Van Staden & Böhm (VSB) is the electronic duo of Madison Van Staden (she/they, Moody.v & the Menstrual Cycle, Babyteeth) and Amelia Berry (she/her, Amamelia, Babyteeth, Fimo).

Currently based in Naarm (Melbourne) the pair’s high intensity debut ‘Hardcore’ (Related Articles, 2021) has had a long reverberation in Aotearoa, shifting stagnant dance floors with its devotional queer lyricism and 170bpm euro production.

Number One Girl Raver hits it with pace, speeding to the rave at 172 beats per minute to the tune of 90s Hardcore, Hyperpop and dirty Bubblegum Bass. Now we’re sucking diesel!

“I just love how Happy Hardcore can combine over the top sweetness and real melancholy with this kind of tough, hard, blow up your speakers kind of sound.” says Berry. “I wanted to try to really push that contrast."

“With that in mind getting the vocal right was really important for Number One Girl Raver. I had sketched something out and Maddy came in and really made it into something special, coming up with the harmony that I think ties it all together.”

After two minutes of revving chainsaws, booming drums, and chants of "Number One Girl Raver," the song shifts to its heartfelt refrain: “Even though you’re so far away, I feel your love like yesterday.” Berry shares her inspiration, saying, “When someone is out of your life very suddenly, sometimes, you just have a flash of feeling like they're back beside you or like nothing has changed.”