HAPPY HOUR Vol. 1 You know that moment when work is finally over, someone says "just one drink?"... and somehow you're still there a few hours later? That's exactly what Happy Hour Vol. 1 is all about. Inspired by Milan, our town and the city of aperitivo, this collection brings together ten tracks by the Apparel Music family: light, warm, groovy house music that just makes everything feel a little easier. Some feel-good rhythms and the kind of records that naturally become part of the conversation. It's music for terraces, rooftops, beach bars, kitchen speakers, open windows. Released on October 9th, 2026, this is the first chapter of a new series. Think of it as a playlist made by friends who care a little too much about choosing the right music for any situation.

When the bar's about to close, the streets are wet with neon, and somebody catches the first cab home, Swing Duke slips out four new tracks on Apparel Music. Returning to the label with what is surely his most nocturnal EP yet, Nocturnal Tales lands on October 16, 2026: four scenes, one city, endless bass. "Rainy Evening in the Lounge" opens with rain on concrete, the hum of the city in the background, sound design before a single beat drops. Then the room warms up: cool, laid-back house, a rhythm section with real weight behind it, keys looping with charisma, and a saxophone that keeps circling back. "City Lights & Silk" keeps things mellow but never soft. This is house with its spine straight. The bassline is the pillar holding the whole track together, steady while everything else moves around it. "Saint Germain After Midnight" is the after-hours chapter, reverb-soaked, with an airy trumpet drifting through a bassline that owns the night. This is what 3 a.m. feels like. "The Last Negroni" is about crisp snaps and female vocals wrapped in reverb, building an atmosphere that's vibrant without ever losing its cool. Through all four tracks, one character never leaves the room: the bass. It's the structural backbone of the whole EP, present, confident, holding every track together with that unmistakable cool.

HAPPY HOUR Vol. 1 You know that moment when work is finally over, someone says "just one drink?"... and somehow you're still there a few hours later? That's exactly what Happy Hour Vol. 1 is all about. Inspired by Milan, our town and the city of aperitivo, this collection brings together ten tracks by the Apparel Music family: light, warm, groovy house music that just makes everything feel a little easier. Some feel-good rhythms and the kind of records that naturally become part of the conversation. It's music for terraces, rooftops, beach bars, kitchen speakers, open windows. Released on October 9th, 2026, this is the first chapter of a new series. Think of it as a playlist made by friends who care a little too much about choosing the right music for any situation.

HAPPY HOUR Vol. 1 You know that moment when work is finally over, someone says "just one drink?"... and somehow you're still there a few hours later? That's exactly what Happy Hour Vol. 1 is all about. Inspired by Milan, our town and the city of aperitivo, this collection brings together ten tracks by the Apparel Music family: light, warm, groovy house music that just makes everything feel a little easier. Some feel-good rhythms and the kind of records that naturally become part of the conversation. It's music for terraces, rooftops, beach bars, kitchen speakers, open windows. Released on October 9th, 2026, this is the first chapter of a new series. Think of it as a playlist made by friends who care a little too much about choosing the right music for any situation.

For years now, Inkswel has been part of the extended Apparel Music family, moving freely through our frequencies with a creative force that always finds fertile and open ground to evolve. His music lives in rhythm first, with his grooves that twist, breathe, collide and regenerate continuously, driven by a compositional instinct that always feels visionary. Yet one of the most beautiful aspects of his artistic universe is the way he surrounds himself with other sensitive minds and voices, artists capable of expanding his rhythmic architecture into harmonic, soulful and emotional territories. "Creator", out on August 14th on Apparel Music, perfectly captures this spirit. The EP opens with the hypnotic "Creator", where the vocals of Alice Payne and the talent of Willie Dynamo slide effortlessly through Inkswel's unmistakable Late Nite Club Mix, a deep and fluid introduction that immediately sets the tone for the journey. The original version keeps the same soulful tension while stripping things back into a warmer and more direct groove, before the instrumental counterpart reveals how much detail and movement is hidden inside the rhythmic layers alone. "Cry For Mount Lebanon" shifts the atmosphere into something more cinematic and spiritually charged, showing Inkswel's ability to move beyond club structures without losing momentum, while "Stand Out In The Crowd" sees the unmistakable presence of Colonel Red bringing raw soul energy and human warmth to one of the EP's most infectious cuts. On "Fig Leaf", the elegant voice of Lizzie Bradley with the help of Leonard Charles shape a softer and more introspective dimension, balancing the record with sensual harmonies and delicate melodic tension. The instrumentals included throughout the release are not simply alternate versions, but another way to enter the architecture of the EP itself, exposing the precision, freedom and musical intelligence behind every groove. "Creator" once again confirms Inkswel's rare talent for building collective worlds through rhythm, where every collaborator becomes part of a larger emotional and sonic conversation.

