If you don’t know DoloRRes and Cherry Chola — two unconventional, norm-defying artists from Australia’s neo-club scene — here’s your chance to get familiar. Today, they announce JACUZZI, a mixtape of cross-cultural, rave-y reggaeton set to be released on March 13 via TRACKWORK.
In the meantime, to satiate us as we await the tape, they’re premiering “Clandestina” on PAPER. The lead single to their mixtape, which also features Chilean-Australian artist Khya, delves into drugs, parasocial online tristes and “being slutty on the internet.” “We found this demo that I made with Khya and fleshed it out whilst I was in a hostel in Berlin and Cherry was in Mexico,” DoloRRes says, before referring to the track as “Whatsapp Music.”
In the video, DoloRRes plays a tech-savvy hacker who spends his night on the darkest, deepest reaches of the web on an app called “Clandestina” — “an illegal computer program that can be downloaded from the dark net, designed specifically for targeting online cam-rooms,” DoloRRes says. “This software enables the user to hijack and control the computers of any cam-girl they wish, from any website on the planet by toggling the interactive mode upon startup.”
Produced by DoloRRes and Renee Kypriotis, the visuals see DoloRRes obsessed with a cam-girl called “Khya,” whom he watches constantly but has yet to interact with. One night he finally decides to switch on interactive mode in an attempt to command Khya’s video feed, but unbeknownst to him, a slew of computer viruses are unleashed upon his laptop.
The most dangerous one? A viscous virus called Cherry Chola that completely overrides DoloRRes’ computer and subsequently his entire existence. He realizes that Cherry Chola is able to manifest not only inside his laptop, but into the real world as well. This launches DoloRRes into a panicked quest to rid himself of this paranormal computer bug before his life is completely destroyed, physically and digitally.
It’s a glitchy, tech-savy romp that reflects the duo’s music, hinting hard at what’s to come.
Photos courtesy of DoloRRes and Cherry Chola