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Curly Mojo ‘Roads Walked (DANCE MODE) – A Tropical Anthem for the Modern Dancefloor
From the sun-soaked studios of Gimuy (Cairns), Curly Mojo emerges with “Roads Walked (DANCE MODE),” a dazzling testament to his genre-spanning talents. At 2 minutes and 50 seconds, this track doesn’t waste a single beat, opening with an irresistible groove that sets the tone for a euphoric musical journey. It’s a celebration of movement, emotion, and clever songwriting that few solo artists can pull off so convincingly.
Curly Mojo’s ability to play and record every instrument himself elevates the song beyond typical dance tracks. There’s an organic vibrancy here, the kind that makes you feel every note, from the driving percussion to the shimmering melodies. It’s the kind of song where the craft is as compelling as the energy, giving the listener a sense of intimacy even amidst the electrifying rhythm.
With Austin Leeds’ Miami-based mixing and subtle production enhancements, the track transcends its regional roots. The tropical undertones of FNQ meet a polished international sound, creating a song that resonates across continents. Mojo’s lyrics add depth beneath the infectious surface, turning “Roads Walked (DANCE MODE)” into a dancefloor anthem with soul.
In a musical landscape saturated with formulaic hits, Curly Mojo stands apart. This single proves that an independent artist can craft music that’s both globally appealing and authentically personal. Whether you’re listening on headphones or hitting the club, “Roads Walked (DANCE MODE)” is impossible to ignore, and nearly impossible not to move to.
“This song comes from a hard place that all of us go to every now and then. Its a reflection of lived experience that has every listener going somewhere so different in thought. A ray of hope is well needed in the world right now and is delivered with power in last verse of this song,” shares Curly Mojo.
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Michele Ducci has unveiled the second single, ‘Woman Like You’, from his forthcoming album and animated film ‘Snail in the Clouds’.
‘Woman Like You’ pairs bright distorted electric guitar with an electronic drumbeat, adding in Ducci’s soulful vocals and a catchy uplifting chorus with Letizia Mandoleisi’s sweet vocal harmonies. A vintage organ pedalboard operated by Ducci simultaneously generates chords, bass and rhythm, like a one-man band. Shane Kennedy (Girl in the Year Above) joins in on guitar. Simon Milner (Is Tropical, Ysing) recorded and produced the track at his 4am Studios in London.
The album and film tell the story of a planet called ‘Snail’, inhabited by hybrids – primarily a mixture between scorpions, snails and humans – who lead a life according to the style of Pythagoras, devoted to music. There is also a cloud man named Agostos, a writer of musical operettas, who together with a talking smoke machine called Doctor Subtilis, begins to kill all hybrids, targeting in particular the hybrid musician Diodoros and his band, in an effort to steal the ark of melodies, an ancient ship that allows the whole planet to survive with music and joy.
The video for the single, created and animated by Ducci and Mandoleisi, delves further into the realm of planet ‘Snail’:
Says Ducci, “The ark of melodies, after various attempts, finally starts to work and fly in the planet Snail, while the shady Doc. Sub. and Agostos, with their platoon of soldiers made of foggy smoke, spy the miracle, planning to steal the ark for their evil and tyrannical purposes.”
About the track, Michele says, “I wrote this song for my love Letizia. Love seen from the mind is the sound we make. Sound is the love of matter.
We used a Technics synthesizer organ from a flea market. I tried to find a mood that was right for the song and I started using the bass of the pedal board together with the synth and the drums, and it was magical to hear the song reveal itself all coming from a single instrument. Leti was singing with me and we recorded everything live in one shot. Then we made Shane do the guitar flight, as if he came out of the window. The idea was to maintain disproportions, guitar thrust and synth drum thinness a la Haroumi Hosono, so as to create an estrangement, but naturally: it’s about how I listen, with close up something that captures me in its nuance as element of a larger orchestra somewhere. I’m glad we decided in the studio with Simon to use the layers of arrangement as the close-ups in the cinema; they look like strange enlargements that perch on parts of a mutated orchestra. I’m happy to come back with this love song at a time when everything seems to opt, even my labor in managing the flows of selfishness that have poured out on me while doing this album, for the sound of war. I’m here happy to be able to say that the sound of love always wins as did for me. Snail in the clouds is one of the most important works in my life and I am glad to start from pure love for this album that is my son.”
The album and full-length film will be released on the 5th of June on Monotreme Records.
Michele and Letizia’s previous musical short film, ‘The Great Book of Nature’, is an official selection for the 2026 Venice Shorts Film Festival.
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