Continuing to ride a tidal wave of success, progressive house phenom Alex O'Rion returns to Cid Inc's Replug Records with ‘Space Age'. Rising out of a successful career as a trance producer, Dutch artist Alex O'Rion took inspiration from the likes of John Digweed, Nick Warren and Sasha, to forge a path into the world of progressive house. Alex's groovy melodic sound found its footing quickly thereafter, as he notched releases via Nick Warren's Hope Recordings and Hernan Cattaneo's Sudbeat Music. Moving forward, 2020 proved to be a breakout year for the Nijkerk resident. On the strength of projects for Replug and The Soundgarden, Alex rose to Beatport's #3 best-selling progressive house producer, paving the way for 2021 releases via Guy J's Lost & Found and UK behemoth Anjunabeats. Now as 2022 takes shape, Alex continues his fruitful relationship with Replug, presenting a third and much anticipated artist showcase for the label entitled ‘Space Age'.

EP opener and title selection ‘Space Age' finds Alex operating at the peak of his creative powers. Fuelled by rhythm and groove; it's wobbly basslines and flickering percussive arrangements resonate on a transcendent level. Fluid and trippy across the first movement, Alex continues his stylized ways with timely vocal fragments and supernatural effects creating a colourful path into the main break. Sitting comfortably in an ethereal yet thought provoking space, submerged beats rise out of intoxicating atmospheres as the interlude evolves, eventually spearheading a groove-centric drop and mystical finale.

Rounding out the release is ‘Aperon' which lands with an equally impressive display of craftsmanship. Alex reaffirms his instinctive ability to tip a dancefloor over the edge, planting multiple explosions of serotonin through wavy melodies, clustered effects and disorientating projections. Clever co-actions make for a break that is both surreal and tense, flowing through undulating rhythms and cascading melodies, before confidently returning to the groove for a sweeping aerial finale.

With ‘Space Age' Alex continues his journey across the electronic cosmos, presenting two crushingly catchy productions steeped in colourful musicality and thought-provoking atmospherics.

Text: Release Promo
Mastered by: Cid Inc Mastering
Design by: Orsen Design

Space Age

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Alex O'Rion - Aperon (Original Mix) [Replug]

ᴀꜱ ɪ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴏᴡ, ɪ'ᴍ ꜱʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴇᴠᴏʟᴠɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ—ᴀ ʙʟᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴛʀɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ʀʜʏᴛʜᴍꜱ, ɪᴍᴍᴇʀꜱɪᴠᴇ ʙᴀꜱꜱʟɪɴᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴛᴍᴏꜱᴘʜᴇʀɪᴄ ᴍᴇʟᴏᴅɪᴇꜱ. ᴊᴏɪɴ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄᴀʟ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛ, ʟᴇᴀʀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅ ꜰʀᴇꜱʜ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡᴄᴀꜱᴇ ᴍʏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ. ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇꜱ, ᴍɪxᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴠᴇ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀꜱᴇꜱ.

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Replug is an electronic music label owned and managed by Cid Inc. and Orsen.

Cid Inc. is renowned for his unique, genre pushing music as a producer and DJ across the globe, as well as his skills as an esteemed mastering engineer. With a feel for innovative, fresh, cutting edge productions, Replug Records has evolved into the perfect platform to bring all of these elements together under one roof, and is now synonymous with Cid Inc’s unique sound and ethos.

At Replug, we aim to entwine the most creative sounds of underground progressive house, with influences of techno, deeper edged house and electronica. Quality over quantity has always been the key label focus, while continuously searching for individuality in both up and coming and established artists and releases.

Since 2009 Replug has showcased music and remixes from an enviable roster of artists, including Cid Inc, Hernan Cattaneo, Khen, Nick Muir, Dmitry Molosh, Navar, Orsen, Andre Sabota, Darin Epsilon, Simos Tagias, Interaxxis, Mariano Mellino, Chicola, Ezequiel Arias, Barry Jamieson, Jamie Stevens, Marcelo Vasami, GMJ, Matter, Roger Martinez, Luka Sambe, Deepfunk, Kassey Voorn, Sonic Union, Luis Junior and several other respected producers and artists.

If you are interested in releasing music on Replug, please send demos (Soundcloud links only) to : demo@replugrecords.com

NOTE* As much as we would love to listen and give feedback to every single demo, sadly due to the amount we receive on a daily basis, we are unable get back to you all, but if we like what we hear, we will be in touch.

For General Enquiries, Replug Events and Licensing send an email to : info@replugrecords.com

Label Owner / Manager: Cid Inc.
A&R / Label Manager: Dan Orsen