We're happy to host BRISA as the next guest of our famous Apparel Radio Show. Based in Fukuoka Japan, DJ/producer BRISA started his career in 1997 after being strongly influenced by acid jazz and house music in the 1990s. He started producing his own music in 2004 and has since released music worldwide, including in Japan, the UK, the US, Germany, France, and Italy.

Link:
@brisamusic

Tracklist

Radio Show #256: BRISA

GIVE YOU UP (INTRO MIX)

APL005 Review

"The London based Label Apparel Music releases a fresh and uplifted splitsingle from Delano Smith and Gavin Herlihy. Both tracks are a perfect mixture of timeless deepness and modern club roughness."Delano`s Deep Space Mix" of Gavins "Krypton Factor" takes the sound of both artists and fits it in a dreamy synth tune which already hitting the floors of the Miami partys this year." (Wordandsound) 

"Der Track von Delano Smith mit seinem feinen Swing, der tief in das Grollen der Hintergroundsounds eingebettet ist und die einfache, aber sehr trockene Stimme überzeugen mich vom ersten Moment, auch wenn eigentlich nicht mehr viel darüber hinaus geschieht. "Krypton Factor" von Herlihy zeigt ihn in bester steppender Minimalhouselaune und lässt viel Raum für den für ihn typischen Funk, der sich durch die dennoch sehr ruhig gleitenden Sounds zieht. Dazu noch ein mehr an Chicago-Klassik erinnernder Remix von Delano, der mittendrin in die galaktischen Weiten abdriftet." (De:Bug)

"Just because you call your song "Lost in Detroit" doesn't mean you're necessarily from Detroit. That's the case here, though, and I'll admit I wouldn't have guessed without looking it up. That track, first up on this excellent EP, is Delano Smith's, and it's got enough of a basic fuzzy quality—that filmy kind of filtering that gives things a shade of static, a purposeful analog feel—that it could have come from just about anywhere that sort of thing is in vogue, which is probably just about anywhere house reigns supreme. But that alien zone is increasingly crowded, and Smith's touches of stick percussion kick it up a couple places. Smith's reworking of Gavin Herlihy's "Krypton Faktor" is similarly cool, but here the beat carries a lot more tonnage. The drums are fiercely articulated and a big synth riff joins two minutes in just to amp things up for real. Herlihy's original "Krypton Faktor" is different again: lengthy, ruminative, spooky in texture without being a forbidding listen. The smoky cloudy organ effect that provides the hook draws you to it." (Resident Advisor)


Plain and Simple TV

What does it sound like? 
A little slice of quality, deep but not dull tech courtesy of US producer Delano Smith and Briton Gavin Herlihy. The EP is dominated by its title track thanks to an additional remix, but does come with a well worth buying B-side. Starting with the A though things are comparable to Siesta's hey day and the tougher, more electro edges of the old West Coast sound, meaning driving but groovy basslines and inviting percussion abounds, while there's also an obvious techno zeitgeist in the brew too. Smith's own remix reduces the stabbed tempo and opts for a cosmic disco workout that's no less reliant on the low end than its predecessor was. Then there's Lost In Detroit, which falls somewhere in between the mechanical soul of said city's newcomers and Stacey Pullen's smooth techy stylings, capped off with a guy saying something hypnotic. Just don't ask us what it's got to do with the 1980s TV series.

Where would I dance to it? 
Anywhere and everywhere, particularly after Villalobos apparently dropped both original and remix when Herlihy passed him a copy at a gig in Leeds.

What highlights can I expect to hear? 
For us Lost In Detroit is the winner, as is anything that boasts such rhythm. Dark, dirty, and with all the hallmarks of classic tech house this is one all sides of the four four camp can get down to.

Why should I pay for it? 
As ever it's a question of morality.

Delano Smith - Lost in Detroit [APL005]

New Single | Inner Space//Outer Space | Out Now

Engineered by I Know The Chief @ Big Sky Audio
Mixed by Neil Gray @ Big Sky Audio
Mastered by David Briggs @ The Production Workshop (Productionworkshop.com.au) 
Photo by Leesa Gray-Pitt (Instagram: @rebelgoddessart)

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Inner Space//Outer Space

I . K N O W . T H E . C H I E F
- F R E E . Y O U R . M I N D -

This song speaks a message I am incredibly passionate about, it is an attempt to spark deep introspection and self-auditing of the choices we make that dictate what we are doing in our day to day lives. An honest and open conversation with yourself, free of ego and bias, to determine whether what you are doing today is contributing to a life that will be so unforgettable. - James

We really hope you enjoy this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

- James, Jesse, and Jackson.

P.s Last but definitely not least a huge thank you to the Sweethearts band who did an incredible job of singing the chorus with me and turning a dream of mine into a reality - with better results than I could ever have imagined!

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Neil Gray and James Freeman @ Big Sky Audio
Mastered by David Briggs @ The Sound Production Workshop

Free Your Mind

Feel The Way

Lyrically, 'Saudade' is an exploration of nostalgic discontent for a period of time that was drenched in youthful emotion and opportunity - a moment that is now gone, and the knowledge that it can never be brought back. Musically, sun-soaked synths and melodies build to a chaotic bridge that 'breaks through' to the final chorus - intended to represent the naivety, realisation and acceptance stages of Saudade.

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/4dLUKTmhIglctrmt8B3FsH?si=1iOkDrgVStSyYarJrgA5jw

Saudade

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by James Freeman @ Big Sky Audio

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September

Everything's Under Control is I Know The Chief's 2nd EP and has been a labour of love comprising songs written, produced and recorded over the past few years.

Total Control

Music Video Out Now: https://youtu.be/U0ZgsvZEVPM

Everything's Under Control is I Know The Chief's 2nd EP and has been a labour of love comprising songs written, produced and recorded over the past few years.

Jeff Goldblum's House

Miami (Tekkla Remix)

REYNO is a house music project born in 2025, fueled by an unshakable passion for the craft and honed through years behind the decks. Inspired by sets alongside genre legends like Dimitri from Paris, Mark Farina, and Sister Sledge, REYNO remains locked in on flow, energy, and deep connection. With residencies across LA—from Soho House and Little Beach House Malibu to El Chucho and Gran Blanco—and sets stretching from Bali to Sydney, the project weaves deep, classic, and tech house with boogie and rare grooves into seamless, vibe-rich journeys. Whether on vinyl or digital, it’s always about the feeling—and the good times.

GIVE YOU UP (INTRO MIX)

REYNO

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