Top 100 Chart Placements
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Some pairings are just right on paper. Others feel like they might bend the room a little. "Mas Allá (Original Mix)" (IDWT014) sits somewhere in between. On one side there's Alejandro Paz, the Santiago-born, stage-owning, half DJ half frontman, a guy who treats the booth like it's a mic stand and isn't afraid to sweat through a set. His trajectory through Cómeme and beyond has always carried that Latin pulse that feels raw but forward-thinking, club music with a body temperature. On the other, Mijo, the "TecMex" architect, analog romantic, digital skeptic, Mexico City mind traveler. If Alejandro brings the street heat, Mijo brings the circuitry: drum machines that feel slightly unstable, melodies hovering between nostalgia and a future that hasn't fully arrived yet. But this isn't just a two-way exchange. Hovering above and inside the track is Berny, not only as the force behind the IN DARK WE TRUST imprint, but as an artist with his own deep-rooted sonic identity. Since breaking through with "Shplatten" back in 2010 and earning global support from the likes of Richie Hawtin and Marco Carola, Berny has built a reputation on tension, depth and a dark-jacking pulse that refuses to follow trends. Living between Italy and Berlin, shaping dancefloors from Sisyphos to House of Yes, his sound has evolved into something more inward, more nocturnal, a space where groove meets intention. Together, on Berny's IN DARK WE TRUST imprint, that chemistry turns dangerous. The good kind. "Mas Allá" moves in that progressive / tech house zone, but it doesn't play by the clean, functional rules of the genre. The groove rolls steady, almost patient, while details creep in from the sides - percussive elements and a vocal line that pulls you into a story, keeps you locked to the rhythm. Then synth lines that feel like they're testing the room before fully committing. You can almost feel that three-way tension: Paz's physicality, Mijo's circuitry, Berny's dark gravitational pull holding it all in orbit. There's something slightly nocturnal about it, but not dramatic. It draws you in slowly toward something unknown, then locks you there. It lets the dancefloor come to it. IDWT014 feels like three different Latin-rooted narratives colliding somewhere between Berlin basements and tropical humidity - disciplined enough for long blends, strange enough to leave a mark. No gimmicks, no overstatement. Just a groove that pushes you to go further. Mas Allá. And honestly, that's the point.