Establishing the mood with a meditative synth and an immersive piano performance, expanding into a crescendo with textured percussion, mc el oso opens Slow Burn with poetic prowess and the lyrics, “Salt on my skin, sand in my shoes still, your laugh in the wind, time moving slow, still, glass on the table…”

We immediately connect with the situational nature of the prose and the universe that mc el oso builds with Slow Burn. In essence, the song is about capturing a warm, fleeting summer moment. It comes to life in a space where memories of sun, connection and intimacy linger whilst time seems to move more slowly.

In a world that is constantly speeding up, this feels important and zeitgeist, at a time when we need this level of decompression the most as a society. It holds a relaxed, nostalgic atmosphere, whilst the smooth vocal delivery and melodic electronica textures reinforce that sense of escapism with a contemporary edge.

The tropical house influence brings a natural warmth to the composition, whilst the contemporary pop and relaxed dance elements make the track feel immediate and easy to connect with. We could imagine Slow Burn landing a sync placement in a coming-of-age film by Gregg Araki or Luca Guadagnino, and a TV show like The Summer I Turned Pretty or Love Is Blind.

For some context, mc el oso is an Athens-based independent artist creating electronica that fuses melodic house, tropical influences and accessible electronic pop. The project combines human creative direction, storytelling and generative music technology to create warm, melodic and atmospheric electronic records. Slow Burn appears on the debut album 00000001.

Fans of Robin Schulz, Lost Frequencies and Sam Feldt would absolutely be able to connect with what mc el oso has created, and we have added Slow Burn to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the entirety of 00000001.

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