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Seattle based melodic house and techno duo Gem & Tauri release their collab “Freefalling” with Buffalo duo Eyes Everywhere. The groovy track blends heavenly vocals from singer/songwriter Sarah de Warren with chest-thumping basslines for a club-ready dance floor starter.
Powerhouse duo Courtney Simmons and Emma Montalvo, under the alias Gem & Tauri, have been involved in the EDM scene for over 10 years, gaining a love for the house and techno genre. The duo brings an unfound charisma and chemistry to their performances and production with a groovy blend of tech, deep, and progressive house. Gem & Tauri have found their home with Ophelia Records, the label of the musical legend Seven Lions. In 2020, they went to work on their first EP, ‘All You Need’, to bring beautiful melodic vocals with thumping bass lines and feel good sounds. After nearly 3 years of establishing and fine-tuning their sound, the duo returned with their sophomore EP, ‘Crownless’. The 'Crownless EP' builds off their success from their first headline tour in the winter and sees them refining their club and festival friendly style.
Brian and Kyle were raised in and by the City of Buffalo, a place known as much for humble and honest work as it is for raucous parties. Rooted in everything from crust punk to trance, they aim to approach dance music with an attitude free from pretentious discord, and love a DJ booth at ground level with an intimate crowd as much as a full production festival stage setup. Having played globally recognized events like Holy Ship, Camp Bisco and HARD Summer while riding on the shoulders of popular electronic fusion giants like Fools Gold and Main Course, the boys have recently settled down to more organic sounds of techno and house, closer to the music of the Toronto clubs of the 2000’s where they got their introduction to dance music.
Recently signed to Ultra Music Publishing, London based writer/vocalist Sarah de Warren has been averaging between 35-40 cuts per year for the last few years. Sarah has had cuts with: Kaskade, Mike Perry, The Him, Martin Jensen, Nicky Romero, Harris & Ford, Jerome, Gareth Emery, Adventure Club, Excision, LIZOT, Bingoplayers, Weird Genius, Tritonal and many others. Her songs have been on countless Editorial playlists (though we can count the ones that she’s on right now and that number is 116!) including 25+ NMFs. In addition to streaming success in the tens of millions for her cuts, her own artist project song ‘HARLEY FVCKING QUINN’ has blown up on TikTok with the sound being used in over 100,000 videos and 10 million streams. Her most recent Monstercat artist project release, “Sugar,” a collaboration with Weird Genius, launched last week with 7 NMFs and tons of further support across DSPs.
As the official record label of melodic dubstep leader Seven Lions, Ophelia is a label that promotes independent dance music and has been the official home for his music since 2018. In just 4 years, Ophelia has become one of the hottest new labels in electronic music thanks to its tight-knit community and ability to connect fans of melodic bass, dubstep, trance, psytrance, drum & bass, house and beyond. With massive releases from acts such as SLANDER, Excision, Kill The Noise, MitiS, Jason Ross, NGHTMRE, Wooli, Trivecta, Blastoyz, Crystal Skies and Last Heroes, Ophelia was voted Best Label and Compilation Album (Ophelia Volume 1) of 2019 by r/edm, has multiple #1 iTunes Dance records and sold out showcases and hosts festival stage takeovers across the country.