Parisian producer Onelight has released a new remix E.P. entitled Hold Me (Remixes). The E.P. was released on the 4th of March and is available via digital streaming services. You can also listen to and purchase the E.P. via Onelight’s Bandcamp page, which can be accessed here. Check out the E.P. down below.
This E.P. sees Onelight recruiting a plethora of French talent and other international artists to put their own spin on the track “Hold Me”, which was originally featured on Onelight’s 2021 LP Emporium, which received critical acclaim upon its release, garnering praise from the likes of Complex, Tsugi, Radio FG and Apple Music. The E.P. is comprised of four tracks, and features the talents of Zambian producer She Spells Doom, UK club producer Yanari, underground French rap producer Tayreeb, and seasoned producer Walter Mecca, who marries snappy beats with hazy synthesisers in his masterful remix of the tune. The original track features the stunning vocal talents of singer June Fermie, which is used to great effect in these exciting remixes.
In his own words published on his Bandcamp page, Onelight describes his 2021 LP Emporium as being “an ode to collaborative work and a deeper step into my borderless vision of music”. This most certainly rings true, as Onelight was able to pull off a truly eclectic and sonically diverse album, ranging from feverish, foggy atmospheres with ethereal female vocals to intense 808 driven hip-hop tunes.
The album also saw Onelight collaborating with a number of other artists, including the likes of rapper Daz Rinko, Maine-based artist Bensbeendead and singer June Fermie, who is featured on “Hold Me”. The album is available in physical as well as digital; you can purchase CD copies of the album exclusively through Onelight’s Bandcamp page.
Onelight began his career as a DJ when he was eighteen years old, and would then go on to perform alongside artists such as SOPHIE, Machinedrum, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie and Justin Martin. In 2016, the ambitious French artist made his first foray into music production, releasing the E.P. Tuggspeedman. Onelight has remained largely prolific ever since, and released his first full-length album Vanderlay in 2018. Onelight says of the project on Bandcamp: “Vanderlay serves to manifest the same feeling as his DJ sets, which range from 90 BPM to 160 BPM and mixes the best sounds from funk, RnB, hip hop and techno…Onelight unleashes Vanderlay with the simultaneous desire to soothe his soul and unite all listeners, as he believes that music is the panacea and the reason for existence.”
You can check out Onelight’s musical catalogue here.
