SRI shares new single ‘hmph’ as she brings Desi vocal textures into 150 BPM Jersey club

Brooklyn-based artist, producer and DJ SRI is set to release ‘hmph’ on July 31, a 150 BPM Jersey club track that brings together flipped femme and Desi vocal textures with hyperpop and ballroom influences. At the centre of the single is one small “hmph,” which is repeated and manipulated until it becomes a key part of the track itself. The vocals are chopped heavily enough that some fragments work more as texture than language, while the production also carries an influence from SOPHIE. A ballroom section appears in the second half, adding another club reference without pulling the track away from its Jersey club core.

SRI turns one vocal expression into the centre of ‘hmph’

Instead of using a full lyrical hook, SRI builds ‘hmph’ around a brief vocal reaction. That choice gives the track a clear identity from the start, with the repeated “hmph” becoming something that works both rhythmically and conceptually. As the vocal is cut and repeated across the production, it stops feeling like a one-off expression and becomes part of the track’s percussion.

That same treatment extends to the femme and Desi vocal textures surrounding it. Individual words are not always meant to stay clear, with SRI chopping them until their tone and rhythm become more important than what is being said. The result gives the vocals a physical role inside the production while still keeping the Desi influence present.

The 150 BPM pace keeps the track firmly connected to Jersey club, but ‘hmph’ also reaches into other areas of club music. The advance material cites SOPHIE as an influence, which comes through in the more processed and synthetic details, while touches of hyperpop add another layer to the production. Later, the ballroom section changes the rhythmic feel again before the track returns to its central vocal idea.

‘hmph’ continues SRI’s recent move deeper into club music

The release follows ‘STOP&STARE’, which saw SRI continue working with Jersey club while keeping Desi melodic and rhythmic ideas within the production. Her recent music has increasingly focused on club styles including Jersey club and house, while her Tamil background continues to appear through vocals, percussion and melody.

That connection between personal experience and club production has also been present in earlier releases. On ‘THIMIRU’, SRI took a Tamil word that can be used to criticise women for having too much audacity and turned it into something centred on confidence. The track carried Tamil influence into electronic production and showed how she uses language and cultural references as part of the music itself.

With ‘hmph’, the idea becomes more immediate. There is no long phrase or full lyrical concept carrying the track. Instead, one short expression is given enough repetition and variation to carry the record, while the production around it moves between Jersey club, hyperpop and ballroom without losing focus.

SRI continues bringing Tamil and Desi influences into her work

SRI’s catalogue has consistently connected electronic production with her Tamil background. Earlier work, including the Goddess Complex project, incorporated Carnatic vocals alongside hip hop and hyperpop influences, while later releases have moved further into club music.

Her DJ sets reflect a similarly broad range, moving through Jersey club, house, hip hop, baile funk and South Asian club music. In 2026, SRI also appeared across multiple showcases at SXSW, including the South Asian House SOUNDVILLA event, adding to previous appearances on The Lot Radio and support slots for artists including Raja Kumari.

As her music has moved further towards faster club production, the Desi and Tamil elements have remained part of how she approaches sound instead of appearing as separate additions. ‘hmph’ continues that approach by placing Desi vocal textures directly inside a 150 BPM Jersey club track while introducing hyperpop and ballroom references around them.

‘hmph’ by SRI is set for release on July 31, you can stream it here.

Thomas Will have had an astonishing music career since forming in 2016 making this year their 10^th anniversary. To celebrate this huge milestone they’ve released the brand-new album ‘In House We Trust.’

The album is a spectacular display of everything that’s made Thomas Will so successful over the years with an incredibly impressive amalgamation of styles. ‘In House We Trust’ has influences from the worlds of future rave, deep house, progressive house, and many more genres which Tuomas Hukkanen and Wili-Veikko Nuutinen have brought together expertly. Their signature festival house style shines with their caption on Spotify for the album encapsulating the albums energy perfectly, “For the dancefloors.”

The opening track ‘For You’ kicks off the album with a sound tailor made for festivals which continues into the next few tracks. ‘Coutoure’ is a real high point on the album with an incredibly catchy bassline that’s sure to get fists pumping. The album then shifts more towards progressive house with the wonderfully euphoric ‘Back To Me’ and ‘Got No Love’ which add another dimension to ‘In House We Trust.’ Each song has new unique leads and bass sounds keeping each song feeling fresh showing the creative capabilities of Thomas Will. They display every bit of skill that’s come to be expected from the seasoned producers who always deliver immaculate dancefloor energy.

‘In House We Trust’ is a perfect celebration of Thomas Will’s illustrious career and shows why they’ve been so highly regarded over the last 10 years. Here’s to the next 10 years of fantastic festival house from the Finnish duo.

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Tim Bell teams up with singer-songwriter Diana Goldberg on ‘You & I’, a deeply emotive UK house anthem that bridges cinematic vocal pop and peak-time club euphoria.

Tim Bell has officially returned with one of his most romantic productions to date. The rising producer has teamed up with singer/songwriter Diana Goldberg on their brand-new joint cut ‘You & I’, a deeply emotive UK house anthem that lands somewhere between cinematic vocal pop and pure peak-time club euphoria.

The track opens with the vocalist’s tender, captivating delivery, immediately setting a warm and cinematic mood. From there, the talented producer unleashes a powerful drop anchored by a relentless four-on-the-floor kick, a rolling bassline and a hypnotic groove that lifts the entire arrangement into a feel-good, radio-friendly UK house signature. It is a record built for peak-time sets and dance playlists alike.

The pair opened up about how the record came together, and the story is as instinct-led as the track itself:

“‘You & I’ came out of one of those sessions where you don’t overthink anything – you just connect and see what happens. We jumped on a Zoom call with no real plan, just the intention to play around with ideas. Tim started building these huge, addictive chord patterns that immediately had this emotional lift to them – it felt like something was already forming in real time. I jumped straight into freestyle mode and the hook just hit me out of nowhere: ‘the whole world pauses, it’s just you and I.’ The second that line came out, everything shifted and it felt like the record revealed itself. From that moment, we weren’t building a song anymore… we were chasing a feeling and the rest of the track basically wrote itself around that energy.”

‘You & I’ sits exactly inside the lane Tim Bell has been carving out across his recent releases. Big, addictive chord work, a vocal hook with genuine emotional reach, and a UK house drop arrangement that gives DJs an easy mix in either direction. It is the kind of crossover-leaning record that works equally well in a peak-time club moment and an early-evening rooftop opener.

The collaboration also marks a strong creative match between the two artists. The vocalist’s tone leans naturally into the warm, melodic side of the Tim Bell’s sound design, and the chemistry on the record reads as fully natural rather than constructed. The “the whole world pauses, it’s just you and I” hook in particular lands as one of the most quotable lyrical moments in the producer’s recent catalogue, and the kind of line that is built to live on TikTok edits and 

‘You & I’ reads as a clean continuation of his recent UK house output, while also opening up a more vocal-led, songwriter-driven direction. Tune in below and let the chord progression do the rest.

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