Secret Island, by DJ Sonikku

Secret Island

by DJ Sonikku

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sofre$h I bought it because I love steel drums and there's steel drums on On The Rocks. Favorite track: On The Rocks.

JVuitton Love the aesthetic of the album. Favorite track: Land Of Sky.

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1.	Land Of Sky 08:00	buy track
2.	On The Rocks 06:59	buy track
3.	Secret Island 08:22	buy track

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DJ Sonikku debuts on Distant Hawaii with three sparkling, island-hopping balearic house joints from the heart of a deep jungle-smattered paradise.

Dreamed up from within the internet-scorched mind of Tony Donson, his DJ Sonikku alias sees him utilise Sega's heralded yet mildly-ancient 16-bit Megadrive console as a proto-MPC platform from which to assemble his tropical-tinged house sound.

'Land Of Sky' bumps under sandalled foot with a tough-as-hell drum pattern that crunches and skitters below luminous, cloud-strewn synths; only punctured by a wild and hugely over-excited FM bassline.

'On The Rocks' is a more laid back stroll across lackadaisical beach-scapes, hand stroking palms and gently diving into turtle inhabited waters. Pure lush tropical house with a tinker-toy Vancouver-inspired edge.

Title track and closer 'Secret Island' is the vacation finale; a yearning, heart-warming trip through cloud city that really stretches the magical elements of Donson's sound into pure house-werk nostalgia.

credits

released February 5, 2016

Production & Arrangement by Tony Donson
Additional Engineering by Yamaha YM2612
Mastered at D&M
Original photography by James Phipps
Design by Cecilia Martinez & J Asquith