You hear a track called Roxbury and your head starts doing the Night at the Roxbury bob before the first drop even hits, and honestly Sevag H seems completely aware of that and leans all the way in. This is big, bright, slightly cheesy club electronic with no interest in being taken seriously, which is a relief in a year when everyone’s so busy being tasteful. The groove is a straight-up four-four with a bassline that bounces like it’s on springs, and the melody is the kind of dumb-happy hook you’ll hate yourself for enjoying and then play again anyway. Sevag H keeps the arrangement tight, no fat on it, in and out before the joke wears thin. It lives in that royalty-free NCS world where a track has to earn its place on a thousand gaming streams, and this one earns it by being relentlessly, shamelessly fun. Not everything needs a thesis. Sometimes it just needs a bounce this good.
January
Chrome Daydream
Chrome stars, jelly hearts and holographic colour. A nod to the glossy, optimistic graphics of the early web.