Ela Minus Unveils “QQQQ”

Colombian producer and singer Ela Minus releases “QQQQ,” the final single from DÍA, her new album out this Friday, January 17th via Domino. On the heels of the “zippy, futuristic” (Stereogum) “house-techno banger” (Brooklyn Vegan) “UPWARDS,” “QQQQ” (pronounced “q”) is a throbbing and mighty dance track for the end of the world. “QQQQ” captures disappointment and detachment with candor and gravity, reflecting the sense of self-reflection and private reckoning found throughout DÍA, as she sings “Lately I’ve been feeling / that we are all agreeing / this is the end / but if we are going to give up / might as well end it here / Let the world end now.”

DÍA is a rare feat in electronic music, one where cutting-edge production and space-shuddering sonics meet a burgeoning singer-songwriter’s deeply introspective lyricism. Where her debut album acts of rebellion felt intentionally small, as if pounding inside the club with late-night reverie, DÍA is both honest and expansive, the wide sweep of its songs revealing more of Minus as person and producer than ever before. DÍA is a record about becoming, from a process that entailed self-discovery at a deliberate pace to songs that seem to collectively ask where we go from here, long after we’ve been broken but long before we intend to be broken forever.

Ela Minus Live Performance Dates
(New Dates in Bold)
Fri. Jan. 17 – Bogotá, CO @ Planetario de Bogotá – Homecoming Release Day Show
Sat. Feb. 1 – Manchester, UK @ Victoria Warehouse ^
Mon. Feb. 3 – Paris, FR @ Zenith *
Tue. Feb. 4 – Luxembourg, LX @ Rockhal *
Wed. Feb. 5 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli *
Thu. Feb. 6 – London, UK @ Roundhouse * [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Feb. 7 – London, UK @ Roundhouse * [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Feb. 8 – London, UK @ Roundhouse * [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Feb. 9 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy *
Mon. Feb. 10 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon *
Tue. Feb. 11 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique * [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Feb. 12 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique * [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Feb. 14 – Berlin, DE @ Velodrom *
Sat. Feb. 15 – Barcelona, ES @ Astin (Nitsa)
Tue. Feb. 18 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Nazca
Thu. Feb. 20 – London, UK @ Oslo
Fri. Mar. 7 – Moyston, AU @ Pitch Music & Arts
Sat. Mar. 8 – Meredith, AU @ Golden Plains XVII
Sun. Mar. 9 – Adelaide, AU @ WOMADelaide
Sat. Mar. 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Wed. Mar. 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Mar. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Thu. Mar. 27 – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Puebla
Sun. Mar. 30 – Bogotá, CO @ Estéreo Picnic
Sat. May 24 – Mon. May 26 – Detroit, MI @ Movement
Thu. Aug. 28 – Sun. Aug. 31 – Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road