Black Hole Recordings New Releases – Week 38

This week’s picks turn memories and emotions into very different electronic stories: a rush through everyday life becomes driving techno, a forgotten melody from 2010 finds new life in trance, and fleeting nostalgia becomes a bright dance-pop record. Along the way, powerful uplifting trance, progressive house, and a fresh collaboration offer their own takes on looking back, letting go, and moving forward.

Avis Vox’s “Time” turns the pressure of everyday life into a fast-moving techno groove, built around dense Sequential FOURM pads and deep Korg MS-20 basslines. Her fragmented “I am alive” vocal breaks through before the dreamy section shifts the focus inward, creating a sharp contrast between movement and stillness.

The most exciting part was combining the energetic, groovy sound of the main section with a light, airy synth in the breakdown.

— Avis Vox

Key4050 turn up the pressure with “Final Memory,” a powerful uplifting trance cut that brings back the darker, driving character of their first album. A short vocal chant cuts through the relentless arrangement, giving it a slightly mysterious edge, while the huge build and release make it easy to understand why the first version played at Luminosity “wrecked the place.”

As the second single from their upcoming ‘Stay In Your Lane’ album, it shows the harder side of the record, with the duo confidently returning to the style that feels most like them.

EGGSTA & That Girl bring their different musical backgrounds together on “Traces Of You,” a song that grew out of their shared love of songwriting and electronic music. That Girl’s voice sits at the heart of the release, while EGGSTA builds a warm, melodic backdrop around it, giving the song both intimacy and movement. The acoustic version strips everything back even further, putting the songwriting in the spotlight and showing how naturally it works in a different setting.

She makes music feel fun again and not so serious.

— That Girl

She definitely pushes me creatively, and I think that’s a big part of what makes our studio chemistry so special.

— EGGSTA

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” turns the bittersweet feeling of watching something beautiful change into a dance record with a pop vocal at its center. The song reflects on those moments we wish we could hold onto, while accepting that nothing stays the same forever. Rather than leaning into sadness, the arrangement keeps things bright and uplifting, giving the nostalgic story a lighter side.

Sixteen years after writing the original melody at just 14, Angemi finally brings it to life with “Go Back.” Inspired by the 2000s trance he grew up with, the record pairs a strong, sing-along hook with modern trance drums, rain samples, and nostalgic movie snippets. The story came full circle when Angemi dropped it on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, even adding a sample of his own vocals from his first Mainstage performance in 2017.

I wanted to create something emotional and playable by any DJ without needing a vocal, where the melody stays the real protagonist.

— Angemi

“Fly With Me” takes a calm, slowly evolving approach to progressive house, giving Jennifer Rene’s unmistakable trance-tinged vocals plenty of space to shine. The arrangement gradually unfolds around a warm, flowing groove, while her lyrics and vocal melody bring a carefree feeling of falling in love. It’s a gentle, atmospheric record that lets the voice do much of the emotional work without rushing the journey.