Lightning has struck for the third time after CamelPhat and Elderbrook reunited for “Body,” a brand new collaboration from the famed “Cola” artists. The pair, who were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording back in 2018 for “Cola,” have once again joined forces for what sounds like another house music classic. The anthemic “Body” picks right up where “Cola” left off, with a disco-inspired funk and house hybrid that could soundtrack an Austin Powers rollerskating scene. That aesthetic is mirrored in the official “Body” music video, a kaleidoscopic, 3D-animated visual depicting the cityscapes of Seoul, Korea. Check it out below. Elderbrook and CamelPhat also joined for...
The music festival announcements continue to roll in with Manchester’s beloved Parklife Festival next on the docket. After taking 2020 off in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fest is set to return bigger than ever at Heaton Park on September 11th and 12, 2021. The lineup for this year’s festivities is stacked, featuring the biggest names in hip-hop and electronic music. Carl Cox, Honey Dijon, CamelPhat, Peggy Gou, Adam Beyer, Disclosure, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Kaytranada, Annie Mac, The Blessed Madonna, and more have all been confirmed to perform at the two-day festival. They’ll join Megan Thee Stallion, Skepta, DaBaby, Young Thug, and Earl Sweatshirt, among many others, for a weekend that will be one for the books. After organizers release...
After a Grammy Award nomination and critically acclaimed debut album, oftentimes the next natural step for an artist is to start a record label. Enter famed “Cola” producers CamelPhat, who have announced the launch of their very own imprint. Following the release of their expansive and critically acclaimed debut Dark Matter, the famed electronic music production and DJ tandem is set to launch a new dance music banner in summer 2021. The duo took to Twitter today, February 18th, to announce the news and invite music producers to submit demos to the label, which hasn’t been publicly named at this time. Artists can send their tracks for consideration to this email address. CamelPhat is accepting SoundCloud links only. Check out their announcement below. FOLLOW CAMELPHAT...
Since CamelPhat announced the forthcoming release of their long-awaited and highly anticipated debut album, Dark Matter, fans have been patiently awaiting its October 30th due date. Now, with its release on the horizon, the hype has reached its peak. Composed of a monster list of 21 tracks, Dark Matter goes above and beyond its expectations, integrating and modernizing the dynamic fusion of house sub-genres that made the duo famous. Dark Matter is also the perfect demonstration of complexity and cutting-edge, effortlessly fulfilling the necessary standards of a potential Grammy Awards nominee. It will also be followed by CamelPhat’s biggest headlining tour to date this upcoming March, capping off with the duo making history as the first h...
Standing in solidarity with the global events industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Defected Records is launching a series of livestream events featuring a roster of top dance music talent. The announcement follows in the wake of the venerated UK imprint’s successful virtual festivals, which were delivered weekly in the first half of the year. Defected’s We Dance As One livestream festivals will see DJs playing from their favorite local nightclubs, which currently lay dormant due to ongoing event restrictions. In the first livestream fest, Sam Devine will broadcast from the historic Ministry of Sound while CamelPhat will take to their own club, Mansion Liverpool. Carl Cox, Dennis Ferrer, Natasha Diggs and more will also be taking part. Defected is using the opportunity...
The wait is almost over. Multi-platinum and Ivor Novello-nominated duo Camelphat has finally revealed the release date for their highly anticipated debut album, Dark Matter. The album will be out for our listening pleasure on October 30th via RCA UK, and to hold everyone over, they’ve dropped a new track from the collection titled “Witching Hour” featuring Will Easton. The new single is an intoxicating presentation of dance floor techno. The hard hitting bass feel as though it’s burying its way into the depths of your mind in a hypnotic fashion, while the claps serve to keep you grounded in reality. “Witching Hour” is brooding and relentless in the best way possible, making it the perfect taste of what’s to come from the new album. ...
Grammy Award-nominated house music duo CamelPhat have released the official music video for their collaboration with Foals‘ Yannis Philippakis, who directed the spellbinding short along with Kit Monteith. The video serves as a psychedlic journey through the haunting single, which marries the hypnotic vocal stylings of Yannis with the kinetic house flavors of Camelphat. Oscillating between retro, VHS-style footage of Yannis and prismatic pirouettes straight out of the lens of a kaleidoscope, it takes inspiration from its title to deliver a stellar directorial debut for the Foals frontman. “We’ve been longtime fans of Foals after seeing them live a number of times over the years, and they have always been on our list to collaborate with,” Camelphat ...