Martin Garrix and longtime collaborators Matisse & Sadko are again collectively, dropping their newest progressive home observe ‘Butterflies‘ through STMPD RCRDS. This reunion marks their seventh joint effort and maybe considered one of their most emotive. The partnership between Garrix and Matisse & Sadko goes means again; their first observe, ‘Dragon,‘ landed in 2015, a time when Garrix was simply 19. Over time, they’ve constructed a shared vocabulary rooted in pageant power, hovering synths, and cinematic drops. Their return feels much less like a revival and extra like a continuation. And with the album cowl that includes the ruins of the 2025 Tomorrowland Belgium Essential Stage, the observe embodies rebirth and hope. Hear here.
‘Butterfly’ embraces the classic progressive home aesthetic and options BARBZ, whose weak supply underscores a central theme: embracing uncertainty reasonably than suppressing it. Her voice is wrapped in lush layers of emotional synths, as she addresses the creatures that emerge after lengthy intervals of doubt or separation. The metaphor of transformation — the butterfly rising from the chrysalis — is deliberately woven into each the sound design and the lyricism.
