Asia Music presents. Nineteenlotus feat. Adri Malaki, Herb Cabral, Kris Melendres, Marshall White, Real Gone Kid, Ryan Pamatmat

Our next release on ASIA Music celebrates nineteen years as a label, pioneering local talent to a global audience.

Nineteenlotus is a six-track exploration of sound that encompasses all the strands of dance music we’ve promoted from established label favourites and newcomers alike. Marshall White, Herb Cabral & Ryan Pamatmat are label regulars. Ryan is also our label manager. Adri Malaki is returning for his third release; Kris for his second, and ASTIR Music boss, Real Gone Kid from the UK, makes his debut.

First up is that debutant. Real Gone Kid is a UK-based artist, label owner and journalist who broke onto the scene many moons ago. Signed to some cool labels including Whartone, Baroque and Pangea, it’s his breaks tracks that have been causing a stir in recent times. Taking the original's main motifs as inspiration, he draws out the emotion and intrigue of Plight of the Pretentious Polymorph with great success.

Next, Adri Malaki drops Parang Mahina, a thunderous dub house journey chock full of ear candy and trippy e-moments that will move any floor.

ASIA Music label manager, Ryan Pamatmat, dons his producer hat again for a wonky minimal house-flavoured cut. Mint Sauce is deliciously awkward and groovy. Rubbery bass, off-kilter vocals and spacious percussion all working perfectly for that 3 am dance off.

Kris Melendres returns to the label with the techy low-end grunt of The Launch. Nuanced deep house stabs, vibey percussion and an up-tempo bass line keep the dance floor full.

Next up, Marshall makes a welcome return with a personal revisit to Ayahuasca Blues from six years ago that received compliments from luminaries such as Nick Warren and John Digweed. Originally dreamy and vocal, this version is dubbier, with heightened emotives and screaming guitars. It’s quite a trip!

Finally, Herb Cabral ties it all together with Freedom to Groove, a dark, bass-led houser with 90s sensibilities. Opening with a solid 4x4 beat and organ line, vocals and spacious FX pump the groove into peak time.