DT864 - Melanie Ribbe & Chris Di Perri

Moon Harbour keeps on rolling in the New Year with label regulars Melanie Ribbe and Chris Di Perri joining forces on a trio of top new tech house tracks.

London Academy of Music Production graduate Melanie Ribbe had a huge summer in 2023, playing big sets at the likes of Hi Ibiza and Ushuaïa for ANTS amongst others. She is German-born but Jamaican-raised and draws on those influences in her music which joins the dots between Caribbean beaches and hypnotic techno. Here she works with Di Perri who was last on the label with his For You Homie EP in 2022 and since then Solar Elektro Sound resident has served up petty more underground anthems on the likes of Elrow Records.

Data Transmission · Melanie Ribbe, Chris Di Perri – OG Chords [Moon Harbour]

‘OG Chords’ kicks off with toms peppering a taught and tight groove. The drums are rubbery, the bass is fat and explosive synths and yelping vocals bring the whole thing to life in a way that will raise the roof. The brilliant ‘Like That’ is another full-flavoured track with a monstrous and elastic bassline under popping drum programming and intense vocal loops. It’s pure heat for the club and last of all is ‘Takin It’ which is the most raw and direct of the lot. Once again dark vocals, thudding drums and twisted synths all interlink to a hypnotic effect.

This is a superb coming together of two of tech house’s freshest talents.

Today, they join us on the podcast with a very special back-to-back mix. Listen to it below, on Mixcloud or iTunes here.

Data Transmission · DT864 – Melanie Ribbe b2b Chris Di Perri

Sum up this podcast in 10 words…
Powerful, Energetic, Groovy, minimal, happy, deep

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
Our personal favorite is of course our brand new track “Like That“ out now on Moon Harbour.  

What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
I think it’s always special when two styles come together but this mix is definitely all about the groove!

Tell us about your next EP?
We can’t wait to share our second collab with the World. The EP is out on the 25th of January on Moon Harbour.

What have you got coming up?
Besides touring, we have a lot of Music coming out this year. Melanie and Chris Solo Ep’s, collaborations with other amazing artists and maybe another MR & CDP Collab… who knows 😉

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Enjoy the mix and see you on the Dancefloor.

Tracklist:

1. Mene – COCO
2. Mike Morrisey, JOCEF – Flying High
3. Caal – Daddy Loves
4. Melanie Ribbe, Chris Di Perri – Like That
5. Hennry – Radio Chatter
6. Kevin York – Empires Grooves
7. KIRIK, Brad Brunner – Blue So Shady
8. David Treble, Oravla Ziur – Banger
9. Godzi – Love This Game
10. Bizza, Discip. – Que Chulo
11. Denis Ago, Gianfranco Troccoli – Fonk Remark (YOUniverse Remix)
12. Endor – Fakez
13. Andino – Kick Back
14. Juan Dragster – Deathmatch
15. Chris Di Perri – Play Right
16. Melanie Ribbe, Chris Di Perri – OG Chords

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Grahame Farmer

Grahame Farmer’s love affair with electronic music goes back to the mid-90s when he first began to venture into the UK’s beloved rave culture, finding himself interlaced with some of the country’s most seminal club spaces. A trip to dance music’s anointed holy ground of Ibiza in 1997 then cemented his sense of purpose and laid the foundations for what was to come over the next few decades of his marriage to the music industry.