Always gracefully walking the line between supreme creative power and global topical poignancy, UAE producer and artist Sarah R Jay drives along a particularly heart-breaking and thought-provoking pathway this season, with the intensely bold and beautiful EP STREETS OF GOLD.
Dance
An intoxicating fusion of gritty late-night techno and the melodic, choir-like flavours of exotic songwriting and catchy jams – DJ Rukhlove delivers a boldly infectious, fast-paced beat, bass and vocal combination, for the unmistakable Toi.
Multi-instrumental creative Tony Carlucci notes a background as creatively eclectic as this single. The keyboardist, producer, composer, actor and saxophonist has been making music since his toddler years, and the esteemed songwriter showcases the best of his diverse ability, with the high-energy euro-dance remix of Love and Desire.
Melodic electronic dance music, a four-chord keys pattern of warmth and comfort, elevated by an excitable EDM groove and tuneful peaks. Germany-based creative producer GameFrame brings gamer tones and addictive optimism to modern electronic music, with the euphoric waves and wonder of Citadel.
My musical style is all over the place. I love so many different styles of music, the grit of Industrial, the intimacy of Emo, the atmospheres of Drum & Bass, the catharsis of EDM. It all kind of blends together for me into something uniquely mine.
Euphoric sunset dance vibes captured with a strong riff and evocative vocal adlibs. AYVON intertwines organic flutes and retro synths, for the four-to-the-floor escapism of the immersive EDM single Light Me Up.
Dubai creative powerhouse Sarah R Jay returns to her pristine and euphoric instrumental roots this season, with a highly-anticipated full-length album, celebrating the divine escapism of techno and house music – and the conceptual blurring of lines between human emotion and cybernetic progress.
New music from the mystique of Ry brings a high-octane and immersive but smooth dance-pop alternative. It’s a step in a fresh and euphoric direction, an aptly-dreamy arrangement and reverb-drenched vocals setting an ethereal vibe, for this enchanting Night-Lapse.
Another catchy gem from the cool corner of PSYBORG – Misbehavin’ is an end of summer bounce of a track, blending cleanly-mixed vocals with a colourful and impressively unique, organic and often minimalist groove.
“So many of the ways men are taught to feel—or not feel—aren’t shouted, they’re absorbed in the spaces between words. Static Orders is a reaction to that silence. It’s about breaking through inherited ideas that don’t serve us anymore.”
Straight out of Denver, Colorado, Disintegration C.E. brings an air of historical depth and ability to the forefront, appreciating the audience for whom the music is intended, whilst celebrating a fun and freeing level of commitment to the pure joy of creating layers, melodies and sounds that work well within a catchy and enlivening groove.
Ryan Berthelsen is the creative mind behind all things Nurhop – a lifelong musician, producer and sonic architect, with an organic background mastering piano and guitar amidst a handful of bands and basement sessions.
Electronic music was ultimately where the imaginative realm of Nurhop found its flow – a soulful blending of dubstep, glitch, soul and experimentation, and that fusion of emotion and playfulness has forever since elevated his sound.