Hardwell seamlessly fuses present and basic eras on fourth album single, ‘BLACK MAGIC’ – Dancing Astronaut
by: Ross Goldenberg
Apr 29, 2022
It’d be criminally understating Hardwell‘s comeback to say that it’s been going greater than nicely to date. For the reason that very second he entered Bayfront Park and subsequently broadcasted the existence of Rebels By no means Die, he’s stored a white-knuckle grip on dance music. And Hardwell is now formally solidifying the pathway to his sophomore effort’s full arrival, confirming its bimonthly single rollout sample—though there’s no finish date simply but—after delivering “Damaged Mirror” and “Into The Unknown“ simply two weeks aside from “F*CKING SOCIETY.” After Hardwell pulled again the curtain on the entire Rebels By no means Die observe names earlier this April, “BLACK MAGIC” was confirmed to be the identify of an ID that our eyes have been instantly drawn to and it’s now taking its seat because the LP’s fourth single in as many weeks.
Out of all 14 of Hardwell’s Extremely IDs—not together with his 2022 rework of “Spaceman”—”Black Magic” was the one which appeared to most carefully revisit the sonic identification that he held greater than a decade in the past. Coming as an oblique sequel to “Blue Magic” from 2009, “BLACK MAGIC” funnels parts from Hardwell releases each new and outdated—like “Encoded” and “Retrograde“—whereas brightly carrying the Rebels By no means Die torch ahead for one more seamless leap into the bigroom-techno rebranding he introduced forth in downtown Miami. There’s now ten IDs nonetheless on the board that Hardwell may probably select from for his album’s fifth single slot on Might 13 however we’ll possible have to carry on one other week to seek out out the precise reply from the Revealed Recordings king.
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Classes: Music