Xashes, Human Rias 'Mindless' on ATLANT

Human Rias, credited alongside Xashes on 'Mindless', was on the bill at Ritter Butzke in Berlin on 6 June, alongside Eelke Kleijn, Katzengold and shot by stanley. The track, on ATLANT and filed as Melodic House & Techno, was released on 5 June, as Berlin settled into early summer. Yulia Niko placed it 16th of 23 on her 'Melodig Week 17' chart on 4 June.

ATLANT was last covered on 23 June, with blaktone's 'Paris'. ATLANT introduced the release with its own words: "this release channels that same spirit of distance, curiosity, and transmission into the unknown. Experimental, powerful, and built for the dancefloor."

Drums sit over harmony on a busy, forward figure, loud and pushed with little movement under the peaks, and a bright top end keeps the whole track alert rather than settled. It is an urgent, high energy return for the label, built with real drive rather than atmosphere, and having Human Rias on a stacked Ritter Butzke bill the following night puts the record in good company.