Fakear
waking up is better with you
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Those Trees is a more nocturnal, magical track, a tribute to forests and to simple contemplation. Like a dialogue between a child and an adult - “I like those trees… me too, they’re beautiful” - Fakear speaks to the child who is discovering the world and marveling at simple things.
SACÚDETE, which means “shake yourself” in Spanish, is a vibrant call to action. A breath of awakening, an invitation to take back control and stop waiting for things to happen on their own. Over a powerful beat infused with Afrobeat influences and a melody borrowed from classic house, “ SACÚDETE” blurs the lines between genres, fusing organic warmth with electronic energy.
Written after a breakup, Write About You explores feelings of solitude and nostalgia. Inspired by Lebanese music videos from the early 2000s, slightly kitschy yet deeply sincere in their emotion, Céline sings bare-voiced what she could no longer share. For the instrumental, the idea was to draw from early-2000s house music, particularly the French scene: dreamy vocals, organ and piano, creating a track that is both danceable and melancholic, but above all meant to bring people together.
Revolution is an anthem of rebellion and hope, driven by the fight against injustice and the spirit of solidarity with the oppressed. It calls on people to rise up, to resist, and to confront tyrants with courage, while celebrating the unity and determination that can transform the world. The lyrics form a poetic and activist appeal to never give up in the face of challenges, to walk together toward a better future.
You may know Fakear as a composer, producer, and performer, but you might have missed one of his other talents: DJing. 22 minutes of finely tuned, raw mixing, punctuated by his friends’ voices, sharing live reactions to each track. You can feel his influences, hear glimpses of his new songs, and above all, you get this irresistible urge to dance, or better yet, to have him come and make you dance at home.
DASHIN’ OUT marks the return of duo OOGO & Aksel Aksel with a hybrid track, standing at the crossroads between Chicago’s club culture and the European electronic scene. The track moves between bass music, footwork, and ghetto house, driven by a raw and urgent energy.
Ya Weil celebrates the present moment and invites us to live fully despite the speed of life. With its festive sounds and light atmosphere, it reminds us that life is too short not to enjoy every moment, forget our worries, and let ourselves go to the party. Both joyful and slightly melancholic, the track immerses us in an experience where celebration becomes an act of resistance against the fleeting nature of our passage.
A track that is both light and paradoxical, “waking up is better with you” approaches love from a unique perspective.
It contrasts the tender calm of waking up beside a loved one with the frenzy of urban life, balancing gentleness and tension, serenity and chaos.
Fakear expresses his desire to break away from traditional romanticism by pairing it with a sharp, driving rhythm.
After “Et le vent ?” (And the wind?), Jumo continues his sonic and visual explorations with a new long-form piece: “memory.” From archive images gleaned from the depths of the web to house and techno sounds extracted from old electronic machines, the producer manipulates traces of the past to create a resolutely contemporary work. In “memory,” memories fuel dance and reflection, far from nostalgia or simplicity.
Nowadays Records continues to chart its course with the release of Club Nowadays Vol. 6, a new opus in its series of compilations, which fully embodies its vision of club music. This sixth volume brings together emblematic figures of the label and emerging artists around the following dance productions: Mira Ló, Yambow, R1D1, Laaanky and OOGO & Blanka.