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Melodic Electronica

Horizon Beats bowed out with one last ocean-deep fixation through the melodic house swan song, Come Find Me Again

Posted on 4 October 2026

Horizon Beats has blasted their swan song, Come Find Me Again, into transmission, closing a chapter of connection that brought together thousands of melodic-house fans seeking sanctuary within the oceanic depth of the project’s signature sound. The single and music video marked Horizon Beats’ retirement on October 1st, avoiding the expected grand farewell gesture, returning instead to the connection-focused songwriting that shaped so much of the catalogue.

Sentimentality is scored throughout the delicate piano motifs, while devotion oscillates through the quivering vibrato vocals as they fill every inch of space within the illuminated production. The track centres on the early stage of emotional attachment: waking up, wondering whether someone is there, hoping the conversation continues, and feeling the first pangs of vulnerability, attached to the need of wanting to be found again. Horizon Beats refused to rush the crescendos, keeping the tension taut as the single visualises its emotional core with remarkable control.

The panoramic openness will resonate with fans of Lane 8’s melodic-house spaciousness and Ben Böhmer’s emotionally lucid electronica, but Come Find Me Again carries the unmistakable Horizon Beats imprint: cinematic, sincere and expansive without losing intimacy.

Horizon Beats reached the pinnacle of panoramic panache in this final transmission. It is unlikely another artist will arrive at quite the same summit while holding the same degree of emotional clarity. What a way to leave the lights on.

Come Find Me Again is now available on all major streaming platforms, including YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

‘Serial Admirer’ is Timothy and the Apocalypse’s technology-bound postcard from Japan’s atmospheric weather

Posted on 2 October 2026

Timothy and the Apocalypse took his ever-expanding audience on a juxtapositional tour of Japan with his latest single, Serial Admirer. Released via Rotate Sound, the track finds Australian electronic artist, producer, photographer and visual artist Timothy Poulton translating the metropolitan momentum of Tokyo and the mist-covered serenity of Lake Ashi into melodic electronica that feels more remembered than recreated.

Refusing to cheapen his connection to the atmosphere of the city and mountainscapes with cultural appropriation, Poulton taps into the energy of the spaces he explored. Tokyo becomes rhythm, repetition and movement; Hakone becomes space, water, mist and suspended breath. His leftfield breakbeats become a conduit to those contrasting atmospheres, while the hypnotically enthralling synthesised textures carry the emotional pressure of place without ever resorting to decorative shorthand.

The release’s visual identity came from Poulton’s own images of the torii gate at Lake Ashi, fragmented and layered until the photograph became less literal landscape and more memory caught in distortion.

Fresh from coverage via international outlets including Magnetic Magazine, EARMILK, Stereofox and NME, Timothy and the Apocalypse deserves his dues for this alchemic approach to production. Serial Admirer is technology-bound, atmosphere-drunk and inventive enough to leave chills down your spine.

Serial Admirer is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Ltronnika Channelled Electronic Emancipation and Melodic Assurance in the Instrumental Release ‘Break Free from the Chains’

Posted on 28 June 2025

There’s a peculiar sense of comfort that settles over the soundscape Ltronnika has woven in Break Free from the Chains. From the opening sequence, the instrumental pulses with the quiet insistence of freedom within reach, and you can almost feel the circuit boards humming with promise. Ltronnika, known for their viral touch in the electronica scene, sidesteps the temptation to serve up easy resolutions; instead, they hand you a rhythmic lifeline and invite you to do something with it.

The beauty of Break Free from the Chains lies in the way each motif floats with reflective purpose. The melodic reprises flicker in and out, pulling you through the ebb and flow of transition; there’s an ease in the way the architecture of the track builds assurance without preaching. Videogame tones and soft, buoyant pads conjure a nostalgia for late-night screens and the quiet certainty of moving from one level to the next. The rhythm doesn’t push; it carries. That, in itself, is a rare thing, especially in an electronic landscape that so often chases intensity instead of introspection.

Ltronnika’s ability to evoke genuine emotion with little more than electronic pulses and poised production proves there are still artists who can breathe humanity into machinery. In a world that rarely slows down, this is a reminder that you’re always allowed to outstretch your hand towards something better.

Break Free from the Chains is now available on all major streaming platforms, including YouTube and Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast