Following on from 2014's Leipzig album, which took their sound more downbeat, new LP Va? ups the pace again. Written in London and New York by project mainstay Jens L. Thomsen and former Dälek member Oktopus, two tracks so far released from the new record - Dimmalætting and Grind - see the ORKA sound twisted into hardened, cathartic techno. Still based on those homemade instruments, the sounds are largely broken up into samples. The music remains distinctively ORKA, while ushering in an exciting new twist in their sound. "I think that after several albums and tours I felt the need to make a record which had fewer elements which I could focus on and explore," says Thomsen. "On Grind all sounds are either found sounds or samples from instruments I built myself. Other tracks like Dimmalætting have synthesisers, but we have used them sparingly on the album."