Safety Trance – L​á​grimas

Venezuela-born, Barcelona-based artist, Luis Garban, debuted his Safety Trance alias earlier this summer. His debut Noches de Terror EP expertly collided menacing industrial and leftfield reggaeton to paint a soundtrack for uncertain times with a guest feature from longtime collaborator & friend of his, Arca, helping to amplify the vision.

Prior to his debut EP, working under this new alias, he has worked alongside the likes of Rosalía and Boys Noize – on several tracks from Arca’s KiCk series, including stand outs like “KLK”, “Prada/Rakata” and the Planningtorock collab “Queer” to name just a few.

Garban is best known as Cardopusher and has spent the last decade creating noise-driven club disruptions but has now begun an immaculately destructive foray into some of the reggaeton sounds he grew up with.

He began experimenting with mutating a rowdy, old school reggaeton sound for this new alias, which was the foundation of much of his upbringing in Caracas in the mid to late 90s. In response to, and, in resistance to the polished sound of the genre today, Safety Trance incorporates references from the likes of Chris & Cosey, Salem, Psychic TV, Skinny Puppy, and Nitzer Ebb and mixed It with the old school reggaeton sound of artists like DJ Blass, Ivy Queen,Don Chezina and Baby Rasta & Gringo to name a few. The results range from energetic dance floor imaginings to warped, noise and broken beat textures, while always sounding unique to him.

The forthcoming Lagrimas EP expands on that with features from an allstar cast; Virgen Maria, Iceboy Violet, DJ Sustancia, Brodinski. The project invites you to Safety Trance’s world to understand his vision further. Strap in, it’s a wild ride.