Jan René Lai

Hot on the heels of his debut transmission for us a couple of months ago, rising producer Jan René Lai returns to Stil vor Talent with his eagerly anticipated new single, 'Cracked', featuring a remix from label boss Oliver Koletzki himself. Written at a moment when he and Jan Blomqvist were touring internationally, "connecting with different crowds and people in different cultural settings, almost every night", 'Cracked' blows the winds of epic partying and emotional whelm across the dance floor, channeling seemingly rhythmic tropes and globe-trotting influences into a beautifully melancholic piece of stadium-sized electronics. Engineering a hair-raising mix of pop-tinged vocal lines, deep house-friendly ambience and anthemic crescendo, Lai elevates us to heaven-like heights, as we find ourselves submerged in a mystique-imbued forest of satin-smooth reverbs and ethereal synthwaves. Harnessed by Oliver Koletzki, 'Cracked' morphs into a vibrant peak-time roller, ushering us down frenzied rapids of arps-laden gimmicks, poignant string flights and brassy uplift, ready to take on any raving crowd with both impact and delicacy. A Janus-faced heater, truly cut and lathed to sublimate any DJ set up a brighter, more empathetic headspace.