Tag: house music

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Sentiom Teams up with Jes Hudak on Lush “Cosmos”

Travis Stewart is a sound designer, composer and electronic music producer, best known as Sentiom. Over the past two-plus decades, Stewart has composed music for film scores before gradually moving towards electronic music as one-half of the EDM duo Paragon Axis, an outfit whose material has amassed over one-million streams across DSPs. With Sentiom, Stewart crafts lush and melodic techno/deep house that frequently sees him pairing organic melodies with aggressive synthesizer work and driving bass lines.

Earlier this year, I wrote about “No Limits,” a track that featured glistening synth arpeggios, skittering 808s, a relentless motorik-like groove and rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses paired with a sultry pop starlet-like vocal sample. The result was a song that seemed to channel Robyn and Little Boots with a similar crowd-pleasing accessibility.

Stewart’s latest Sentiom single, “Cosmos” is a slickly produced, club and lounge friendly banger built around lush synth arpeggios, skittering tweeter and woofer rattling beats and a relentless groove. Vocalist Jes Hudak contributes soulful vocals singing introspective lyrics over the remarkably danceable production. The result is a song that sonically brings Snap!‘s “Rhythm Is A Dancer” to mind — but with a sleek, modern production.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstay LutchamaK Shares a Breakbeat-Inspired Banger

Throughout this site’s 13-plus year history, there have only been a handful of artists I’ve written about more than the wildly prolific French electronic music producer and JOVM mainstay LutchamaK. 2023 has seen the French JOVM mainstay continuing to be as prolific as ever: 

  • Earlier this year, he released the five-track EP Zirconium, which featured material that oscillated between several different styles and genres, including tech house, breakbeats and more. 

  • Then he followed up with the seven-song EP Let The Drums Go, which featured material that frequently meshed elements of tech house, breakbeats and electro pop. 

Late last year, the prolific French electronic music producer and JOVM mainstay released the seven-song mini album Cross My Heart, which features one tech house track and mostly downtempo material. Earlier this week, I wrote about “Pillow Talk,” the mini-album’s only tech house track, a track that nodded a bit at Trans Europe Express-like minimalism before quickly morphing into a house music banger that pairs relentless tweeter and woofer rattling thump with glistening and bubbling synths, bursts of skittering hi-hat, chopped up vocal samples and the JOVM mainstay’s penchant for enormous hooks.

Cross My Heart‘s latest single “Chill Out” is a sleek and slickly produced synthesis of drum ‘n’ bass, breakbeat, ambient electronica and downtempo house that seems like a lounge friendly take on house music.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: LutchamaK Shares a Mellow, Tech House Banger

Throughout this site’s 13-plus year history, there have only been a handful of artists I’ve written about more than the wildly prolific French electronic music producer and JOVM mainstay LutchamaK. 2023 has seen the French JOVM mainstay continuing to be as prolific as ever:

  • Earlier this year, he released the five-track EP Zirconium, which featured material that oscillated between several different styles and genres, including tech house, breakbeats and more.

  • LutchamaK followed up with the seven-song EP Let The Drums Go, which featured material that frequently meshed elements of tech house, breakbeats and electro pop.

The other day, the prolific French electronic music producer released the seven-song mini album Cross My Heart, which features one tech house track and mostly downtempo material. The mini-album’s latest single “Pillow Talk,” its the mini-album’s only tech house track. At points, the song nods at Trans Europe Express-like minimalism before quickly morphing into a house music banger that pairs relentless tweeter and woofer rattling thump with glistening and bubbling synths, bursts of skittering hi-hat, chopped up vocal samples and the JOVM mainstay’s penchant for enormous hooks. It may arguably be one of the more mellow-leaning yet crowd pleasing tracks that LutchamaK has released to date.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstay Dylan Rafael Shares Bombastic Banger “Owsley’s Acid”

23 year-old, New York-based electronic music producer, DJ and JOVM mainstay Dylan Rafael discovered his passion for DJ’ing when he turned 12 — 12 y’all! When he turned 20, he started to learn how to produce his own original material, which led him to playing at clubs like Lavo and nebula, and opening slots for Ship Wrek, Dzeko, Gordo and others. 

Now, if you’ve been frequenting this site over the past handful of months, you’d know that 2023 has been a prolific year for the young and rising New York-based producer

2023 has been a profile year for the young and rising New York-based producer. He has released a number of singles, including:

  • “Cham Cham,” a standalone Balearic-tinged house banger with elements of tribal house and Larry Levan-like house featuring skittering tweeter and woofer rattling beats and subtle Middle Eastern instrumentation paired with euphoria-inducing hooks.

  • “I Believe” an upbeat banger, built around twinkling and percussive synth arpeggios, skittering beats, euphoria inducing hooks paired with enormous drops and Roland Clark‘s booming delivery inviting the listener to come to the welcoming and loving church of house music.

