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Stephan Folkes’ Debut Album ‘Hazard’ Is Ethereal, Empowering, and Future-Facing
Stephan Folkes enters the musical space with Hazard, an expansive, genre-fluid debut that feels like a personal diary stretched across the stars. It’s cinematic, sonic poetry — at times spacey and introspective, at others grounded in pain and grit. The Leytonstone artist makes clear: this isn’t just an album, it’s an experience.
From the first shimmering notes of What Should You Do (For Your Whole Life)?, Folkes invites us into a world that oscillates between dreamy exploration and radical self-accountability. The production is lush, echoing influences like Prince and Billie Eilish, but never derivative — Folkes crafts something wholly his own, futuristic yet familiar.
What’s particularly captivating is how each song serves as a lesson in resilience. Is This Paradise? hits like a journal entry after loss, while Say It Like You Mean It is the confident rebirth that follows — rhythmic, swaggering, unashamed. Folkes shows range not just in sound, but in emotional terrain, mapping love, grief, doubt, and transformation with care.
His lived experience informs every note. Whether it’s surviving near-death as a child or navigating a world not built for neurodivergent minds, his voice carries both a weight and a clarity. Hazard, especially in its closer moments, offers more than music — it offers perspective.
A debut this refined and audacious doesn’t just introduce an artist; it signals the start of a movement. Stephan Folkes is forging new paths for expression — and Hazard is his first masterpiece.
International touring musician and multi-instrumentalist Nadav Tabak returns to the UK with his immersive solo project and the release of his new single, ‘Electric Roots’, a powerful instrumental journey blending driving electronic trance with raw, organic instrumentation.
Following years of international touring, Tabak has carved out a distinct sonic identity: a live performance that merges hypnotic beats, tribal textures, and virtuosic guitar work into a dance-floor ritual experience.
Electric Roots represents the core of his sound both literally and metaphorically. The track explores the fusion between the electric world of trance and the rooted, earthy essence of acoustic instruments. Pulsing basslines and driving techno rhythms intertwine with organic timbres, live looping, and expressive instrumentation, creating something that feels both ancient and futuristic.
Unlike traditional DJ sets, Tabak performs entirely live, building layers in real time through looping, percussion, and melodic improvisation. The result is an instrumental experience that is rhythm-driven, immersive, and uniquely his own.
The upcoming UK tour will showcase this evolving sound in intimate venues and festival settings, offering audiences a high-energy, genre-blending performance that moves seamlessly between dancefloor intensity and organic atmosphere.
With Electric Roots, Nadav Tabak continues to push the boundaries between electronic music and live instrumental performance grounding trance in something human, physical, and deeply rooted.
Get tickets to see Nadav Tabak on his UK tour here: https://nadavtabak.com/shows
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