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This 18th Vested label release offers a pair of standout deep progressive originals from a rising resident artist in Tel Aviv, Israel’s electronic music scene – Or Sade. These two songs take us on a pair of deep and driving avenues, beautifully-textured with seductive melodics. Having an artist residency at the world-renowned club The Cat And The Dog, Or shares the stage with the world’s finest electronic music artists, and he’s truly turned in a shining duo of songs on this release.

The title track “Love Story” leads the way with a deep galloping groove laced with serene strummed guitar arrangements. Its driving groove woven with hypnotic musical textures will make for feel great moments on dancefloors around the world.

Second, “Ambivalent” takes us on a slightly deeper route, with an extended layered melodic progression and a lovely linear drive. This is a great selection for deeper vibes – whether they be evenings or late mornings, and is a great set momentum builder.

From Tel Aviv by way of Chicago, with much love to all everywhere.

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Love Story EP

Love Story

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VEST019 // My Boy Elroy & OpenOptics ft. Charlie Otto – Where Do We Start Now EP
This 19th Vested label release features a trio of versions of an insightful, inspiring, feel-good song – “Where Do We Start Now”. Now, more than ever, our disjointed world could use a light ray of positivity, and after enduring what we’re presently going through as a human collective, this song asks the questions, “Where do we all start now? Where do we go from here?” The beauty in these questions is that the answer will be painted by us on what is presently a blank canvas.  We have an opportunity to begin again. Start new. Rebuild. Be better. Rise above. Let’s all be better and do better.  

My Boy Elroy and OpenOptics’ original vocal version starts this EP off on a deep, driving, sublime journey laced with organic and synthetic textures alike, making a beautiful hybrid of sounds. Hang drums meet synthesizers in a juxtaposition of deep house and synthwave vibes, drizzled with Charlie Otto’s superb vocals and lyrical stylings. Fans of Rufus Du Sol will be predisposed to connecting with the plush vibes set forth in this vocal groover.

Second, Vested label head RJ Pickens teams up with good friend and labelmate Rez Dorsia in re-styling this gem of a track in the direction of melodic and grooving techno. Aptly-titled as the Redlight Rendition, this remix is inspired by the carefree and liberated spirit of a redlight district, with cinematic scapes meeting thundering low-end and elegant percussion.  

Rounding out the release is the instrumental version that you got a taste of on the “From Chicago With Love 2020” artist sampler. Surprise – this beautiful instrumental song also had a vocal version, which inspired this to be assembled and released as you see it here.

Bon appetít! Dig into these three delectable soundscapes as you decide where you’ll go from here.

Spotify / Beatport Exclusive Release date:  Friday, September 24th, 2021 
Beatport pre-release on-sale date:  Friday, August 27th, 2021

My Boy Elroy & OpenOptics - Where Do We Start Now (Instrumental Mix)

My Boy Elroy & OpenOptics Ft. Charlie Otto - Where Do We Start Now (RJ Pickens & Rez Dorsia Redlight

My Boy Elroy & OpenOptics Ft. Charlie Otto - Where Do We Start Now (Original Vocal Mix)

This milestone 20th label release features the work of an artist we’re really happy to be featuring.  Fehrplay (aka Jonas Fehr) – our favorite Norwegian musical juggernaut makes a celebrated debut on the Vested Recordings imprint.  With a shared history of playing shows together over the last 10 years, Fehrplay and label head RJ Pickens have gotten used to flying in similar musical airspace, and it’s truly a pleasure to feature a really lovely and unique piece of original music, birthed in Jonas’ new studio over this unprecedented period in human history that we’re all navigating together.

“San Pedro” is a delightfully-quirky yet irresistibly-driving fusion of contemporary techno and progressive house sounds, destined for dark rooms and late nights.  Inspired by San Pedro, the South American plant medicine, this composition takes hypnotic twists and psychedelic turns.  In gorgeous contrast, it is fueled by a dark and powerful percussion arrangement while at the same time garnished with light melodics that bring balance and order to the darkness.

Take your dose, close your eyes, and have a wonderful journey.

Fehrplay - San Pedro (Original Mix)

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This 21st label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest. In yet another year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this cherry-picked collection of truly top-tier quality songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2021 – from Chicago with lots of love (and also with a bit of pent-up rowdiness)!

Label newcomer on last year’s sampler – FJ9 – returns to this year’s offering with “In The Absence of Time” – a sharp saw-toothed roller-coaster ride of a melodic techno track. Aggressive yet elegantly-styled analog synth lines meet deep pumping grooves and layered percussion to take the mind for a wild ride.

