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Aaron Koenig Releases Ska Anthem for Geeks
Aaron makes music about meaningful topics that rocks and grooves – and sometimes it even skanks on a rock steady beat!
His new song ‘Geeks’ has been released on all major music platforms on November 15th. It is an anthem for the heroes of the digital age: computer nerds, also known as geeks. It is driven by an off-beat ska guitar, a sticky bass line and a groovy brass section. The icing on the cake is a jazzy saxophone solo.
“I have always loved Ska, I even saw the Specials, the Selecter and Madness live in their heydays”, says Aaron. “I chose the topic although I am not a geek myself, but I have a lot of sympathy for them. Geeks are often frowned upon because they can be socially awkward, but they are the ones who are building a better world. So I think they deserve an anthem.”
The music video is mostly made up of typography, minimalistic ASCII graphics and heavily pixelated images – it surely looks geeky! Watch it here:
Aaron writes catchy songs that are made for people who like meaningful, uplifting topics and guitar-driven, hand-made sounds. His musical journey started young but it wasn’t until he discovered Bitcoin and became so invested in it that he used music to express his new found joy.
“It’s mostly rock music, with excursions into funk, soul and other styles I grew up with. In general, it’s guitar-driven and hand-made, often with a punkish energy and beatlesque harmonies. What all my songs have in common are meaningful lyrics about being in the here and now, about transforming disturbing emotions into wisdom, about being in the flow, things like that.” says Aaron in an interview.
“I have always been making music and writing songs, starting with a punk rock band when I was 15. However, I never saw it as a career. I played in several bands in my teenage years and my early twenties, but after my media studies in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro I focused on other things. I first worked in TV production and then founded one of the first Internet agencies in Germany. I discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and became fascinated by it. I wrote five books about it, made lots of promotional videos and educational series for Bitcoin and blockchain companies, and organised events. I even wrote some songs about Bitcoin, which became quite popular in the community, like my Reggaeton about the Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador. People always liked that my songs are catchy and provocative. It was by the end of 2023 that I decided to go full in on music. It’s what I enjoy the most, so now I want to fully follow my passion.”
Since May 2024, his songs have been streamed more than 250,000 times on Spotify and his music videos have been viewed more than 350,000 times on YouTube.
Read more about Aaron King: http://aaron-koenig.net/press/
Some songs are made for a particular moment. Others somehow refuse to stay in one era. Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” is firmly in the latter category and now dance producer KEPA is giving the timeless party anthem a fresh lease of life with a vibrant new reimagining built for packed dancefloors and long summer nights.
Out now, “All Night Long (All Night)” takes the unmistakable spirit of Richie’s classic and drops it into a modern, UK-influenced dance setting. The result is exactly the kind of record that makes you want to stop checking the time, put your phone away and stay on the dancefloor for just one more song.
KEPA builds the track around a driving house groove, warm synth bass, piano and saxophone, while that instantly recognisable vocal hook remains at the heart of the record. Rather than trying to reinvent the feeling that made the original so iconic, he leans into it — turning its sense of celebration and togetherness into something made for a new generation of club-goers.
“I wanted to keep the original sense of joy while giving it a completely different club energy. For me, it captures that warm, carefree feeling of summer — freedom, connection, dancing, and staying in the moment for as long as you can. I wanted the record to feel like a little escape from everything happening around us.”
And that idea of escape is central to KEPA’s musical world.
Away from the studio, KEPA runs a real estate development business, but when it comes to music, he trades buildings and business meetings for basslines, piano chords and late-night energy. Drawing from UK dance culture, his sound moves between house, UK garage and melodic electronic music, always with an emphasis on big hooks and records that are designed to make people move.
It’s a combination that makes “All Night Long (All Night)” feel right at home somewhere between the radio and the club. KEPA’s influences include dance heavyweights such as Sigala, Joel Corry, Duke Dumont, MK and David Guetta, and that crossover sensibility comes through clearly here.
But there’s more to the record than simply making an old favourite danceable again. KEPA has tapped into something much simpler: the feeling of a night that you don’t want to end.
There’s a reason “all night long” remains such a universal phrase. It’s that moment when the plans go out the window, the music gets louder and suddenly nobody is thinking about what time it is. KEPA captures that feeling in a track that feels tailor-made for summer, whether that means a festival crowd, a rooftop party, a packed club or the soundtrack to a spontaneous night that somehow turns into morning.
The night is young. Turn it up.
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