We are delighted to present you the debut EP by @pelikaan_beats including three great remixes by @da-iguana @manuelamusica & @padouc

As always, we fundraise with this release for our social partner @Love-foundation and we introduce you to the artist Hugo aka Pelikaan, by asking him three questions.

What is love for you?
I am the father of a 3yo little girl, so when I think about the love she's the first thing that springs to mind!
Love is the ultimate necessity to give without needing a return. Giving love to others around us is the most generous act we are capable of, while receiving love is what makes us bloom.
I would have never made this EP without the love and support of the love of my life, my partner in crime, my best friend: my beautiful wife who pushed me to share the music I had inside of me with the world.

What's the closest thing to real magic for you?
We all experience magic every day as the driving force that binds the universe together. I became Buddhist a few years ago which gave me a way to connect to that energy. With this in hand, you can overcome any obstacle in your life and you become the only architect of your happiness and one of the people around you. It doesn't beat Dr Strange but we're not too far off :)

What's the most useless talent you have?
I can make my eyes tremble. Don't ask me how, I just can. Yes, I know it's creepy.

Pelikaan - Dancing Shadows In The Moonlight

Hug Records is a social music label based in a formerly abandoned village in the Serra da Estrela Mountain range in Portugal. We are currently building up the infrastructure for a music residency program here and will host the first artists in 2026.  With our music we provide pleasure hugs to your ears and financial hugs to social projects.

50% of our profit is donated to our social partner @love-foundation and the other 50% are divided equally between Hug Records and the artists. For more information on Love Foundation check www.love-foundation.org/about and on Hug Records https://www.hugrecords.world/

Please send Demos to: philippe@hugrecords.world

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CD0vRDKXJId9NgEuUpmzk?si=j9oYqjCTRDayrFYxg3CjNQ

Get our Vinyl here: https://hugrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/hug-1

Our Mastering Masterminds are: 

@elpeche
@niju-1
@nadavdagon

Future Hugs in the wild:

13.07.25 Hug Records Showcase at Cozy Festival with Teenage Mutants and Sarah Wild

26.07.25 Hug Records Showcase at Feel Festival with Nora, Dorian Fecht & Manu Ela

18.05.24 Hug Records Showcase at Mensch Meier Reopening in Berlin with Tvisker, Heimlich Knüller, Mattmosphere, Aliska,Inkaa, Massgeschneidert,

27.07.24 Hug Records Showcase at Feel Festival with Zoe Reijue, Feinheitsbrei, Gazbee, Arnau Yuna, Maaje, Duygu

10.08.24 Hug Records Showcase at Cozy Festival with Judith Ahrends, Hvtling, K2WO, Dorian Fecht, Lola Villa, Lazy Hazy

Past Hugs in the wild:

15.07.23 Hug Records Showcase at Feel Festival with Judith Ahrends, Audae, Lazy Hazy, Martha van Straaten, Arilu, Klangdruide, Manu ela

04.06.22 Hug Records Showcase @ Klunkerkranich, Berlin with Audae, Thommie G, Kahl & Kaemena, Lazer Wolf, Pulli & Chomba

24-26.06.22 Hug Records Showcase @ Katzensprung Festival with Hvitling, Skaru, Klangdruide, Senora, Spears, Athenais, Judith Ahrends, Meraki, Lola Villa

16.07.22 Hug Records Showcase @ Feel Festival with Lola Villa, Kotoe, Meraki, Kon Faber & Mattmosphere

09.09 - 11.09.22 Hug Records Showcase @ Kulturbrücke Magdeburg with Feinheitsbrei, Manu Ela, Amu Amu, Judith Ahrends, Pulli & Chomba, Augenstein, Konchord, INKAA

Released Artists: 
@peter-power
@gottlieb-scheppert
@steffenkirchhoff
@lokalaffair
@marcotegui
@thomas-gaarthuis
@gerragmusic
@meraki4
@intinahualmusic
@feinheitsbrei
@thujian
@francaplays
@krautmusica
@menteorganica
@marcelpuntheller
@nadavdagon
@anselmus-berlin
@sebastian-dali
@lola-villa-musica
@burkamina
@senoramusica
@orna-mental
@djane-inkaa
@aquarius-heaven
@arteriam
@lee-jokes
@lazerlucyy
@Kotoek
@derrok
@paul-traeumer
@yuri-pascual
@demirseymen
@arilumusic
@mahfoudmusic
@fanfaraelectronica
@klangdruide
@luimafuta
@theoddness
@sarrelanguemx
@tahumomusic
@chrisbrid
@omemusic
@danielzuur
@ly_ba
@kaob
@ahaumusic
@h2ooooo
@monkymanmusic
@ouhana
@lente
@aiyu_music
@bisu-andyou
@fredericktraumstadt
@davidrausch
@zoe-reijue
@jiony
@bianco_schlemann
@schallfeld-music
@elephant_terrible
@skaruu
@mytripismytrip
@glenn_shaw
@maloua_lou
@goro-music
@niju-1
@kon-faber
@harrycharles
@charlie3m
@pshiuu
@mujia-tajo
@planetcaravanofficial
@waxwood
@wakhanbv
@vodoom
@naehrwerk
@manuelamusica
@ibu-selva
@hvitling
@danielhokum
@audaemusic
@darioklein
@pullichomba
@kapchiz
@judith-ahrends
@ditolove
@atavistix
@fenumusic
@via_jero
@sebastiangabriel_live
@mindbender
@tropicaldrones
@krisberle
@solatic
@lazy_hazy
@dvniel-dt
@nathanhallmusic
@k2w0music
@pelikaan_beats
@alexdoering
@monk_ernie
@pimppandas
@onur-diner1
@benoir
@ryanhaeng
@tannenberg
@augensteinofficial
@unja1000
@salvadoraraguaya
@medi-zijn
@theaehthea
@kg-aufbau
@r_3_n_a_t_a
@kandilari
@na-t0
@purpletempura

Somewhere between trip-hop, downtempo and the unknown, French producer PELIKAAN twists genre into something raw, dreamy, and defiantly unlabelled.

Every track is a detour - misty, hypnotic, a little off the rails. Think jazz in a dub club, house haunted by ghosts, African percussion crashing through a fog of reverb.
More compass than captain, PELIKAAN doesn’t lead: he opens doors and dares you to get lost. The real trip starts where the map ends.

Released on independent labels from Portugal to Ukraine, Germany to China, his sound knows no borders - just instinct and a need to move.

Fly free & Dream on.

Releases:
@concretejunglecollective
@autumnequinoxlabel
@povilno
@hugrecords
@octorecords

Thanks for listening.