Sicilian DJ and production duo VLTRA return with their massive new club banger ‘Funk Soul Brother’, out on 3rd November via Aeterna Records.
Hot off the back of their bumper summer, boxed off with a massive collaboration with John Summit, VLTRA open up the fall season with the driving dancefloor mover ‘Funk Soul Brother’, sampling the timeless classic ‘The Rockafeller Skank’ by Fatboy Slim with an edit from fellow Italian production virtuoso GENESI.
Heavily supported by some of the most important names in the scene such as Joseph Capriati, The Martinez Bros, Marco Carola and Jamie Jones, VLTRA have built an impressive catalogue of releases, regularly pushing to the top end of Beatport’s chart. This record has been a mainstay in the summer sets of label bosses Meduza and looks set to be cemented into DJ sets for the remainder of the year.
Speaking about the record, VLTRA stated:
“This track was produced almost as a tribute to a great record of the past. We heard the Fatboy Slim sample and we thought about bringing it into our vision, adding drums and synths that made it similar to our style. From the first times we tested it in clubs and festivals it always blew up the dance floor.”
‘Funk Soul Brother’ is an inspired Tech House slammer, with a driving beat and bassline coupled with the iconic vocal sample of the original Fatboy Slim record. Proven to rile up the dancefloor into a frenzy, be prepared to see the name VLTRA much more in your list of essential producers.
VLTRA’s unique sound is marked by its solidity and incorporation of funk elements, drawing inspiration from the underground music scene. The duo was established in 2014 and the VLTRA project officially launched in 2018. At the end of 2020 PAWSA gave support by playing ‘Supastar’ with Francis De Simone, and signed it to Solid Grooves. In just a week the record reached the Beatport Tech-House Top 10 and 60th in the Beatport chart overall. In 2021, VLTRA’s track ‘Zilla’ in collaboration with Kyle Walker was one of the definitive tracks of the summer, with support from the world’s biggest DJs and a Top 3 spot on Beatport.
2022 was an important year for the duo as they made their Ibiza debut, with their unreleased tracks highly sought after by the underground music scene. Their version of the historic track ‘Bananza (Belly Dancer)’ on Repopulate Marsreached the number one spot on the Beatport Bass House chart and stayed there for over a month. This year they signed their release ‘Flowcito’ with Loco Dice’s new label SB Recordings, who after falling in love with the single also released an official remix, with the track reaching the Top 20 Tech-House and the TOP 100 on Beatport overall.
Fresh from a summer on the road across Europe and the US, as well as a mega John Summit collaboration on ‘Legacy’, ‘Funk Soul Brother’ further cements an explosive year for the Italian dancefloor duo VLTRA.
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