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New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share Chicago Meets Ibiza-like “Nirvana”

If you’ve been frequenting this site over the past couple of years, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production outfit and JOVM mainstays Bubba Brothers — Eliseu Correia and Justino Santos — and the during that period, the duo have been remarkably prolific, regular releasing banger after banger after banger after banger after banger . . .

The duo’s latest single “Nirvana” continues a remarkable run of slickly produced euphoric, club bangers that draw equally from Ibiza and Chicago house while simultaneously displaying their uncanny knack for crafting melodic house with catchy hooks.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Bubba Brothers Return with Tribal and Euphoric “Music Is My Drug”

Over the past handful of years of this site’s almost 14-year history, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production outfit and JOVM mainstays Bubba Brothers — the duo of Eliseu Correia and Justino Santos — and the during that period, the duo have been remarkably prolific, regular releasing banger after banger after banger after banger. 

The duo begin 2024 with the Diva EP. As the duo explain the EP is more than a mere collection of tracks, “it’s an audible expression of love and remembrance dedicated to the memory of Nikki, who was more than a companion; she was the soul and diva of the household.” 

I recently wrote about EP title track, “Diva,” a sleek, slickly produced deep house banger featuring layers of rolling and propulsive percussion, a sultry vocal sample paired with tweeter and woofer rattling thump that continues a remarkable run of euphoric bangers.

The EP’s latest single “Music Is My Drug” is a euphoric, deep house banger that effortlessly meshes Larry Levan-like house with tribal house in a way that sounds as though it would be heard at a club in Ibiza, as well as Berghain.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Bubba Brothers Share Soulful and Euphoric “Diva”

Over the past handful of years of this site’s almost 14-year history, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production outfit and JOVM mainstays Bubba Brothers — Eliseu Correia and Justino Santos — and the during that period, the duo have been remarkably prolific, regular releasing banger after banger after banger after banger.

The duo begin 2024 with the Diva EP. As the duo explain the EP is more than a mere collection of tracks, “it’s an audible expression of love and remembrance dedicated to the memory of Nikki, who was more than a companion; she was the soul and diva of the household.”

The EP’s latest single, EP title track “Diva” is a sleek, slickly produced deep house banger that channels Larry Levan, Octo Octa and fellow JOVM mainstay LutchamaK featuring layers of rolling and propulsive percussion, a sultry vocal sample paired with tweeter and woofer rattling thump that continues a remarkable run of euphoric bangers.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share a Sleek, House Banger

Over the past couple of years of this site’s 13-plus year history, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — and during that period, the duo, which formed back in 2015, have been remarkably prolific, regularly releasing banger after banger after banger . . .

2023 has been a rather busy year for the JOVM mainstays. Earlier this year, they released the Visions EP, an effort that featured: 

  • “Black Beach,” which saw the JOVM mainstays pairing deep house with Balearic house, built around glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. The song as the duo explain was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke swelling summer nights and sweaty clubs. 

  • “Bobby’s Dream” a club rocking, deep house banger built around skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, a sampled Rastafarian meditation, glistening synths and enormous hooks. The end result is a woozy and dream-like song act will get asses out of their seats and onto the floor. 

The duo followed the Visions EP with three more singles: 

  • “Meaning” a percussive, banger built around propulsive polyrhythm paired with glistening synth arpeggios, a soulful vocal sample and their unerring knack for euphoric hooks. 

  • “Wasabi” a Larry Levan-indebted bit of deep house built around chunky synth arpeggio blocks, tweeter and woofer rattling, propulsive beats, the duo’s unerring knack for euphoria-inducing hooks — and for the second time in their growing catalog, lyrics sung by the pair. 

  • “Euphoria,” a deep house banger built around percussive polyrhythm, glistening synth oscillations, euphoria-inducing drops and hooks paired with a vocal sample. It’s a crowd-pleasing banger that would rock clubs at Ibiza, Berlin, Paris, New York, Miami and everywhere in between.

The Portuguese duo’s latest single “Foolish” continues an amazing run of melodic, deep house that sounds a bit like a synthesis of Tour de France-era Kraftwerk and Larry Levan-era house built with a trippy motorik groove and blocky synth arpeggios.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share Deep House Banger “Euphoria”

Over the past couple of years of this site’s 13-plus year history, I’ve spilled quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — and during that period, the duo, which formed back in 2015, have been remarkably prolific, regularly releasing banger after banger after banger . . .

