A record for the pitch-black moments of night, when the stars and moon shine brightest. The ‘Nocturno’ EP sees Ulises bring magic sparks to the dancefloor, conjuring deep rhythms and melodies to unlock inner worlds. Evoking “mysterious groovy circular motion,” the records’ moonscape melodies have been composed to invoke transcendent moments and movements.

‘La Luna’ blends ethereal synths, ritual drumming and the signature vocals of Temple Haze to call on the power of the celestial. The second track ‘Nocturno’ is another ceremonial chorus for the night, an atmospheric call to dreamers, dancers and listeners alike that leaves us in a trance-like state.

You can now listen to the full premiere of ‘La Luna’ exclusively on When We Dip and check out our exclusive interview with Ulises & Temple Haze. Enjoy!

WWD: How did the collaboration for ‘La Luna’ come about?

ULISES: When we met in Ibiza we jammed with some friends, and Temple was playing the bass with them. From there, we stayed in contact, and at some point in the winter in Berlin, I told him we should collaborate as we live in the same city. I showed him a song that had no title – it was cold and the moon was out, so this became La Luna, based on his improvisation.

TEMPLE HAZE: Yeah, so me and Ulises, first met at Ibiza jamming together. I really liked the style and how he approached beat production. As a producer myself I could see he approached things in a really interesting way, he makes great music. Then we jammed in the studio – you never know if you will click when you do these things, but it was a great collaboration. He played me this song and I just fell straight into it, I connected with it immediately.

ULISES: He made these incredible vocal shifts. It was a pleasure to work together.

TEMPLE HAZE: With vocals, and often for electronic composition, it is all about being in the moment as much as possible, so I just followed my intuition. There were so many ideas immediately when I heard the song. Often this is the most authentic thing you can do as a singer, you just go with it, rather than try and calculate something. I think because we’d already met on an improvisational basis this was the natural thing to do.

WWD: What was the inspiration behind the title ‘La Luna?’

ULISES: The moon is always a source of inspiration to me. It’s just beautiful, and I guess when I write I think about the nightlife – so it’s always a muse, at least for me.

TEMPLE HAZE: When he showed me the track it was already called ‘La Luna,’ and I thought “I’ve never made a song about the moon”. I decided to make it a dedication – but also to one of waiting in place and changing shape. The moon is almost a holy entity – I really wanted the song to be imbued with a feminine energy and tried to deliver that in the vocals.

WWD: Can you describe the creative process you both went through while making this song?

ULISES: With any kind of creative collaboration you have to see how it works – this was a very improvisational one and we tried all sorts of tempos and styles. I think it took me two years to do the original track because I played around with it so much, and it was still missing something. Temple really brought what was missing.

TEMPLE HAZE: When I create lyrics or write any song I try to get into an intuitive process – we took this imagery of the moon to make a collage of meaning with the moon. Nearly all the vocals are from an improvised first take – a real state of flow.

WWD: ⁠Do you have any rituals or routines that help you get into the creative zone?

ULISES: I meditate every morning. I try to listen to sounds a little bit and maybe do some stretching, some activation of the body and then I get a coffee.TEMPLE HAZE: Yeah, for me, the creative process is again, it’s a very intuitive space. So there’s some times I have weeks where I feel like I don’t have actual inspiration and then I’m more so just sitting down creating things and just kind of more coming to a space of fun like to remember that one of the reasons why I started making music was to actually have fun. So I tried to keep it this playful space. But one of the routines or rituals that I would say helps me get into the creative process is meditation. Also taking moments to journal so allowing myself to kind of empty my head of whatever you know thoughts are happening that really helps me get more into the present moment that I can then create out of a more present space and then I think of ritual I would say is also really trying to get creative every day or almost every day.

Release Date: August 9th, 2024. Buy Here

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