I Hear You / Yama

I Hear You (Original Mix)

Forma - In Control *Innellea Remix* *Sunland Park Fast*

I wish I could be better tokiomonsta x best be believing alunageorge

SOLACE REMIXES VOL. 6

Underwater (Yotto's Dawn Remix)

Mark Knight Skin Nothing Matters Noisia Remix

We live at a time when distractions from reality are never further away than our fingertips. Our phones offer us unlimited stimulation and temporary comfort. The possibilities of technology are endless, but they also limit the possibility…the possibility to truly experience and submit to the moment.

For me, going to a club has always been about letting go of the world around me, like a vacation from the nagging realities of everyday life. In the best clubs I have been to, the people were united by a desire to experience electronic music in the purest sense; to get lost in its tension and release. No matter what was going on in their lives, it was a place where, for at least a few hours, nothing else mattered but the sheer power music had to bring people joy. And those experiences - held only by those in that room, at that moment - were almost like the reward to submitting to a secret society. At the end of the night, I could look at my friends, old and new, and without saying a single word, we'd know that what we experienced together was something special, something that would never quite be repeated again.

Some of my early clubbing experiences have stayed with me for my entire life. They are why I'm doing what I'm doing today. There is not a photo, forum thread or social media post in existence to mark their happening, but the memories, the emotions I felt, the way those nights changed my life - those things stay with me to this day.

Somewhere along the way, we as a society have lost the ability to experience those special moments. On the rare occasion that they do happen, we scramble to grab our phones in time to capture them - but those moments cannot be truly captured - and they don’t need to be broadcasted or recorded. Sometimes, the best thing we can do is fully appreciate what is happening in that room, at that moment, with those people around us. 

I think our society needs clubbing experiences where they go home with more than just a picture to post on instagram. That's why I'm starting This Never Happened - I want to create that experience for people.

At This Never Happened, we invite you into a space where the only thing that matters are the people in that room, the music and the magic that happens when those things interact. An event where the dancefloor will be a phone and photo-free space.

This experience we share together may, by 2016 standards, have never happened. But those who dare will always know - something special did happen here. 

The first show will be a return to my hometown of San Francisco on 3 June at Mezzanine. It's a venue I've dreamed of headlining for many years and the perfect place to start this new chapter. If we can make this happen - and work - together, there will be many, many more. 

This Never Happened will not just be the name of these events, but also the name of a new record label. This label will be the outlet for music, by me, that is inspired by and made for this experience. The first song I'm releasing is called "Fingerprint" and you can listen to it below.

Putting this project together with my team over the last 6 months triggered a creative spark in me unlike anything I've ever felt before, and I'm so excited for you guys to hear the music I've come up with during that time.

I look forward to building this concept with you :)

Love,
Daniel

Fingerprint

Out now on Beatport https://www.beatport.com/release/last-dance-ep/2003718

Two artists sharing a similar sense of accelerated momentum in their careers right now, Cristoph and Jeremy Olander unite to create two beautiful sessions for the perennial Bedrock foundation. Cristoph is fresh off an American tour supporting Eric Prydz and a cannon of releases on influential imprints such as Truesoul, Knee Deep In Sound, Yousefs Circus and more recently, Last Night On Earth. Jeremy Olander, with an impending North American of his own, is similarly in-demand. Much thanks to his consistent chart-topping dispatches on his own Vivrant label plus releases with the likes of Spanish power house Suara, Pryda and microCastle. With key melodic and evocative signatures, it was only a matter of time before they joined forces. And John Digweeds imprint is the perfect home for the goods. 

Last Dance, takes the lead on the EP and is a track that really does live up to its name. Galvanised by that all essential sense of poignancy and soft-focus feel-good theme all end-of-night finales require, its one for the dreamers as the pair set off daydream fireworks and total skin-ripples with the subtle use of a house spirited vocal. The type of track that lingers in your soul far longer than its eight minutes, its an emotional ending to a remarkable collaborative release. Lets hope they collide again in the future. 

Next up: the smouldering Dimensions is at first unassuming, but weighted with a certain sense of suspense, its not until were three minutes in that we realise the trouble were in Cristoph and Jeremy have us under soul arrest and, as the track rises and rises with steam engine thrusts, its clear they've thrown away the key.

Cristoph & Jeremy Olander - Last Dance

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