Sofia Kourtesis constructed a set of intensely personal house music for Fresia Magdalena, her 2021 breakout EP. The Berlin-based Peruvian producer’s latest single, “Estación Esperanza” continues in the same vein, intimately connecting the personal with the political. Sampling sounds from French-Spanish singer Manu Chao’s “Me Gustas Tu,” “Estación Esperanza” has all the ingredients of an effective Kourtesis song: oscillating technicolor beats, emotionally resonant field recordings, and healing chords. Opening with a chant from a Peruvian protest against homophobia, the song pays homage to Latin American struggles and her family back home (she dedicated the song to her mother and activists). As Kourtesis enchantingly sings, “Qué horas son mi corazón?” over a lush collage of tropical synths and birdsong, she reminds us that her music doesn’t only exist to move feet on a dancefloor—she wants to move hearts as well.