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From Chicago With Love 2021 EP

In The Absence Of Time

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This 21st label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest. In yet another year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this cherry-picked collection of truly top-tier quality songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2021 – from Chicago with lots of love (and also with a bit of pent-up rowdiness)! 
 
Vested label mainstay Rez Dorsia brings you “Ghosts & Memories” – a deep and driving melodic tech gem that oozes swagger with vintage feel. A deep and bouncing bassline paired with warm synth tones and a throwback vocal element really hit the sweet spot here and start this release off right.

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Ghost & Memories

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This 21st label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest. In yet another year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this cherry-picked collection of truly top-tier quality songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2021 – from Chicago with lots of love (and also with a bit of pent-up rowdiness)! 

Rounding out this release is a sublime serving of progressive house titled “Clockwork” by Crystos – a promising newcomer to the label and the Chicago music scene alike. Fusing elements of progressive, melodic tech, and big synth melodies in this composition, he delivers a ticking timepiece-driven piece of music that truly finishes this compilation with an exclamation point. The Gear and Spring Mix makes the groove of the clockwork a focus and leaves a little room for something more involving this tune to come to you in 2022!

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Clockwork (Gear And Spring Mix)

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This 21st label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest. In yet another year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this cherry-picked collection of truly top-tier quality songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2021 – from Chicago with lots of love (and also with a bit of pent-up rowdiness).

Back on the label after a brief hiatus is surgically-concise producer and Chicago artist Alex Castaneda in bringing you “Recon” – a big, spacious, booming and driving slice of techno. Boasting a full-on galloping rhythm section and a blissfully-wide low-end groove that feels simply amazing, this peak-hour burner will do nothing short of setting the night on fire.

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Recon

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This 21st label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to techno to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City’s finest. In yet another year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this cherry-picked collection of truly top-tier quality songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2021 – from Chicago with lots of love (and also with a bit of pent-up rowdiness)!

“Wilderness” is a lush and textured progressive house composition born from a collaboration between two label newcomers: SinnerSaints and Alfred Clayton. Inspired on some level by nature’s elements and featuring a unique melodic hook juxtaposed against a cinematic driving groove, this lovely, intricate, and moody piece of electronic music here will have you coming back time and again.

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Wilderness

Premiere: SinnerSaints & Alfred Clayton "Wilderness" - Vested Recordings

This 14th label release offers a top-flight collaborative original song offering by Chicago-based electronic artists Jeff Ozmits and RJ Pickens.

First up is the original mix of Rules of Engagement. This driving progressive house stormer has been getting great reactions from dancefloors it has been tested on over the past 9 months, and it is truly a pleasure to now make this available to the world. A galloping rhythmic arrangement paired with an unforgettable melodic composition of arpeggiated leads, soaring synths, and energizing guitar plucks is designed to take make the dancefloor take flight.

The second track on the release is RJ Pickens' Flightplan Edit of the original. Being that this composition was deeply inspired by fighter jets and their marvels of modern engineering, it felt only fitting that a version of this song was made that took the listener even further into the experience of supersonic flight. Nuances of fighter jet engines, aircraft flight, radio communications, and cockpit sounds are tastefully woven into the mix, giving an immersive feel of the energy felt during tactical flight.

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Jeff Ozmits & RJ Pickens - Rules of Engagement EP

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This 14th label release offers a top-flight collaborative original song offering by Chicago-based electronic artists Jeff Ozmits and RJ Pickens.
The second track on the release is RJ Pickens’ Flightplan Edit of the original.  Being that this composition was deeply inspired by fighter jets and their marvels of modern engineering, it felt only fitting that a version of this song was made that took the listener even further into the experience of supersonic flight. Nuances of fighter jet engines, aircraft flight, radio communications, and cockpit sounds are tastefully woven into the mix, giving an immersive feel of the energy felt during tactical flight.

Rules of Engagement

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This 15th label release offers a sublime original production from up and coming Austin, Texas-based artist Kai Castro, and it's paired with a fantastic remix by the globally-noteworthy and Toronto-based powerhouse artist Tim Penner.

First up is the original mix of Juxtaposed. In Kai Castro's own words, "Juxtaposed, true to its name, was meant to fuse two different styles. It was inspired by both the subdued, dark textures of techno and the soaring heights that can only be accomplished through a progressive house buildup." Big melodic sounds paired with pumping grooves make for excellent dish here, served-up best during peak hour.

