Throughout the ages, people across the world have worshipped the Moon as an important deity, believing it held real power to influence their lives. It epresents our feelings, our unconscious beliefs, the past and our yin or feminine goddess archetype. The Moon offers us the ability to feel, learn from the past and creatively unlock and express our essence. No wonder then, that it should loom large over Paramida’s debut release, 7 years in the making (and the 24th release on her own label). And it’s everything you want it to be. This huge 12” contains two never heard before cuts, ‘Dream Ritual’ and ‘French House 2000’, backed up by deadly remixes from the Octo Octa & Eris Drew and Youandewan, and in ritualistic style, is being released in a divine ceremony coinciding with the lunar cycle. Intentions have been set. ‘Dream Ritual’ begins firing on all cylinders with heavy percussion and deep rolling basslines that recall early 90s house & jungle, leading to a frenetic, hi hat-heavy drum workout and the drop of a hypnotising lead, carrying us through sections of dreamy pads, swirling trippy clouds that build to breaking point then clear to reveal the raw breaks behind; a stormy sunrise over an extended rave on the shores of a tropical planet, made of ecstasy. Eris Drew & Octo Octa’s sublime rework stretches the pads and otherworldly samples over a thumping, jump-up take on affairs: stop/start workouts between pressurised build ups, slamming percussion fills and a cheeky acid bassline, all twisting, turning and bubbling away to effervescent effect. ‘French House 2000’ begins in more tribal territory, and with even more urgency. Pounding drums at 130bpm are laced with razor sharp hi hats and punctuated by rushes of dreamy distant melodies, synth stabs and nods to mid90s French and UK house, techno and trance, a particular blend of genres synonymous with Paramida’s DJ output which she looks set to fuse ingeniously in her production. Youandewan steps up for the remix, dialling down the intensity for a more reflective, more sci-fi take: a late night spacewalk through a cluster of eerie sonic debris, moving at brisk pace with a stoned energy past trance-tinged horizons, pausing occasionally to take in the view. The record comes with a warning – not for explicit content, but DIVINE FEMALE ENERGY. This energy is not about gender, but rather, about the creative and life-giving force within all of us. The Divine Feminine within you is wild, free and untamed. Unafraid to speak the truth, embrace sexual nature, and show up fully and authentically. Trusting intuition and allowing it to guide. We live in the cyclic rhythm of the moon, the seasons, and the wheel. A new cycle begins. With her residencies at Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson and Rinse FM, the future for Paramida is looking brighter than the sun.