The JOVM mainstay continued a prolific year with the recently released Naraka EP, which featured “Ego Dissolution,” a swaggering, slickly produced, thumping banger that wouldn’t sound out of place Electric Zoo, Ibiza, Berghain or any of the hottest clubs in the world. The EP’s second single “Owsley’s Acid” is a slick and bombastic synthesis of Spanish and Mexican folk, acid house, deep house and balearic house paired with the New York-based artist’s penchant for enormous hooks drops.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstay Dylan Rafael Shares Swaggering Banger “Ego Dissolution”

23 year-old, New York-based electronic music producer, DJ and JOVM mainstay Dylan Rafael discovered his passion for DJ’ing when he turned 12 — 12 y’all! When he turned 20, he started to learn how to produce his own original material, which led him to playing at clubs like Lavo and nebula, and opening slots for Ship Wrek, Dzeko, Gordo and others. 

2023 has been a profile year for the young and rising New York-based producer, and it has included two more recently released singles:

  • “Cham Cham,” a standalone Balearic-tinged house banger with elements of tribal house and Larry Levan-like house featuring skittering tweeter and woofer rattling beats and subtle Middle Eastern instrumentation paired with euphoria-inducing hooks.

  • “I Believe” an upbeat banger, built around twinkling and percussive synth arpeggios, skittering beats, euphoria inducing hooks paired with enormous drops and Roland Clark‘s booming delivery inviting the listener to come to the welcoming and loving church of house music.

The JOVM mainstay’s latest single “Ego Dissolution” appears on the recently released Naraka EP. “Ego Dissolution” is a swaggering, slickly produced, thumping banger that wouldn’t sound out of place at Electric Zoo, Ibiza, Berghain or any of the hottest clubs in the world.

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: Sentiom Shares Lush, Crowd-Pleasing “No Limits”

Travis Stewart is a sound designer, composer and electronic music producer, best known as Sentiom. Stewart has spent the past two-plus decades composing music for film scores as a teenager, and gradually moved towards electronic music as one half of the EDM duo Paragon Axis, an outfit whose material has amassed almost one million streams across different streaming platforms. With Sentiom, Stewart crafts lush and melodic techno/deep house that frequently sees him pairing organic melodies with aggressive synthesizer work and driving bass.

Stewart’s latest single, the sleek, dance floor friendly “No Limits” is built around glistening synth arpeggios, skittering 808s, a relentless motorik-like groove and his penchant for rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses paired with a sultry pop starlet vocal sample. The result is a song that seems to channel Robyn and Little Boots with a similar crowd-pleasing accessibility.

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New VIdeo: FOLLO Shares Meditative “Nôma”

FOLLO (born Lucas Dubiez) is a 20-something video director and self-taught, emerging, electronic music producer, who can trace the origins of his music career to meeting fellow French electronic music producer Zerolex (born Jeremey Vieille). As the story goes, Vieille encouraged Dubiez to write and record his debut EP, 2021’s Lumen. 

Dubiez’s sophomore EP, last year’s Écume features five instrumental tracks inspired by French 79, Rone, The Blaze, and the films of Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino and Hayao Miyazaki, including “Divine,” a cinematic yet dance floor friendly track that nodded at post apocalyptic sci-fi soundtracks.

The French producer will be releasing his third EP Sense through Odeva Publishing next year. The EP’s first single “Nôma” is a sleek and meditative composition built around a glistening, reverb-soaked, synth arpeggio-driven melody, and a relentless motorik groove paired with skittering beats. The result is a trance-induing song that manages to be simultaneously lounge and club friendly with an escapist quality.

Dubiez explains that “Nôma” “is an ode to nature, travel and escape. Its progressive melody and layers of synthesizers drowned in brilliant echoes offer a glimpse of vast landscapes and infinite expanse. There is then no limit to what the imagination can create on this soft and airy rhythm.”

Directed by the French producer, the breathtakingly beautiful, accompanying video for “Nôma” features some gorgeous natural scenes shot in lingering and longing takes before we see a hoodie wearing person looking at the expansive scenery around them.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: 2Crimes Shares a Euphoric Banger

Niccolo Messeri is an emerging Italian electronic music producer best known as 2Crimes. As an electronic music producer, Messeri’s goal is to push the boundaries of melodic techno, techno and tech house — with a 90s twist.

His latest single “Do You Feel It?” is a sleek, club banger built around glistening synth arpeggios, tweeter and woofer rattling thump, skittering beats, euphoria inducing hooks paired with robotic vocals. While sonically bringing JOVM mainstay LutchamaK to mind, the song is meant to get you on the dance floor to dance and sweat away your troubles for a bit.