Kolë Laca left Albania at twenty. Beatrice Gjergji left at six. Both ended up in Italy, and in 2019 they became Shkodra Elektronike, a duo named after the northern Albanian city of Shkodër. Laca, a former member of the Italian indie rock band Teatro degli Orrori, produces and composes; Gjergji writes the lyrics and sings. Their music brings electronic production into contact with Albanian vocal tradition: iso-polyphony, the multipart singing built around a held drone, ritual song, and the high, forceful vocal style heard in northern Albania’s mountain regions.

“Stuhi” is their new single, released via Paris-based label NUDA and featuring cellist Redi Hasa. The title translates as “storm”, and the track builds like one, with Gjergji’s voice moving over a rhythm that keeps tightening as the arrangement gathers force. Hasa’s cello, recorded by Rocco Nini, cuts through the electronic foundation.

The song is sung in Gheg, the Albanian dialect of the Shkodër region. Gjergji’s lyrics circle around waiting: “Po presim edhe sot daljen / Po presim edhe sot t’ardhmjen” — we are still waiting for the exit, still waiting for the future. But also refusal: “Nuk presim edhe sot talljen / Nuk presim edhe sot faljen” — we are not waiting for mockery, not waiting for forgiveness. The line “Shpresat zhduken mbi nji avion” — hopes disappear on a plane — lands hard for anyone who has left a country behind.

Laca composed and produced the track alongside Gjergji, Hasa and Chiara Feriani, with Giulio Ragno Favero handling additional mixing and mastering. The accompanying video, directed by Feriani and shot in Milano and Tirana, features parkour athletes and stunt performers moving through both cities.

“Stuhi” follows the EP shndrit!, released in May 2025, and the December 2025 single  “Fosforon” and points towards the duo’s forthcoming album. Earlier in 2025, their song “Zjerm” finished in the top five of the public vote at Eurovision in Basel.

Stream and listen to “Stuhi” HERE