After listening to a bunch of my old 2018 stuff, I started wondering what would happen if I stopped pretending to have restraint and leaned completely into my love of golden-era Eurodance. Not "a few nostalgic touches." I mean full commitment... bright piano, offbeat bass, giant supersaw stacks, hands-up trance lifts, sugary vocal hooks, toy-box noises, crowd chants, snare climbs, key changes, and enough little fills / transitions to keep my brain occupied for nearly six minutes. Basically, I wanted to take everything I've learned as a lyricist and producer since then and use it in service of the kind of shamelessly sincere dance track that 2018-me probably thought he was already making. There was a surprising amount of work hiding underneath the cheese too... layering leads without turning them into one giant fuzzy rectangle, carving room for the bass and kick, making the vocal feel like part of the synth stack without losing the words, and constantly changing small things so the energy keeps climbing instead of just looping in place. It may be a little ridiculous. It is also completely sincere.more

Chapter6: The young man is taken aboard the spacecraft: a luminous ascent that marks the climax of London Alien Beat.more

This song is based on one of our favorite movies of all time: Dances with Wolves (1990). “Dances With Wolves” is the 7th track on our new album, Angel of Death, releasing tomorrow, August 12. The song has already received an incredible response - even from people closely involved with the original film, with some telling us they prefer our version to the original. That’s something we never expected to hear, especially for a movie and soundtrack that have meant so much to us. Hope you enjoy it Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattiashallen Physical copies: https://elasticstage.com/mattiashallen/releases/angel-of-death-albummore