SKALA 'Dutch Lotus' on Amaeo

Hidden Empire placed SKALA's 'Dutch Lotus' eighth on their BEYOND THE REALM chart which went live 1 January. The original is out on Amaeo, where the label lists it as Melodic House & Techno, and it was released 15 Dec 2023.

SKALA, as an artist, has 16 releases out since 11 October 2019. Most of those records sit on Stil Vor Talent, Radikon or Innervisions: five of them on Stil Vor Talent, three on Radikon, two on Innervisions. The most recent release before this one was 'Secret Weapons Part 16' on Innervisions, which came out 1 December 2023.

The tempo is 123 BPM and the key is G major, with a Camelot notation of 9B. This is one of those records where the harmony runs; not much happens across the drums, but it is loud and the peaks are held tight, and there's a bright top end to the whole thing. It's a record that will hold a floor in the high summer of Cape Town, where the season is at its peak right now.