Premiere: MZA — Roots Run Deep [ZS003]

HATE exclusive premiere. Full streaming of the EP soon on our HATE YouTube channel. Support the label, buy it here: https://z-series.bandcamp.com/track/fast-curious With A Little Bird Told Me, MZA delivers her first full-length album: club-ready, organic, and visually immersive techno, built on precise sound design, tribal influences, and an exploration of sonic rituals. Across eight tracks, she expands her musical language beyond her previous EPs, while maintaining the intensity, rhythmic precision, and club energy that define her signature sound. Artist: MZA Title: A Little Bird Told Me LP Label: Z Series Catalogue: ZS003 Format: Digital Genre: Electronic Style: Techno Release date: February 6, 2026 Mastering | Sixbitdeep Artwork | Kyoka Eguchi Follow #MZA here: https://soundcloud.com/mzaofficiel https://www.instagram.com/mza.mp3/ Tracklist: 1. Nothing Stays Hidden (Intro) 2. Fast & Curious 3. Roots Run Deep 4. Heat Rising 5. Blush 6. Bite Me Softly 7. Rage Against The Clock 8. Never Let Me Fall The album opens with Nothing Stays Hidden, an off-format track that immediately sets the project’s aesthetic tone, combining textured ambient layers, restrained melodies, subtle percussion, and a sensibility close to cinematic language. At the other end of the record, Never Let Me Fall draws on trap and hip-hop influences, supported by a vocal line reminiscent of a modern choral arrangement. The first half of the album dives into the most organic and percussive tracks. Fast & Curious, Heat Rising, and Blush form a triptych shaped by tribal influences and an almost animalistic physicality: abundant percussion, raw timbres, and instinctive rhythms. These tracks evoke a humid, vibrant space, where the beats move like an undercurrent of tension. The second half grows more incisive. With Bite Me Softly and Rage Against The Clock, MZA revisits her fast-tech inspirations: accelerated tempos, compact textures, and sharper attacks. The energy is direct and vivid, revealing a more abrasive, nocturnal side of the record. A Little Bird Told Me captures the spirit of its time: dense, tangible techno shaped by percussion, textures, and a taste for mystery. The album confirms MZA’s shift toward a more cinematic aesthetic, while retaining the precision and edge required for the club. ___ DISCLAIMER: All tracks are uploaded in a low quality for promotional purposes only and with buy links to respect label and artists. If either label, artist or third party copyright holder do not agree with their material being uploaded please contact us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hatecollective/ or via email: [email protected] Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD for exclusive podcast series: https://soundcloud.com/hate_music Follow us on INSTAGRAM for releases previews and news: https://www.instagram.com/hate_collective