For years now, Inkswel has been part of the extended Apparel Music family, moving freely through our frequencies with a creative force that always finds fertile and open ground to evolve. His music lives in rhythm first, with his grooves that twist, breathe, collide and regenerate continuously, driven by a compositional instinct that always feels visionary. Yet one of the most beautiful aspects of his artistic universe is the way he surrounds himself with other sensitive minds and voices, artists capable of expanding his rhythmic architecture into harmonic, soulful and emotional territories. "Creator", out on August 14th on Apparel Music, perfectly captures this spirit. The EP opens with the hypnotic "Creator", where the vocals of Alice Payne and the talent of Willie Dynamo slide effortlessly through Inkswel's unmistakable Late Nite Club Mix, a deep and fluid introduction that immediately sets the tone for the journey. The original version keeps the same soulful tension while stripping things back into a warmer and more direct groove, before the instrumental counterpart reveals how much detail and movement is hidden inside the rhythmic layers alone. "Cry For Mount Lebanon" shifts the atmosphere into something more cinematic and spiritually charged, showing Inkswel's ability to move beyond club structures without losing momentum, while "Stand Out In The Crowd" sees the unmistakable presence of Colonel Red bringing raw soul energy and human warmth to one of the EP's most infectious cuts. On "Fig Leaf", the elegant voice of Lizzie Bradley with the help of Leonard Charles shape a softer and more introspective dimension, balancing the record with sensual harmonies and delicate melodic tension. The instrumentals included throughout the release are not simply alternate versions, but another way to enter the architecture of the EP itself, exposing the precision, freedom and musical intelligence behind every groove. "Creator" once again confirms Inkswel's rare talent for building collective worlds through rhythm, where every collaborator becomes part of a larger emotional and sonic conversation.

Nonduality returns to Apparel Music, and this time he brings a collaborator. The Intelligent Twiddler EP, out July 31, 2026, marks his third appearance on the label, following the Melodies EP in 2020 and Augurio EP with Elayas in 2022, and introduces Chirop into the AM family for the first time. The two Berlin-based producers have been close for years, studiomates, creative confidants, part of the same tight-knit community that shapes the city's underground. That proximity shows in the music. Intelligent Twiddler doesn't sound like a collaboration assembled from parts; it sounds like a conversation that's been going on for a long time and finally found its way onto record. The EP lives at the intersection of dub-club sensibility and machine-driven precision. Textures breathe and decay. Rhythms lock in and then subtly shift. There's patience here, and a quiet confidence, the kind that comes from two people who know exactly what they're after and don't need to rush toward it. Nonduality's instinct for depth and movement meets Chirop's dub-rooted approach to sound design, and the result is something that pulls you in without announcing itself. For Apparel Music, Intelligent Twiddler represents a natural extension of the label's commitment to music that takes its time and earns its space. A record made between friends, in a room, over years of shared listening. It shows.

Nonduality returns to Apparel Music, and this time he brings a collaborator. The Intelligent Twiddler EP, out July 31, 2026, marks his third appearance on the label, following the Melodies EP in 2020 and Augurio EP with Elayas in 2022, and introduces Chirop into the AM family for the first time. The two Berlin-based producers have been close for years, studiomates, creative confidants, part of the same tight-knit community that shapes the city's underground. That proximity shows in the music. Intelligent Twiddler doesn't sound like a collaboration assembled from parts; it sounds like a conversation that's been going on for a long time and finally found its way onto record. The EP lives at the intersection of dub-club sensibility and machine-driven precision. Textures breathe and decay. Rhythms lock in and then subtly shift. There's patience here, and a quiet confidence, the kind that comes from two people who know exactly what they're after and don't need to rush toward it. Nonduality's instinct for depth and movement meets Chirop's dub-rooted approach to sound design, and the result is something that pulls you in without announcing itself. For Apparel Music, Intelligent Twiddler represents a natural extension of the label's commitment to music that takes its time and earns its space. A record made between friends, in a room, over years of shared listening. It shows.

HAPPY HOUR Vol. 1 You know that moment when work is finally over, someone says "just one drink?"... and somehow you're still there a few hours later? That's exactly what Happy Hour Vol. 1 is all about. Inspired by Milan, our town and the city of aperitivo, this collection brings together ten tracks by the Apparel Music family: light, warm, groovy house music that just makes everything feel a little easier. Some feel-good rhythms and the kind of records that naturally become part of the conversation. It's music for terraces, rooftops, beach bars, kitchen speakers, open windows. Released on October 9th, 2026, this is the first chapter of a new series. Think of it as a playlist made by friends who care a little too much about choosing the right music for any situation.