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  • Kaleena Zanders + Friendz takeover Insomniac TV

    Kaleena Zanders + Friendz takeover Insomniac TV

    An Insomniac TV takeover is announced for Kaleena Zanders + Friendz on Wednesday, March 31 at 8 pm PST with Party Pupils as special guests.

    Kaleena Zanders + Friendz – Insomniac TV

    Featuring a range of vocalists who have been enlisted to a number of hit dance music tracks, Kaleen Zanders + Friendz will be featuring performances by Aviella, Box Of Beats, Delaney Jane, Olan, and more with a special guest appearance by Party Pupils as well.

    With an aim to amplify the voice of the “top liner,” Kaleena Zanders  is using her curatorial influence to showcase the voices that anchor dance music’s hits played in the club, at festivals and on the radio, . The takeover will expose the faces and solo sounds of some of the most familiar, genre-bending artists.

    This announcement coincides with the upcoming release of Kaleena Zanders’ debut solo EP, “Everything We Have Misaligned.”  The EP has already been spotlighted on Spotify’s coveted ‘New Music Friday’ playlists in four countries and features the recent released singles, “Set Me Off” and “Remedy.”

    Kaleena Zanders is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-producer who is known for the hit singles, “Stonger Than I’ve Ever Been” and “California.”  The artist has performed at some of the most esteemed festivals in the world including Coachella, EDC, and Snow Globe

    Kaleena Zanders + Friendz lineup

    • Aviella (Dimmak) 
    • Box Of Beats (1.3M TikTok) 
    • Delaney Jane (Spinnin’, Mad Decent, Dimmak) 
    • Glass Battles 
    • Glitter Bot
    • Kyan Palmer (Spinnin’, 1.3M Tik Tok) 
    • Moonzz (Foreign Family Collective, big Noise)
    • Olan (Anjunabeats)
    • Ray Garrison
    • VenessaMichaels x Luvk 

    Special Guests: 

    • Party Pupils
  • Oliver Heldens launches commercial label OH2 with ‘Set Me Free’

    Oliver Heldens launches commercial label OH2 with ‘Set Me Free’

    Oliver Heldens announced the launch of a commercial dance music label OH2 with the release of a new collaborative track with Party Pupils titled, “Set Me Free” available here.

    Oliver Heldens who is known to encompass a range of guises and styles decided to launch OH2 within the Heldeep family, to cater to the more commercial leaning, streaming-focused productions.  The label’s first release, “Set Me Free” is a collaboration between Heldens and Party Pupils and features the luscious vocals of MAX.

    With a sweet synth chord kicking the track off, MAX’s soulful vocals set the tone with a glorious refrain that explodes. “Set Me Free” is a true masterclass in pure dance-pop perfection with plenty of distinctive Heldens energy in its engine.

    “With Heldeep I’ve always been very focused on expanding the horizons of more club-oriented sounds. Since launching the label a little over 5 years ago we’ve had so many highlights and become a very versatile label in that space, which I’m really pleased about. A typical example of this in 2020 was our success with Moguai & Kai Tracid’s ‘DT64’, which became a big hit in the Techno world, something I didn’t expect to accomplish with the Heldeep label when I started it in 2015.

    However, I haven’t really been able to focus on the more Dance/Pop side of things with Heldeep (with the exception of a couple of my own tracks) so my team and I decided to expand the Heldeep Label group and launch ‘OH2 Records’ which will focus on the more melodic and Dance/Pop leaning music.

    ‘Set Me Free’ feels like the perfect record to me to kickstart OH2 – It just has this nicely balanced blend of Dance/Pop, Disco, and Future House elements.

    Party Pupils and I have been wanting to do something together for a while because we thought it would be really interesting to combine our styles, and we’re super happy how this turned out. Also a big shout out to MAX who really nailed the vocals on this one! I hope you also like it :)”

    Oliver Heldens

    Party Pupils have been on Oliver Heldens’ radar for quite a while.  Since they went viral in 201 with their covers of Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” and Ginuwine’s “Pony.” Their debut album Neon From Now has become one of the most standout dance albums of 2020.