Yousef feat Robert Owens - Together

YOUSEF ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM "I OPERATE IN PURPLE" WITH FIRST SINGLE "LOVING IS LIVING"

Following an unannounced appearance at Ambers in Manchester, Yousef premiered his new track Loving is Living to a capacity crowd. The room's energy spoke volumes. Within hours, Yousef made the call: this would be the first single from his upcoming and final album, I Operate in Purple.

Crafted for the dancefloor, Loving is Living is a joyful, melodic trip through house music's rich emotional spectrum. It opens with a nod to Frankie Knuckles, echoes the spirit of BT, and lands squarely in the world of Yousef—an artist who has given his adult life to the genre.

The track features Brighton duo Kuuda, to deliver an instant peak-time moment. Kuuda appears on two songs across the album, bringing a rich, euphoric layer to Yousef's sound.

I Operate in Purple is Yousef's fifth and final album. It's also his most personal. A culmination of three decades immersed in house music culture, it maps the inspirations, cities, and club nights that shaped him. Unlike previous records, this album fully leans into original songs, live vocalists, and musicianship. A celebration of where house music has been, and where it's going.

What does it mean to devote your life to a sound? I Operate in Purple is Yousef's answer.

Yousef ft Kuuda Loving Is Living

Circus Recordings / Circus Events 

Bookings 

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA - Ben@Radiusartists.com

AUSTRALIA & ASIA - Tony at Tigerstyle  tony@tigerstyle.com.au

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA - diego/david/luke at Ritmo diego@ritmobookings.com





What more can be said about Yousef…

A leading figurehead in dance music. A man who has lived and breathed house music since he was a teenager, with over 20 years of dedication to the global electronic music scene, his contribution can’t be over exaggerated. Yousef, constantly pushing his own creative and artistic boundaries, while he is considered one of the best, most skilful and most respected UK DJs of all time. 

Yousef has now completed his 5th artist album, the truly accomplished “I Operate in Purple”.
The project has invited a series of world class musicians and singers to help Yousef realise his ambition to release a 14-track legacy project that leans upon his two decades in at the forefront of house music and plans to stand up next to the great dance music albums of our time. IOP eloquently manoeuvrers through original vocals, radio ready crossover and the emotive underground. Each track comes with its own individual and original 3D video that reveals the narrative Yousef has created. This is easily Yousef most unforgettable work he has ever created. 

Yousef’s powerhouse record label Circus Recordings has released music from many of the world’s most significant names, from Carl Cox to Kerri Chandler to Green Velvet to Jamie Jones, all while breaking completely new artists from all over the world directly to give them a much-needed platform. The record label runs parallel his equally globally respected Circus Events, where Yousef holds one of the longest and most important DJ residencies in the history of UK club culture. 

Circus at Blackstone Warehouse is the UK’s most cutting-edge warehouse venue. In term of sound, lights and staging there is nothing like it in the UK. Circus has invited names from Peggy Gou to Pawsa, Bicep to Ewan McVicker, Chris Stussy to Micheal Bibi and literally every major name in electronic music to join Yousef at his two decades long party… 

Yousef’s prolific music output consistently sees his music in the boxes of every major DJ from Joseph Capriati, Marco Carola, Carl Cox, Fisher, The Blessed Madonna, Seth Troxler, Honey Dijon and everyone. 
in-between 

Yousef has released more music on the world’s best record labels than almost any other artist in his field. Seminal releases on Crosstown Rebels, Desolat, Cocoon, Moon Harbour, Knee Deep in Sound, Defected, Hard Times, Renaissance and of course his own legendary Circus Recordings.

Yousef’s trusted voice led him to be requested to represent electronic music community for a private meeting with ‘HRH Prince William’ the future King of England, and later with many leading MP’s, to relay the difficulties dance music is facing through before and since covid. These efforts helped pave the way for Yousef’s Circus event to be asked to take on the colossal task to organise ‘The First Dance’, the world’s first sanctioned music test event since covid struck… The monumental event captured the attention of the entire world and its major media, with 7 billion online and news engagements, and is now cited as ‘one of the most significant moments in electronic music history”’. Yousef & Circus were given the BBC “Impact Award” on Radio One for all the work done to help the music industry in 2021

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