2023 has been a rather busy year for the JOVM mainstays. Earlier this year, they released the Visions EP, an effort that featured: 

  • “Black Beach,” which saw the JOVM mainstays pairing deep house with Balearic house, built around glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. The song as the duo explain was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke swelling summer nights and sweaty clubs. 

  • “Bobby’s Dream” a club rocking, deep house banger built around skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, a sampled Rastafarian meditation, glistening synths and enormous hooks. The end result is a woozy and dream-like song act will get asses out of their seats and onto the floor. 

The duo followed the Visions EP with two more singles:

  • “Meaning” a percussive, banger built around propulsive polyrhythm paired with glistening synth arpeggios, a soulful vocal sample and their unerring knack for euphoric hooks. 

  • “Wasabi” a Larry Levan-indebted bit of deep house built around chunky synth arpeggio blocks, tweeter and woofer rattling, propulsive beats, the duo’s unerring knack for euphoria-inducing hooks — and for the second time in their growing catalog, lyrics sung by the pair.

The duo’s latest single “Euphoria” continues a remarkable and ongoing run of deep house bangers built around percussive polyrhythm, glistening and oscillating synths, euphoria-inducing drops and hooks paired with a soulful vocal sample. Simply put, it’s a crowd-pleasing banger that would rock clubs at Ibiza, Berlin, Paris, New York, Miami and everywhere in between.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Bubba Brothers Share a Thumping, Club Friendly Banger

Over the past couple of years, I’ve managed to spill quite a bit of virtual ink covering Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — and during that period, the duo, which formed back in 2015, have been remarkably prolific, regularly releasing banger after banger after banger . . .

2023 has been a rather busy year for the JOVM mainstays. Earlier this year, they released the Visions EP, an effort that featured:

  • “Black Beach,” which saw the JOVM mainstays pairing deep house with Balearic house, built around glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. The song as the duo explain was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke swelling summer nights and sweaty clubs. 

  • “Bobby’s Dream” a club rocking, deep house banger built around skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, a sampled Rastafarian meditation, glistening synths and enormous hooks. The end result is a woozy and dream-like song act will get asses out of their seats and onto the floor. 

Earlier this year, the duo followed the Visions EP with “Meaning” a percussive, banger built around propulsive polyrhythm paired with glistening synth arpeggios, a soulful vocal sample and their unerring knack for euphoric hooks.

The JOVM’s latest single “Wasabi” is a bit of deep house, seemingly indebted to Larry Levan and others, built around chunky synth arpeggio blocks, tweeter and woofer rattling, propulsive beats, the duo’s remarkably unerring knack for euphoric hooks — and for the second time in their history, lyrics sung by the duo. Remember, dear reader, “house music all night long . . .”

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. Over the past few years, I’ve managed to spill quite a bit of virtual ink covering the Portuguese JOVM mainstays. And during that period they’ve been remarkably prolific, releasing an increasing number of club friendly bangers.

Earlier this year, the duo released the Visions EP, an effort that featured two tracks I’ve written about:

  • “Black Beach,” which saw the JOVM mainstays pairing deep house with Balearic house, built around glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. The song as the duo explain was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke swelling summer nights and sweaty clubs. 
  • “Bobby’s Dream” a club rocking, deep house banger built around skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, a sampled Rastafarian meditation, glistening synths and enormous hooks. The end result is a woozy and dream-like song act will get asses out of their seats and onto the floor.

The Portuguese JOVM mainstays’ latest single “Meaning” is a percussive, club friendly banger built around propulsive polyrhythm paired with glistening synth arpeggios, a soulful vocal sample and their unerring knack for euphoric hooks.

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New Video: Bubba Brothers Shares Woozy “Bobby’s Dream”

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. Over the past couple of years, I’ve managed to spill quite a bit of virtual ink covering the Portuguese JOVM mainstays, and during that period they have developed and maintained a reputation for being remarkably prolific, releasing a growing collection of club friendly bangers.

Building upon their growing reputation for being prolific, the duo released the Visions EP earlier this year. The EP featured “Black Beach,” a track that saw the duo pairing deep house with Balearic house and built around glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. The song as the duo explain was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke swelling summer nights and sweaty clubs.

Visions EP‘s latest single “Bobby’s Dream” continues the duo’s remarkable run of club rocking, deep house bangers. Built around skittering tweeter and woofer rattling thump, a sampled Rastafarian meditation, glistening synths and enormous hooks, “Bobby’s Dream” is a woozy and dream-like banger.

