Ramos, Juan

Juan Ramos is up to bat for the next Körperspannung release with the four-track stunner EP Hard Bois. Deeply connected to the ongoing pursuit of gay excellence and endeavors, Juan honors those who have come before us and touches us deeply in our soft spots at all the right moments.

Across Hard Bois EP, the Berlin resident and behind the scenes operator (IYKYK) shows precisely why he’s one of dance music’s most exciting and dependable prospects. Opening the release, "Hard Bois" combines snaking drums in a melange of samples with bff Kris Baha vocalizing sizzling and snaking lyrics winding around this propulsive club cut that could easily be a snapshot right out of a scene from Chicago’s iconic Medusa Club.

"Saviour Sound" is music that makes iron pipes sweat with hedonistic abandon. Exposed steel modulates to a hardcore beat. Gears interlock to move the whole building into autonomous shuffle. Conduits of electricity pulsate to the drama unfolding in a dim lit factory with dank corridors leading us on a path to a flowerbed growing and thriving in a subterranean hydroponic garden.

On the flip, the alarm strikes and it’s (shout it out): "Werk Day"! This is your call to get buttoned up and ready to make dreams reality. Head to the gym, pump those guns and then house your body. Technological funk winding through a sturdy and rock hard kick that helps you ride through the chasms of pleasure and pain.

Rounding out the release is your "Acid BB" rocking and roaring through the airspace of atomized acid matter, a perfect closer to a thoroughly exciting direction Juan Ramos takes with his newfound sound. Play it loud. Play it proud. Play it again Sam. Juan is one of our own and we do all we can to take care of each other.