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Reigniting the flame some five years after it’s gone dormant, Stil vor Talent sub-division Light My Fire rises from the dead with ‘Celestial Bodies’, a limpid, floor-busting of a two-tracker coming courtesy of label boss Oliver Koletzki and core element Niko Schwind. As per usual with these two, one can rely on their unmatched ability at crafting electro-techno gems bound to have booties shaking and hearts melting in unison.
Take ‘Venus’ and its straightforward groove, adorned with a lush palette of EBM-inflected bass maneuvers and arena-sized momentum, this one finds Koletzki and Schwind delivering the kind of spine-tingling wind one can expect from only best-in-the-game big-room operators. A feast of synth-laced nostalgia and cross-dimensional floor dynamics, all set at running the hoodoo down till euphoric abandon ensues. A break counterpoint to its more prog-minded predecessor, ‘Neptun’ fires off wave after wave of raw, syncopated drum swagger with an Italo spin, coating it with a thick glaze of luminous keys evocative of barren extra-terrestrial moonscapes and other uncharted territories beyond our vision and knowledge. Coming out Koletzki and Schwind’s spaceship radio, a human voice clad in a vocoded envelope calls from light years apart, a peaceful cry out the great void’s unfathomable heart. The next chapter in Light My Fire’s rebirth is a promise and a confirmation at once.
Release date: February 16th, 2023.