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Beth Lydi returns to Desert Hearts Records as she unveils her latest release, ‘This Is Love’.

Berlin-based DJ, producer, and SNOE label boss Beth Lydi continues to grow as a rising name within the realms of house and tech house. Raised in Oslo, Lydi’s recent material has recently taken her stateside with a series of releases via DIRTYBIRD, Percomaniacs, and Desert Hearts Records, and it’s the latter where she returns to open February with five fresh productions across ‘This Is Love’.

‘This is a release made during a period of my life that was full of changes. All tracks have quite different personalities, each with different strengths for the dancefloor. It is important to me to make music that makes you feel something and reflect a bit, giving you that sense of freedom on the dancefloor. ‘This Is Love’ works thematically around questions such as what is love, security, and an honest representation of love’ In the song, vulnerability and insecurity meet the desire for security, courage and the will to dare through poetic sentences and raw synthesizer sounds.’ ‘ Beth Lydi

Opener ‘Vocoder Knows’ welcomes a jacking groove as rumbling bass combines with bright stabs and interjecting vocals to reveal a peak-time offering, before title track ‘This Is Love’ enters as zipping leads and raw synths contrast against the evolving questions and queries. Next, ‘Spade’ hones in on low-end frequencies guided by slinking hats, while ‘Activate That’ veers towards more hypnotic territories as sweeping melodies meet further vocal work. To close, ‘Soft Solstice’ showcases a playful and bubbling final track, shaping up the EP via a series of resonant, tumbling melodies.

Credited - Dispersion PR