In early 2017, Michael A debuted on Proton Music with the outstanding "Bright Hope". Full of his trademark craft and vision, Particles now revisits the EP with remixes from two North American artists.

Adopting the contracted, Dezza, for his scintillating work, Canadian born, Derek Silvester, is an artist with an exceptional production pedigree. Able to call upon Above and Beyond, Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk as fans of his music, Dezza has found his tracks allied to a host of blue-chip imprints that include Colorize, Black Hole and Silk Music. Over four-hundred production credits to his name with a plethora along the Silk road, original EPs that include 2014's "Meekix/Derry" and 2016's "Brit", continue to place Dezza firmly on the industry map and the heads-up-display on the globe's top DJs. 

A debut remix for Proton Music in November 2010, reworking Mango and Kasuza's iconic "Asphalt Lines", is now complemented with a standout remix of "Seven". Intelligently taking the groove foundations central to Michael A's original, Dezza's skill is to rework them into a sonically charged offering that builds with spine-tingling momentum and trademark melodic skill. As elegant as it is effortless in execution, the resultant work is a track that generates a new direction based on the themes resonant in the original with a cornucopia of additional production material, rich harmonies and rhythmic flair.

Chicago born but now firmly ensconced in his adopted Greek homeland, Savvas Karabinos, has been involved in the dance music industry since the early 1990s. A renowned DJ and the host of numerous open-air parties, Savvas' work with Yosebu in 2000, under the name Acropod, witnessed a full-length album for Klik Records. With over a double century of production credits to his name since 2010, Savvas has continued to find his work valued by the finest modern underground imprints. Thus, Ready Mix Records, Motek Music and Submarine Vibes continue to extol the virtues of the prolific producer. Indeed, it is for the latter that the deep vibes of "Monsoon" can be heard alongside a remix from Jelly For The Babies for "Haunting Melodies".

Reworking the title track from Michael A's EP in a debut for Particles, the Savvas remix of "Bright Hope" is a deliciously deep offering that revels in rich percussive flow as shakers and wood blocks provide a rhythmic backdrop for evolving melodies to develop unencumbered by weight of expectation. Reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre with its cascading delayed motifs and soaring chord progressions, Savvas turns in an innovative new remix that intelligently reworks Michael A's components into a new and dynamic piece.


A pair of new remixes from Dezza and Savvas sees Michael A's music still full of "Bright Hope".

Directed by Jay Epoch
A&R by Marina Gerardi
Mastered by Dezza, Cid Inc.
Design by Ben Mautner
Text by James Warren

Bright Hope (Particles Edition)

Seven (Dezza Remix)

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