Mirlaqi has always been producer who treats groove as architecture and melody as emotional voltage. But with his newest release “Late Present“, the Swiss artist stretches beyond the dancefloor he’s long commanded and steps into a wider, more cinematic terrain.
Out today and rooted in electronic language yet glowing with the warmth of acoustic instruments and environmental textures, the double LP feels like a map of his inner weather: jazzy hip-hop, psychedelic downtempo, and radiant ambient tones drifting together in a slow, deliberate bloom.
If Mirlaqi made his name as a master of “spatial house from disco planet”, lacing his DJ sets and live shows with house, disco, techno sparks, and touches of jazz, then “Late Present” reveals the core beneath the shimmer and the soul that powers the machinery. Themes of love, loss, and the quiet inevitability of endings drift through the record, but not with grandiosity; more with an intimate acceptance and a poetic gaze toward the unicity of consciousness. It’s his most introspective work yet.
Part of the album’s depth comes from the community woven throughout it. Antoine “Favi” Favennec adds melodic tenderness to “Passager de la Terre”, “Velvet Love”, and “Riddimer”. Thomas “Nips” Abbet’s silken trumpet widens the horizon of “Caucasian Tree” and “Inter Lux”, while Augustin “Gus” Von Arx’s percussion and Tim Spoerli’s blazing trumpet bring the sun-struck heat of “Prendre le Soleil” to full radiance. Alice Moeschinger’s crystalline voice becomes a kind of emotional driving force, guiding tracks like “Velvet Love” and “Passager de la Terre” into deeper resonance.
Vocally, Mirlaqi explores new dimensions: spoken word, processed singing, French and English phrases dissolving into the mix like thoughts surfacing and retreating. And visually, fainek transforms sound into image with characteristic clarity and conceptual weight, completing the project’s multi-sensory architecture.
Mirlaqi has truly outdone himself: he’s created a layered, lingering experience; the sound of an artist expanding his universe while staying unmistakably himself.
Buy “Late Present” here.
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