You’re in a car rolling through the night and you need a tune that matches the energy, so you check out the newest Soave release and this is what you find: MKJ, Rayasa, and Able Faces teaming up for a steamy slap house hit that has exactly what you need. Punchy drums, thick basslines, and a vocal hook that’ll be ringing in your head all night! It’s a powerful single to kick off 2022 for MKJ, who’s still welcoming a stomping 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Be sure not to miss out!
MKJ is a dreamer. He had to be in order to survive. At the tender age of six years old, he found himself living in a tent as a war refugee with his family. The young Kurdish boy dreamed that he would one day move far away, to the world he saw in Hollywood movies and TV shows. Surrounded by war and turmoil, the dream seemed impossible, but after years of practice and producing beats on his computer, he relocated to the United States at the age of 22 and began pursuing his music career in earnest. In 2017, an unofficially released track by the DJ/producer called Time made its way from MKJ’s SoundCloud page to the greater China region, where it became a meme and viral sensation. With its signature saxophone dance break, the song has spawned around 4 million TikTok videos, over 500 million streams, 210,000 NetEase comments and held the #1 on Shazam China charts for three weeks. All this led to worldwide touring opportunities and an exclusive distribution agreement with the China music tech giant, NetEase Cloud. A new vocal version of the track from the eclectic artist’s follow-up EP Time After Time topped at #2 on NetEase’s viral chart, while follow up singles brought him into the top 100 of most-streamed western artists on NetEase Cloud. From 2020 on, MKJ is signed with Soave Records with ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ as his biggest hit so far.
Rayasa is a 20 year old DJ/Producer whose sound revolves around melodic deep elements to catchy dance pop tunes, and sad chill tunes. He is the first Indian to release on the German House label, Selected. With releases on Soave Records, LoudKult, and getting supports from industry heavyweights like Don Diablo, Dannic, Showtek, Brooks, getting featured on BBC Radio 1, SLAM FM, Dancing Astronaut, to name a few, he’s definitely one of the acts you should watch out for.
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, the Dance/Pop duo Able Faces is made up of brothers Jack and Mark McNeilage. The duo have been working with a number of artists from all over the world. Recent collaborators includeVAMERO, Marc Benjamin, Felix Samuel, Lulleaux, and Tom Enzy. Able Faces’ music has received support from many DJs including Sam Feldt, David Guetta, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, & Lucas & Steve. Recent airplay includes BBC Radio 1, and being ‘Single of the Week’ on BBC Radio Scotland. As well as being in-demand topliners and songwriters, Able Faces have also established themselves as an exciting live act. They have performed all over the U.K., including to a crowd of over 5000 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and multiple times in King Tuts in Glasgow. The band has had 3 residencies at The Edinburgh Festival, and has supported acts such as BBC’s ‘Sound of 2019’ Shortlisted Sea Girls and King No-One.