The second track is the Tim Penner remix of this tune and it takes a darker, driving tech tone in reinterpreting the original. A perfect choice for underground settings, this mix tastefully makes use of key melodic elements of the original while really curating the overall feel in the spirit of brooding grooves & rhythms and a relentless pumping low-end. It's a true treat to feature the finely-crafted sounds of this Canadian mastermind on this release. Let this merciless melee of a song loose during late nights in dark rooms.

Both of these versions pair together quite nicely in providing a choice of mood for progressive house and techno / melodic techno DJ sets alike!

Juxtaposed

Kai Castro - Juxtaposed (Tim Penner Remix) [Vested Recordings 015]

Kai Castro - Juxtaposed (Original Mix) [Vested Recordings 015]

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This 17th label release offers five wonderful and carefully-chosen selections of melodic electronic grooves, ranging from progressive house to deep house to melodic techno, produced by a handful of the Windy City's finest. In a year of unprecedented change and challenges, music has been the fabric keeping us united in the face of uncertainty, and this small cherry-picked collection of songs is being sent out to you all around the world to help close out 2020 – from Chicago with lots of love.

First up - Vested label regular Jeff Ozmits and label newcomer Bedroom Logic team up to bring you "Secret Sky" – a driving melodic peak-hour progressive gem that begs to be hammered during a prime stretch of evening. A deep and bouncing bassline paired with pleasing synth arpeggios really hit the sweet spot here and start this release off right.

Second - Vested label head RJ Pickens teams up with Tru Musica label head Brian Boncher to collectively bring you "Astral Dream" – a house-driven melodic progressive tune layered with guitars, synths, stacked percussion, and a bassline paying playful homage to an electronic classic. Special thanks to instrumentalists Jim O'Reilly and Skeebo Geebo for their melodic contributions to this composition!

Next up is the multi-faceted My Boy Elroy in a team effort with OpenOptics in bringing you "Where Do We Start Now" – a sublime deep melodic house offering infused with synthwave leads, organic handpan textures, a trotting rhythm section, and a low end groove that just feels amazing. Special thanks to instrumentalists OpenOptics and Troy Page for their contributions to this project!

"Clearing Space" is a lush and textured melodic techno composition with deep and driving groove from staple Chicago artist: Hummingbird. She's assembled a lovely, intricate, and moody piece of electronic music here will have you listening to all the nuances amongst the smooth energies of this piece over and again.

And rounding out this release is "Deeper Than Us" by FJ9 – a really promising newcomer to the label and the Chicago music scene alike. Fusing elements of melodic techno, house, and electro in this composition, he delivers a modulated-synth-driven piece of music that truly finishes this compilation with a big bang. A bonus edit of this track has also been provided for those of you who just want to cut to the chase.

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From Chicago with Love 2020

Where Do We Start Now

Premiere: My Boy Elroy  & Open Optics "Where Do We Start Now" - Vested Recordings

From Chicago with Love 2020 EP

Clearing Space

Premiere: Hummingbird "Clearing Space" - Vested Recordings

Astral Dream

Premiere: RJ Pickens & Brian Boncher "Astral Dream" - Vested Recordings

Deeper Than Us

Premiere: FJ9 "Deeper Than Us" - Vested Recordings

Secret Sky

Premiere: Jeff Ozmits & Bedroom Logic "Secret Sky" - Vested Recordings

For the past 2 decades, RJ Pickens has been a leader in building and growing Chicago’s melodic-driven electronic music scene. With nearly 25 years of DJ experience and tirelessly pursuing the perfect mix of deep, progressive, techno, and house sounds.  He rocks venues ranging from intimate to huge, and can go from being the headliner himself to being the supporting act of choice for countless global headliners on the best club and festival events the Windy City has to offer.  RJ is also a principal collaborator in a recently-launched and acclaimed music act called Portals & Parachutes, taking first flight in post-pandemic 2021.  RJ’s record label and music event banner — VESTED — has become synonymous with top-tier progressive electronic sounds.  Vested Recordings, while a relatively young label still, has seen remarkable support from some of the very best artists in the industry.  The event showcases produced under the Vested brand have been consistently showcasing the finest quality in its music bookings for the last 10 years. 

VESTED:  an adjective that means “to hold something completely, permanently, and inalienably — an unwavering commitment.”  In an electronic music sense, it simply means RJ is really serious about our party music, and his work on all fronts speaks for itself.

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