After its outstanding reception following its initial release back in January, Wankelmut & Emma Louise's infectious single - 'My Head Is A Jungle' returns with a souped up package and is set to be released worldwide on 15TH September via Positiva. Heavily supported by BBC R1's Pete Tong, 'My Head Is A Jungle' was dubbed his 'Essential New Tune' back in February as well as receiving championing support from BBC R1's tastemaker Annie Mac. It comes as no surprise that the single is already platinum in Italy, top 30 in Germany (and rising) and top 5 airplay in South Africa!
Wankelmut who has mainly been deejaying in underground clubs in Berlin such as Sisyphos and MIKZ, became 'Newcomer of the Year' last year (GROOVE Magazine) and has been in high demand as both DJ and Remixer ever since. Wankelmut has a very entertaining and well crafted way of deejaying with a huge variety of styles from Deep House to Techno. Beside playing all over Europe he remixed Gossip, Jay Haze, Lukas Graham and various other underground records which established his status within the Techno House Scene. On his 24th birthday in December 2011 Wankelmut aka Jacob Dilßner uploaded his unofficial remix for Asaf Avidan's "Reckoning Song' to Soundcloud. More than one year later the now official remix has sold 1.3 Million copies on Sony/Columbia, scored over 100 Million Youtube Plays and entered the #1 spot in 8 european countries, as well as being the best-selling track on Beatport last year.
In cooperation with the talented Australian singer Emma-Louise, the duo deliver a finely tuned piece of melodic brilliance. Wankemut's faultless Tech-house production, and Emma-Louise's blissful vocals will have you instantly hooked and will be circling around your head for days to come. In addition to the supreme remix package from Gui Boratto, Kasper Bjorke and Solee, new remixes come from Friend Within, and Marc 'MK' Kinchen, who steps up to deliver one of his much loved MK edits which premiered last Friday on Pete Tong.
Over the summer months you can catch Wankelmut playing at Urban Art Forms, Big Festival, Melt!, plus back to back gigs across Europe.
Dimitri Kechagias review: One of the finest deep house/tech house underground tracks that manage to surface in the mainstream and introduce deep house to a wider audiences is undoubtedly Wankelmut's fantastic My Head is a Jungle featuring the beloved lyrics and mesmerising performance by Emma Luise. The Original mix and the first package of remixes did big damage during the summer and now more new remixes are added to support this great track to find new audiences in new territories. Next target is the UK Top 40 and it will easily land within the Top 10 with big possibility to reach n1 and it deserves it. First of all the fantastic MK aka Mark Kinchen is on board and he service an 8 minute's long UK garage house version that is really uplifting and feel good from start to finish. The old school timeless piano chords, the clever voice cuts and stretches, the deep funky basslines, the retro atmosphere are some of the elements that make this remix simply irresistible and perfect for clubs and radio stations. Relaxing romantic summery vibes to keep all your holiday memories packed in one magical version. Friends Within continue on the same balearic early house resurrection movement by delivering a really cool 90's house version but with some modern twists and turns to build tension on some moments with drum rolls and the well known organ sound that was made very successful from unforgettable hits like Robin S - Show me Love, Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On and many more. Its definitely sounds more underground and playful and less mechanical and perfect that computer music tends to sound nowadays. Both new remixes are offered in their dub version as well if you prefer them without vocals. My Head is a Jungle is one of the biggest hits of the year and already an EDM classic! Highly recommended
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