ØTTA releases debut album 'Pele De Mar' via Hotties

Portugal-born artist, producer, and DJ ØTTA has released her debut album Pele De Mar , out now via her own label and global party brand Hotties . Spanning eight tracks, the album brings together the sounds, places, and relationships that have shaped ØTTA throughout her life, moving between Lisbon, London, and South America across more than a decade of musical evolution.

Pele De Mar channels techno, UK garage, Brazilian funk, Latin rhythms, and high-energy rave music into a borderless, club-driven body of work. The title has no exact English translation, but can be understood as the surface, or skin, of the sea. For ØTTA, it imagines the oceans themselves becoming her skin, connecting the countries and cultures that formed her identity as both an artist and a person.

The album opens with "Rio," a love letter to the city where the record was forged, featuring Brazilian vocalist Clara Ribeiro re-delivering Elza Soares' legendary verse. "Gata fina" pairs a fast, high-energy club sound with Argentine artist Fiah Miau's unmistakable attitude, while Lua De Santana brings Portuguese lyrics and Brazilian funk to "Rebola de salto." Bibi Babydoll's phonk energy collides with ØTTA's rave-centric production on "4X4," and "Pulso." combines sensual house and Latin rhythms with bass-heavy grooves. "Frio" folds the UK garage of her London years into her harder techno sound, before "Saudade" closes the record with propulsive rhythms and beautiful guitar melodies, bringing Pele De Mar's borderless journey to a warm, evocative conclusion.

Before ØTTA broke through with her debut Plus One EP in 2020, she spent six years playing in an orchestra before studying art and architecture, absorbing a language of symmetry, repetition, and structure that continues to define her approach. That instinct has carried through her breakout Boiler Room performance in Manchester and into Hotties , the label and event series she established to foster creativity within her community.

ØTTA will bring Pele De Mar to life across an extensive world tour running through December, with dates spanning Vienna, Milan, New York, Chicago, Austin, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, and Barcelona among others.

Pele De Mar is out now via Hotties . Follow ØTTA on Instagram | Spotify | TikTok .

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