Rose Ringed’s latest EP is quintessentially high energy, uplifting music, but unusually, in three diverse forms ranging from electro pop to deep groove techno and euphoric house. Since his first EP ‘Spring Memories’ instant success in 2018, when Kölsch played ‘In Your Arms Again‘ during his BBC Radio 1 show, the Amsterdam drummer, pianist, DJ and producer stepped straight into international acclaim for his releases and enviable streaming stats (1.7 million last year, amazing for a fresh name on the scene).
‘Impossible Love’ channels 80s electronic pop with a clean, bouncy Aha vibe, but this time to ‘Take On’ homophobia. ‘I wrote this song for everyone around the world whose love is impossible because of culture, beliefs or laws. I made it upbeat, because I believe we are heading in the right direction. Slowly, but we’re getting there.’ ‘Forever Grooving’ takes Rose’s happy discovery of an ‘insane groove’ and riffs on it every which way, with no escape possible or desired. ‘I was playing around with eight chords I wrote, until I dragged an audio clip wrongly and looped that part. The best things can appear by accident!’ As a jazz pianist, Rose loves to put solos into his tracks – and here it works. ‘How Do You Feel’ has the mighty synth chords and searching bass which evoke euphoric house with all its joyful gravitas and heft, classic Rose Ringed. Its main lead references his ‘What We Do For Love’.
Release Date: May 7th, 2021.