well as major festivals including Ground Zero, Paradigm, and Harmony of Hardcore. With appearances on STOOR's Pink Noise video series, stage hosting at Paradigm, and a masterclass on SINEE, Krista's momentum continues to build, with upcoming performances slated for Dox 'Art, Astropolis, Dominator, Decibel, Inota, Baroeg, and Koalition festivals in the summer of 2025.