Vintage Culture, DEPARTAMENTO 'Copycat' on AFFAIRS

Yulia Niko placed Vintage Culture and DEPARTAMENTO's 'Copycat' in the Extended seventh of 14 on the Melodig Week 20 chart on 3 Jul. The single, filed as Melodic House and Techno, arrived on AFFAIRS on 3 Jul 2026. Yulia Niko was on the bill at Cova Santa in Ibiza on 10 Jul, for WooMooN.

Drums and chords weigh the same across 'Copycat', moving through a moderate count of hits to the beat. The mix stays loud and forward, with little movement left under its own peaks, and a moderate brightness sits across the top end, keeping the whole thing lifted without turning harsh.

Vintage Culture takes the stage at Santanna Mykonos on 8 Jul, on a bill also carrying Toman, and again at SAGE in Berlin on 11 Jul, for Watergate Open Air alongside Floyd Lavine, Manda Moor and Doozie. Vintage Culture has made 149 releases since 24 March 2009, mostly on SPINNIN' RECORDS, Musical Freedom, Defected and SPINNIN' DEEP, and the most recent before this was 'Cercle Festival 2026' on Cercle Records, on 26 June 2026.

AFFAIRS was last covered on 29 October, with Doozie, Vintage Culture and Lauren Nicole's 'Get Naughty', and 'Copycat' lands as Ibiza and Mykonos move through their high season together.