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.
House
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.
As a pathway into the project, Hud’n Seek is both adorable and fiercely hard-hitting, a quirky tribal dance tune with an unforgiving bassline and beat, some careful, skilling panning and layer-building, and an essential twist of rising anticipation from the toddler who inspired this whole new venture.
Colourful audio escapism, cascading layers of playful, ethereal synths, and a constant, calming to quirky rhythm. Producer Mylez Ahead seamlessly unites the familiar and the fresh, for Opus.
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.
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.
“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.
Former artillery soldier SamWaise explosively carves out a fresh new lane in modern EDM and production. His evocative and intoxicating fusion of metal and fiercely fast-paced dance makes for an impassioned and powerful introduction to the album Tragedies and Truths.
Frankfurt creative producer duo Granite Head bring an impressively unique set of flavours to modern summer house and instrumental dance music. Their latest two-track EP highlights a diverse fusion of influences and stylistic preferences, and at the same time delivers an immersive and colourful dream space, within which the music can either energise or deeply soothe; depending on what you need from it.
Beautiful production – stunning even. Classic euphoria in this finely connected downpour of synths, tones, keys, notes and rhythms. Nikhil Atkuri blends the passion of evocative chords and fragments, with the sheer intensity and comfort of a classic dance beat, for the intoxicating single Nightfall.