The accompanying video continues for “Bobby’s Dream,” the Portuguese JOVM mainstays’ ongoing collaboration with Eduardo Raposo. Much like “Black Beach,” the video for “Bobby’s Dream” is shot in a cinematic and breathtakingly gorgeous black and white, and follows a young man attempting to fall asleep and having a surreal and incredibly vivid dream.

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New Video: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Return with Shimmering and Euphoric “Black Beach”

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. And since their formation, the JOVM mainstays have developed a reputation for being amazingly prolific, releasing a growing collection of club friendly bangers, which I’ve covered extensively over the past couple of years.

“Black Beach (Visions),” the third single released by the JOVM mainstays this year sees the duo pairing deep house with Balaeric house with the song featuring glistening synth arpeggio-driven melodies, skittering beats, twinkling percussion and euphoria-inducing hooks. “Black Beach,” as the duo explains was inspired by and written on Iceland’s famous Black Beach — but somehow manages to evoke sweltering summer nights and sweaty clubs.

The accompanying video by Eduardo Raposo is shot in a cinematic and stunningly gorgeous black and white and features Iceland’s famed Black Beach, a woman seemingly at the end of her rope in a hotel room, another woman swimming presumably off the coast of the Black Beach, and the Portuguese duo on the decks rocking out.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Return with Another Euphoric Banger

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. Since then, the JOVM mainstays have been wildly prolific, releasing a growing batch of banger I’ve written about over the past couple of years.

Continuing upon what may arguably be the most prolific period in their history, the JOVM mainstays released the Frenetic Desire EP earlier this year. The EP features “Desire,” a sultry club banger that recalls a slick synthesis of Larry Levan/Chicago house, tribal house and Balearic house. The EP’s latest single “Frenetic” is a slick and sultry mix of tribal house and Balearic house paired with a bombastic horn sample, skittering beats and the duo’s unerring knack for enormous, euphoria-inducing hooks.

With the unusually warm weather we’ve had in NYC over the past few days, this track is a reminder of rooftop, street and outdoor club parties that are about to come. Get ready to dance your troubles away, y’all!

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share Sultry and Summery “Desire”

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. And since then, the JOVM mainstays have released a prolific array of club rockers. including a growing batch of singles I’ve written about over the past year.

Continuing upon a rather prolific period, the Portuguese duo’s latest single “Desire” is a sultry club banger that sounds like a mix of Larry Levan/Chicago house, tribal house and Balearic house rooted in slick, modern production, tweeter and woofer rattling beats and euphoria-inducing hooks. Although it’s been unseasonably warm here in New York over the past week or so, “Desire” manages to be a warm reminder of summer dance parties.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share a Melodic and Shimmering Banger

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. And since their formation, the JOVM mainstays have released a prolific array of dance floor rocking hits, including a batch of singles I’ve written about over the course of this past year. 

The Portuguese duo’s latest single “Umi” sees the pair crafting a sleek, slickly produced bit of melodic house centered around glistening synth arpeggios, skittering beats, and a relentless motorik groove paired with their unerring knack for euphoria-inducing hooks. Sonically, “Umi” strikes me as being a synthesis of Tour de France-era Kraftwerk and Between Two Selves-era Octo Octa.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015. And since their formation, the electronic music duo and JOVM mainstays have released a prolific array of dance floor rocking hits, including a batch of singles I’ve written about over the course of this past year.

The JOVM mainstays latest single “Tribe” is a hypnotic and euphoric banger centered around tribal percussion, glistening synth arpeggios, chopped up vocal samples, skittering twitter and roofer rattling thump paired with the duo’s unerring knack for enormous, crowd-pleasing hooks. And while continuing a run of infectious club bangers, “Tribe” may arguably be among their most soulful to date.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — is a Portuguese DJ and production duo that formed back in 2015. And since their formation, the duo have produced and released an increasing number of dance floor rocking hits, including:

  • 2019’s “Carla’s Beat” which landed at #21 on Beatport’s Top 100 Chart and at #6 on the Top Releases Chart. The track received airplay on London-based Trickstar Radio’s Metropolis, and as a result they were invited to play at Spain-based Los 40 Radio.
  • 2019’s “Tonyca,” which was selected as one of the songs of the summer at Faro, Portugal-based club LICK.

Adding to a growing profile across the European Union, the Portuguese act have made appearances on a number of TV channels including TVI 24. They’ve played sets at the international electronic music festival circuit including Faro Academic Week, Sun and Moon Festival, Dancefloor Leiria and Pete Tha Zouk’s Infinity Sunset. They’ve also played clubs like London-based Ministry of Sound.

