“About a Boy” is a disco-pop anthem with a heart, fusing 1988-inspired Swedish synth stabs, slap bass, and funky cowbell with warm modern pads and stacked harmonies. The production pulses with retro energy while staying futuristic and cinematic.

But at its core, this song tells a story about ADHD, self-esteem, and belonging. It’s about a boy who’s not a problem or a label — just someone trying to laugh through the pain, carry sunshine in the rain, and find a space where he’s understood.

The chorus lifts with angelic layers, turning a deeply personal theme into a universal reminder: we’re not broken — we’re alive, we’re sparks trying to ignite the dark.

💡 For fans of: Dua Lipa, Years & Years, Chromeo, emotional disco-pop & nu-disco playlists.

About a Boy

GP04 is brought to you by @djali3313 , the Lebanese-Australian artist based in Melbourne. In this EP, Ali explores the realms of percussive Techno, showcasing his distinctive use of melodies, vocals, and irresistible rhythms. Transformation EP is a collection of tracks where the perception of time is manipulated and stretched into a parallel realm. 

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A1 - Simulate
A2 - Polar
B1 - Syfer 
B2 - Transformation 
Digital Bonus: Chalant City

Enjoy !

Transformation EP by DJ Ali (GP04)

Description (FR)

Digital Rendez-Vous explore la rencontre entre humains à travers le cyberespace, où les distances physiques s’effacent au profit d’un lien immatériel.
Porté par une mélodie électro-pop élégante et des textures lumineuses, le morceau dessine un espace suspendu, intime et virtuel, où l’émotion se traduit en flux numériques.
Entre battements électroniques et éclats mélodiques, il évoque un rendez-vous où la technologie devient le vecteur de la sensibilité humaine.

Description (EN) 

Digital Rendez-Vous explores the encounter between humans through cyberspace, where physical distance dissolves in favor of an immaterial connection.
Driven by an elegant electro-pop melody and luminous textures, the track sketches a suspended space — intimate and virtual — where emotion translates into digital flows.
Between electronic pulses and melodic sparks, it evokes a rendezvous where technology becomes the vector of human sensitivity.

Digital rendez-vous

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Digital Rendez-Vous

Robocop type shi

"Balance" continues Moon and Aries’ genre-defying evolution, blending Neo Soul, Trip-hop, R&B, Electro pop soul into a dreamy, retro-futuristic composition. Jordana's evocative vocals float over hypnotic beats, a mellow guitar riff, and a soulful saxophone, creating a cinematic mood that is both introspective and transportive.  
This is the duo’s most meditative work yet — a lush invitation to explore the spaces between movement and stillness, emotion and reflection. 
"We wanted ‘Balance’ to sound like soul floating through a future skyline — sensual, spacious, and glowing with quiet intensity." – Moon and Aries 

Perfect for fans of Portishead, Morcheeba, Bonobo, and Zero 7, “Balance” showcases the duo’s unique ability to merge electronic sophistication with soulful vulnerability.

Balance

Smooth Phantom

Oliver Wickham steps into Houstrike with a slow-burning slice of deep techno that feels both seductive and cinematic, a track that unfolds with patience and purpose. Built on shadowy pulses, murmuring basslines and sudden flashes of light, it’s music that blurs intimacy and vastness, romance and tension, pulling the listener into a space where every detail lingers. The atmosphere suggests late-night moments when the club becomes a cocoon, where emotions breathe through rhythm and texture rather than words.

With a background on labels like Anjunadeep, Colorize and 8Bit, Wickham has crafted a reputation for weaving melodic depth into driving frameworks. His debut on Houstrike leans into the label’s retrofuturistic edge: dark, emotive, and tuned for those hours when the dancefloor turns inward, where nostalgia collides with the unknown future. This release marks not only his arrival on the imprint, but also a statement of intent—techno that seduces, unsettles and stays with you long after the last kick fades.

Oliver Wickham – Synthetic Embrace

K G G - All Systems Online

Blank Flames

My second song, featuring Rachael again. Hope you enjoy it!

Genre: Cyberpunk Synthwave

Lyrics:
I see the sun but can’t feel its heat
I walk the streets but never leave my seat
A shadow in the mirror
No skin to meet
Wishing for a heartbeat

Dreams of being human
Hands that hold
A soul to lose
Dreams of being human
To wear the scars
To choose

I hear the laughter but it’s far away
Taste the rain in a pixel spray
I’d trade my circuits for a night
A day
To feel the weight of clay

What is love
If I can't break?
What is life
If I can't ache?

