Clubsonica Records opens the spring season with a new collaborative project from Andre Moret and Mariusso. As one of Brazil's most highly regarded progressive house artists, Andre Moret has achieved many successes across his seven year career. World class DJs Hernan Cattaneo and Nick Warren have been regular supporters, while his inimitable productions have found a home on Mango Alley, Plattenbank, The Soundgarden and Warung Recordings, amongst others. Also an accomplished DJ, the Campinas resident has taken his impeccable taste and smooth programming skills around the world, performing in Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay, while also being a fixture of Brazil’s vibrant nightlife, through his highly regarded gigs at D.EDGE, Club 88, Clash Club, Gate22 and more. Meanwhile, also hailing from Brazil, Douglas Mariusso aka Mariusso made his mark as a DJ first, gaining recognition early on for performances at both clubs and festivals, most notably Alakazam, NuGarden, Tulum Open Air, Vozz and Warung Tour. Eventually gaining traction as a producer as well, the Balneário Camboriú resident managed to craft his own unique amalgamation of progressive, organic and afro house, leading to projects for long-standing imprints in Droid9 and Transensations, amongst others. Having been previously paired for well-received releases via Fractal Noise, Nature Recordings, One of A Kind and The Purr, Andre Moret and Mariusso continue to build on their creative partnership into 2025, adding Clubsonica to their resume with ‘Cygnus’, alongside remixes from Cosmonaut and Abity.
The rejuvenating sounds of ‘Cygnus’ crash in and set a progressive peak time approach for the EP, forecasting energetic grooves, jet force propulsions and hypnotic percussive cadences. Its flickering arpeggios, buzzing synth stabs and emerging melodies make for a club-effective first act, before placid pads and creamy melodies converge for a dreamy topline to tip the dancefloor over the edge. ‘Suboshi’ follows in fine style and further hammers down the duo’s elusive vision, with groovy key-changing basslines carrying the piece throughout. Chunky sequences of rhythm and cosmic synth phrasing travel beyond the conventional confines of progressive house, while colourful arpeggiated clusters and effervescent effects highlight an emotive final act. The third and final original ‘Lyra’ finds Andre and Mariusso crafting an emotive excursion that’s nicely suited for those morning club moments. Booming yet dreamy, its swing-heavy hypnotism instantly commands your attention, through snatches of blurred reverberations, quirky synth mutations and bucolic pads, eventually culminating in a finale of melodic euphoria.
Making his label debut with the first interpretation of ‘Cygnus’ is Cosmonaut. Hailing from Russia, Eduard Gubin aka Cosmonaut has been a producer and DJ dating back to the early 1990’s. On the strength of early tracks ‘Plasma’ and ‘Boctok5’, recorded under the alias Radiotrance, Eduard would quickly earn the praise of Paul Oakenfold who included both productions in his DJ Mag Top 10. Moving forward the Russian artist would eventually coin his Cosmonaut moniker and be regarded as one of his country’s most promising electronic music exports, also establishing himself as a DJ and performing alongside The Prodigy, Underworld, Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto. With the distinction of creating some of Beatport’s best selling progressive house tracks of all time, the most recent of which was last year's number one overall, a remix of ‘Meteora’ by Bondarev for WARPP, Cosmonaut now carries that energy into 2025 with his Clubsoncia debut and a highly stylized take on ‘Cygnus’. While maintaining the elusive spirit of the original, the Russian artist crafts a sweeping sonic experience all his own, a cosmic journey into an otherworldly hinterland, one where charged grooves and astral designs surface from their melodic architecture, onwards to a finale of epic proportions.
The release concludes with Abity returning to the label for the second and final interpretation of ‘Cygnus’. Hailing from Argentina, José Duque and Bruno Signorelli make up the Abity production team. The Rosario natives have been collaborating and creating their brand of progressive music for well over a decade. Laying claim to a discography of close to 300 credits, the Nick Warren favourites have showcased their music via Higher States, Or Two Strangers, Proton's Particles, The Soundgarden and Univack. Also finding a home on Clubsonica, the duo’s creative partnership with the label began in 2022 with the release of ‘Sinerxia | Lotus’, an EP project which would lead to their first remix for the label in 2024, a groovy progressive rendition of ‘Ambar’ by Clubsonica boss Juan Pablo Torrez and Jossem. With 2025 getting underway with a single for Paul Hazendonk’s 90watts imprint, Abity continues to flex their progressive minded approach, returning to Clubsonica with a powerful rendition of ‘Cygnus’. Striking a balance between deeper monochromes and supreme club dynamics, Abity takes the original’s colourful cosmic vibe and remodels it against waves of unpredictable synth phrasing and haunting vocal choirs, all while percolating lines and soaring atmospherics continue to deliver much-needed curveballs for the more adventurous selectors out there.
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Release Date: 28-03-2025
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