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Olivia Stock
8 January 2024, 16:36

Premiere: Sonic Rain ‘I Don’t Depend On You’

London-born, Budapest-based producer Sonic Rain fuses the energy of ‘90s rave with breakbeat and grooving techno stylings on his first release of 2024, ‘I Don’t Depend On You’

Photo of Sonic Rain wearing a black t-shirt and standing beneath a graffiti-ed underpass

Sonic Rain will release a new single, ‘I Don’t Depend On You’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below.

Maintaining the hardgroove thrust of his previous releases, which caught the attention of heavyweights Om Unit and X-Coast – and earned him a coveted set at last summer’s Sziget festival – the London-born, Budapest-based producer fuses the unmistakable energy of ‘90s rave and breakbeat with grooving techno on his first outing of 2024.

A tight, bouncing groove and diva vocal emerge from beneath a thicket of percussion on ‘I Don’t Depend On You’; out tomorrow (9th January) and inspired by the cutting-edge techno releases on labels like R&S and XL Recordings. The track arrives on the heels of November single, ‘São Paulo’, as the producer establishes his reputation for contorting retro hardgroove stylings and slinking synths into a timeless techno form.

‘I Don’t Depend On You’ is out 9th January. Pre-save the single here, and have an exclusive first listen below.