Claude VonStroke has officially made his long-awaited debut on Damian Lazarus’s Crosstown Rebels with a massive new EP, Noche Clara.
Released on Friday, December 5, the Noche Clara EP lands 20 years after Damian Lazarus first booked VonStroke in the UK, marking a full circle moment between the two house music legends.
“I promised Damian I would make a Crosstown Rebels release over ten years ago, and it’s finally happened,” VonStroke explains. “He was one of the first people to ever book me in the UK twenty years ago. He’s come to play my festival, remixed one of my biggest tracks, and I’m somewhat obsessed with Lazpod.”
Capturing the essence of that underground sound, Noche Clara pushes the genre-bending house producer into new sonic territories where experimentation and innovation reign supreme.
From the trance-inducing melodies and sweeping atmospheres of the title track, Noche Clara, to the fusion of warping vocals, hypnotic grooves, and dance-infused psychedelia on Bam Bam featuring Honeycomb, the EP not only pushes the boundaries of house music but sets the stage for a new era of Claude VonStroke.
“This whole release is a throwback and a new beginning at the same time,” Claude VonStroke shared. “I love minimal house from the early 2000s. My first record was a fun minimal record called ‘Deep Throat,’ and my favorite label is Playhouse (now defunct). I’m headed back in this direction, and this two-tracker really fits the bill – with maybe a little bit more modern production than those days.”
