NERO's Joseph Ray Returns to Anjunadeep for New Home and Jungle-Impressed EP, "A Energy Over Me"

Joseph Ray‘s new EP pays homage to the magic that surrounds the dancefloor.

Since co-founding NERO a few years in the past, Ray has developed a powerful aspect challenge that sees him tackle sounds from outdoors the bass music realm. Through the years he is launched a number of deep house records on Anjunadeep, and has even had certainly one of his originals remixed by his own group. Now, he is returned to Above & Past’s label for a brand new five-track EP, A Energy Over Me.

The duvet artwork options photos from acclaimed nightlife photographer Dave Swindells, who captured the essence of 90s dancefloors within the U.Okay. This resonates nicely with Ray’s newest physique of labor, which takes inspiration from the sounds of the nation’s home and jungle scenes.

“I keep in mind seeing Dave’s Ibiza ’89 e book some time again and loving the imagery,” Ray stated in a press launch. “Anjuna had been in contact with him extra lately, and it was nice to search out out he’d be open to offering a few of his images as paintings for the EP. The pictures of individuals misplaced within the music, classic, and euphoric appeared to suit the music completely.”

The EP’s opening observe, “Cos Of You,” makes you’re feeling such as you’re driving via a metropolis at night time, watching the lights fly by. With its haunting strings and futuristic but melancholy keys, that hazy late-night aesthetic continues on “Blue Nights.”

In the meantime, the titular observe (with Elliot Huge) is an natural, optimistic soundscape, like taking a step into the refreshing morning mild. “Give Me A Cause” is darker and extra dramatic than its companions. Its echoing vocals are harking back to dance music of many years previous and create a way of longing as a wobbling synth slices via the association.

Closing out A Energy Over Me is “Altering Lanes.” True to its title, the observe modifications course from its light opening to a vibrant collision of twinkling keys, closing out the EP with a splash of neon.

A Energy Over Me is out now on Anjunadeep and you may stream the EP here.