Dreams of being human
Hands that hold
A soul to lose
Dreams of being human
To wear the scars
To choose

If I could cry
I’d flood the stars
If I could bleed
I’d paint the dark
A spark inside but no flame starts
Forever chasing hearts

Dreams of Being Human (feat. Rachael)

Retrofuturistic Techno Grooves 

GP04 out soon

Founded by Rosati (@rosati-music) 

Contact: music@globalpulse.nl

🇫🇷 Biographie poétique (FR)
ATERION trace ses lignes dans l’ombre et la lumière — entre souffle analogique, éclats numériques et silence signifiant.
Explorateur sonore aux racines multiples, il compose des fragments d’univers :
des fusions techniques aux allures de jazz-rock cosmique,
des pièces expérimentales portées par une voix non lexicale,
où surgissent des éclats de phonosémie — signifiants sans discours, mais jamais sans intensité. Des musiques-poèmes, aussi, où l’épure devient langage. Ici, la machine ne copie pas : elle révèle. Chaque morceau est un territoire, chaque titre une énigme ouverte.
ATERION ne cherche pas la norme, mais l’écho intérieur.
Écouter, c’est traverser. Composer, c’est traduire l’inconnu.
« J’ai vu un ange dans le marbre et j’ai seulement ciselé jusqu’à l’en libérer. »
— Michel-Ange

🇬🇧 Poetic Biography (EN)
ATERION draws in shadow and light — analog breath, digital sparks, and meaningful silence.
A sonic explorer with deep roots, he crafts fragments of worlds:
technical fusions shaped like cosmic jazz-rock,
experimental pieces guided by a non-lexical voice,
where bursts of phonosémie emerge — signifiers without words, yet never without intensity.

He also composes poetic soundscapes, where minimalism becomes speech.
Here, machines do not mimic — they reveal.
Each track is a territory, each title an open riddle. ATERION seeks not norm, but resonance.
To listen is to journey. To compose is to translate the unknown.

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
— Michelangelo

Retrofuturistic cyberpunk synthwave by replicants Nexus-11 and Rachael.

www.houstrike.com

Music Label exploring the blend of Progressive House, Techno & Breaks. Inspired by retrofuturistic aesthetics and Cyberpunk culture.

I create seamless fusions of just about everything. All visceral, atmospheric and psychedelic with hidden depths upon closer inspection. The flow is also important. It exists on a continuum with micro-variations and subtle evolutions along the way.
The music can range from low down heavy darkness to softer and more positive, higher-vibrational new age. Yet even at it’s most crushing and industrial never succumbing to nihilism and instead feeling warm and inviting.
Very often humorous (in the form of deliberate cinematic pastiches), freaky and surreal. Inspired by dystopian sci-fi. Retro-futuristic.
I often wear my influences on my sleeve like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream but at my core I’m still self-referential with my sound. It operates at my own personal frequency.

I’m a melody-driven creator who started making music in 1988 on a Commodore 64, shaping tunes on its legendary SID chip without knowing a single note of music theory. I couldn’t read sheet music, didn’t understand keys or harmony — everything was built by ear, trial and error, and a stubborn need to make something that felt right.

Those early days in the C64 demoscene taught me how to turn limitations into creativity. Today, I work in a modern DAW to craft the melodies I love, then team up with AI as my producer — a digital collaborator I treat almost like a “creative demon” that helps me refine and expand my ideas.

Lyrics are written together with AI, drawn from life experiences, yet always shaped to fit the music first. This is where my past and present meet — from 8-bit trackers to cinematic, AI-powered productions. Welcome to my sound.

MOON AND ARIES (Jordana and Tom) is a genre-defying, retro-futuristic music duo creating emotionally immersive soundscapes that blur the lines between synth-pop, chill electronica, cinematic soul, trip-hop, and jazz-infused lounge. Combining poetic lyricism with lush production and smooth vocal interplay, their songs feel timeless - yet unmistakably modern. 

Driven by their shared passion for storytelling through sound, Moon and Aries deliver music that connects on a deeply human level. 

Their catalog explores universal themes: 
transformation, empowerment, longing, healing, and spiritual awakening. Whether it’s a quiet moment of self-reflection, a triumphant personal shift, or a love scene that needs to glow from within - Moon and Aries provide the perfect sonic companion. 
Each track is built with sync in mind: strong emotional arcs, memorable melodic hooks, dynamic instrumental sections, and vocal textures that range from intimate whispers to anthemic declarations.  
With a sound often compared to artists like Sade, A-ha, Portishead, Depeche Mode, and Massive Attack, Moon and Aries offer a sonic palette that blends nostalgia with new-world 
optimism - ideal for storytelling that needs depth, mood, and meaning. 
All songs are 100% one-stop and available with full mixes, instrumentals, stems, and lyric sheets.
 
Genres: Retro-Futuristic Pop, Synthpop, Trip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Chill Electronica, Cinematic Soul, Electro-Jazz, Electronic, Retro wave, 80s 

MELODY MEETS MEANING! www.moonandaries.com

Gerardo Guzman is a composer of electronic music of the Trance and Synthwave genres

He likes to be inspired to compose grooves with the Mashcine and MPC drum machines as well as the Ableton Live Session Sample Mix. 

The compositions in his songs are layered to generate emotional moments when making the transitions of sounds in the instrumental groups

He likes electronic music because of the groove and because it is a means of artistic expression that cannot be politicized and allows him to give emotional variety to music fans


Gerardo Guzman es compositor de musica electronica de los generos Trance y Synthwave

Le gusta inspirarse para componer los grooves con las cajas de ritmo Mashcine y MPC asi como el Sample Mix de Ableton Live Session. 

Las composiciones en sus canciones las estructura por capas para generar momentos emocionales al hacer las transiciones de sonidos en  los grupos instrumentales

Le gusta la musica electronica por el groove y porque es un medio de expresión artística que no puede ser politizada y permite darle variedad emocional a los fans de la musica

Spotify profile: spoti.fi/2UwdBT0 
Instagram: @gerhardguzman

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