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Debit
Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico before her family relocated to Texas when she was a teenager, Delia Beatriz aka Debit has long straddled two distinct worlds. As a DJ, her selections burn the unmistakable swing of Latin club music into ironclad techno frameworks, and as a producer and composer, she drifts seamlessly from avant-garde and drone modes into experimental dance music without hesitation. Since her graduation from Brown University in 2010, Beatriz lived in and was involved with electronic music communities in various places in South America. It was her permanent move to New York City in 2013, where Martinez traded the synth rig for a USB, DJing regularly in the local dance scene and establishing the Debit moniker. Her debut album “Animus” was released in 2018 by Mexico City collective N.A.A.F.I., and wove pneumatic club sounds with melancholy ambience, receiving acclaim from FACT, Resident Advisor and Noisey. She swiftly followed it up with “Love Discipline”, a beatless opera of futuristic, cinematic and sinister soundworks. While she was studying a graduate degree in Music Technology at NYU, Beatriz assembled her most defining statement to date, “System”. This EP solidified the duality of her unique approach, reconstructing tribal guarachero music using sounds snatched from industrial techno. “System”, which featured collaborations with Teklife’s DJ Earl and tribal innovator Javier Estrada, was universally acclaimed, and placed prominently on year end lists at FACT, Pitchfork and Resident Advisor.Browse all performers