Royston Bassmann

Royston Bassmann arrives on Ikigai Records with a debut that feels like excavating the hard drive of 2004. Five tracks of tech house and electro that wear their Y2K influence openly, but with the production chops and forward thinking of a Berlin-based producer who understands both eras. This is hyperactive stuff - chopped vocals, metallic drums, that particular flavour of electro that sits somewhere between Frankfurt's lineage and contemporary Melbourne club culture.

Bassmann built this record in the space between nostalgia and genuine innovation. The tracks don't just reference early noughties aesthetics, they interrogate them, stripping elements back to their component parts and rebuilding with a contemporary ear. Ikigai Records' first release sets a precise tone: technically rigorous, historically grounded, and built for dancers who think.