Over the past couple of months, I’ve written about five singles in the Portuguese duo’s growing catalog: 

  • “Amandla (Tutu),” a euphoric, Balearic house meets tribal house banger, featuring skittering and percussive beats and a soulful vocal sample. 
  • “No Name Song,” a deep house banger, centered around tweeter and woofer rattling beats, explosive hi-hats, glistening and a trance-inducing groove meant to get you off your ass and moving. 
  • “Karma” a seemingly Ibiza-like deep house banger centered around percussive, tribal thump, skittering beats and glistening and oscillating synths placed within an expansive, hook-driven song structure. 
  • “Make House, Not War,” another club banger, centered around a reverb-drenched, chopped up vocal sample, tribal beats, deep bass drops and a propulsive and melodic bass line. And although the song continued a remarkable run of euphoric bangers, the song draws from our uncertain and tumultuous time: “Music has always been a form of peaceful statement and freedom of expression,” the duo explain. “Our message is clear in this track: More House. No War.” They add that the strong and intense drops in the song specifically represent the violence and bludgeoning of war while the melodic bass line represents the peace that they hope prevails in the end. 
  • “Let’s Have Sax,” a propulsive club banger centered around skittering hi-hat, tweeter and woofer rattling beats, chopped up vocal samples paired with a mournful, modal-like sax line. The end result is a warm, soulful yet playful banger that simultaneously nods at classic, Larry Levan-era house. 

Their latest single, the expansive “Bass” is a bit of a return to form with the song being a straightforward Ibiza meets Larry Levan-like take on house music, featuring a spoken word section with a female narrator talking about what bass means to the listener/dancer at a club. The track continues a remarkable run of crowd-pleasing bangers.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Video: JOVM Mainstays Bubba Brothers Share Sultry and Euphoric “Let’s Have Sax”

Portuguese DJ and production duo Bubba Brothers — Eliseo Correia and Justino Santos — formed back in 2015 and since their formation, the duo have produced and released an increasing number of dance floor hits, including:  

  • 2019’s “Carla’s Beat” which landed at #21 on Beatport’s Top 100 Chart and at #6 on the Top Releases Chart. The track received airplay on London-based Trickstar Radio’s Metropolis, and as a result they were invited to play at Spain-based Los 40 Radio.
  • 2019’s “Tonyca,” which was selected as one of the songs of the summer at Faro, Portugal-based club LICK.

Adding to a growing profile across the European Union, the Portuguese act have made appearances on a number of TV channels including TVI 24. They’ve played sets at the international electronic music festival circuit including Faro Academic Week, Sun and Moon Festival, Dancefloor Leiria and Pete Tha Zouk’s Infinity Sunset. They’ve also played clubs like London-based Ministry of Sound.

Over the past couple of months, I’ve written about four singles in the Portuguese duo’s growing catalog: 

  • “Amandla (Tutu),” a euphoric, Balearic house meets tribal house banger, featuring skittering and percussive beats and a soulful vocal sample. 
  • “No Name Song,” a deep house banger, centered around tweeter and woofer rattling beats, explosive hi-hats, glistening and a trance-inducing groove meant to get you off your ass and moving. 
  • “Karma” a seemingly Ibiza-like deep house banger centered around percussive, tribal thump, skittering beats and glistening and oscillating synths placed within an expansive, hook-driven song structure. 
  • “Make House, Not War,” another club banger, centered around a reverb-drenched, chopped up vocal sample, tribal beats, deep bass drops and a propulsive and melodic bass line. And although the song continued a remarkable run of euphoric bangers, the song draws from our uncertain and tumultuous time: “Music has always been a form of peaceful statement and freedom of expression,” the duo explain. “Our message is clear in this track: More House. No War.” They add that the strong and intense drops in the song specifically represent the violence and bludgeoning of war while the melodic bass line represents the peace that they hope prevails in the end.

The Portuguese duo will be playing their first ever club gig in Ibiza at El Paradis on June 26, 2022. And to celebrate the occasion, the duo recently released a new single, the propulsive club banger “Let’s Have Sax.” Centered around skittering hi-hat, woofer and tweeter rattling beats, chopped up vocal samples paired with a mournful modal-like sax line, “Let’s Have Sax” finds the duo crafting a warm, soulful yet playful banger that nods at classic, Larry Levan-era house.

The duo paired their latest club banger with a punny and sultry visual that shows a hand unzipping a little black dress, that same hand running up the woman’s body with interspersed split screens with a saxophone player. The couple becomes increasingly sensual as it glides to its conclusion.