Hiver - Dream Universe [Gudu Records]

Gudu Records continues a 2023 to remember with "Dream Universe," a new four-track EP from Italian duo Hiver.

Based in Milan, Giuseppe Albrizio and Sergio Caio have spent the last decade honing a very special interpretation of electro and machine funk, driven by the duo's characteristic basslines, shimmering strings dripping with emotion, and an overall utopian nature.

On "Dream Universe," a "tribute to early 90s house and trance," built around trance elements, acid bass, and Detroit-inspired rhythms, created on iconic synthesizers such as the Alpha Juno, Juno 106, and the Roland 303, 909, and D-550, they inject more energy and emotion into their music than ever before, from the high-emotion vocal that defines the EP's title track, to the raw bass hits that drive "Lodash."

At this point, Hiver's sound is so distinctive that you recognize one of their tracks as soon as you hear it, but "Dream Universe" feels like the culmination of their work to date; a duo in complete control of their craft.