Eelke Kleijn feat. Therese - Shed My Skin

Eelke Kleijn makes music for the four-in-the-morning stretch when the club thins out and the people left actually mean it. “Shed My Skin” with Therese is melodic house that leans progressive, and it’s got that deep, hypnotic build he’s spent years perfecting on his DAYS like NIGHTS output. Therese’s vocal is the anchor, breathy and repetitive in the way trance vocals need to be, circling the same phrase until it turns into a kind of mantra. The track takes its time, nearly seven minutes, and uses every second, layering one element at a time until the release feels earned rather than scheduled. There’s an analog-sounding bass arpeggio that comes in around the halfway point and completely changes the color of everything, like a light being swapped from cold to warm. This is not festival trance with the confetti cannons; it’s the introspective end, the kind you feel in your sternum more than your feet. Eelke Kleijn is exactly who you want steering this sort of slow burn. Put it on with the lights off and let it do its work.

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