Can You Dream?

At a straight 128 BPM and locked to 8B, this cut hits my floor with a conviction that lesser records mistake for mere volume. The energy is maxed at ten, yet Jo Bubbles channels that voltage into supple, neon-tinted synthwork that recalls Studio Barnhus at its most melodically generous; every bar expands the room rather than simply filling it.

I would drop this when the smoke clears and the lights turn candy-apple red—peak-time material, certainly, but delivered with the leftfield sensibility that makes the hook stick long after the kick drops out. It is tasteful, yes, but never polite: a deep house weapon that insists on its own colour.