Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. Large toggle button 00:00 / 00:00 Previous track button Next track button Small toggle button A1. Morning Wonders Small toggle button A2. Morning Wonders" (Leo Pol remix) Small toggle button B1. Ventura Small toggle button B2. Sylvestre Alone DJOKO is a fast-rising star of the German scene, a stalwart for house music in the techno-oriented country, pushing funk influenced danceable beats that have seen him become a best-seller. Hot off a recent EP on Berg Audio, DJOKO is returning to Shall Not Fade for a second record - after the phenomenal success of 2020’s Hooked, this one is long-awaited. Ventura EP is an exhibition of DJOKO’s skill, tight and groovy house cuts that beg to be played all summer. Kicking off with a hazy gentle burner in ‘Morning Wonders’, he serves up laid-back pads glittering with a funky dance pop organ - a summer track that is flipped and darkened in Leo Pol’s remix, adding a firmer rhythm and growling sub bass; the night-time’s answer to this day party number. The title track exemplifies DJOKO’s fresh take on house music, carefully blending retro samples - crooning disco vocals and organic bass - with a soaring futuristic sound palette into a sublime high-class groove. Pumping B2 ‘Sylvestre Alone’ is a percussive, emotive roller, its tight infectious riffs unavoidably pushing you to dance; the digital bonus track, ‘Don’t Compare Yourself’ is meaty, a bass-driven piece that closes the EP with real euphoria, building into a spacey drop full of early rave energy. Expected: 7th May 2021 Cat: SNF055
