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“Playing in Latin America always feels very special. The connection people have with music there is incredibly strong, and you can feel that energy the moment you step on stage.”


Collaboration and Momentum


Collaborations have also beco- me an important dimension of Marten Lou’s artistic evolution. His recent track “Need You,” created with Dutch melodic house artist Colyn, represents a meeting point between two distinct sonic identities. The partnership began unexpectedly during a show in Entre Ríos, Argentina, where the two artists first connected while traveling through the region.


“The first time Colyn and I actually met was in Argentina, in a small town called Entre Ríos, which is about four hours from Buenos Aires. It was probably the longest trip I’ve ever taken just to play a single show. When we met there, we immediately had a great vibe. Colyn is a really nice guy, so the connection felt very natural from the beginning.


There’s also a funny full-circle story


behind it. Before my


career really took off in 2022, I went out with some friends to a club in Berlin called Watergate, where Colyn was playing that night. After his set, I actually went up to him and asked if we could take a photo together. I still remember that moment very clearly.


If you listen closely to our music, you’ll notice that our are actually


styles quite different.


Colyn often plays much harder, more driving records, while my sound tends to focus more on emotional melodies, atmosphe- re, and vocals. But that contrast was exactly what made the collaboration interesting.”


The story behind the collabo- ration carries a certain poetic symmetry. Years earlier, before Marten’s career had taken off, he


attended a Colyn performance at Berlin’s iconic Watergate club. After the set, he approached the DJ to ask for a photo. Today, the two artists are releasing music together.


“We were just releasing a track together


called ‘Need You.’ It


feels quite surreal in the best possible way. Instead of trying to make our styles identical, we embraced those differences and used them as a creative advantage.”


Colyn’s more driving melodic techno aesthetic contrasts with Lou’s focus on emotional melodies and vocal storyte- lling. The tension between those approaches ultimately became the creative engine behind the track.


Hideaway: A New Chapter


Another chapter in Marten Lou’s evolving catalogue arrives with “Hideaway,” his upcoming co- llaboration with producer and DJ LUCH. The two artists have been friends for several years, first connecting through their shared approach to emotional melodic house and staying in touch while touring across diffe- rent continents. Their previous collaboration, “LoveHate Thing,” established a natural creative chemistry between them, and “Hideaway” builds on that foun- dation while moving the sound into slightly more indie-leaning territory. The result is a record that feels both familiar and subtly exploratory within Lou’s sonic world.


Unlike traditional studio colla- borations, much of the creative process behind “Hideaway” un- folded while both artists were traveling. Ideas were exchanged through voice notes, demos, and


quick musical sketches sent across time zones as they moved from show to show. One moment stands out in Marten’s memory: the early conversations about the track began while he was sitting in a car on the way to a performance in Amman. Even in those early drafts, he sensed that the record carried a special emotional atmosphere.


“Because both of us are touring around the world most of the time, it’s not always easy to be in the same place or in the same studio. A lot of the creative pro- cess actually happened while we were traveling and working re- motely. I remember one moment very clearly: I was sitting in the car going to a show in Amman, in Jordan, when we started tal- king about the idea for the track, sending voice notes and early ideas back and forth.”


For Lou, the intention behind the track was to capture a feeling of escape. The production leans into warm, melodic textures, subtle indie influences, and an emotional lift that allows liste- ners to lose themselves in the music. Whether heard through headphones or on a crowded dance floor, “Hideaway” aims to create a shared emotional mo- ment between the artist and the audience.


The record will also have a symbolic debut during Miami Music Week. Marten Lou and LUCH plan to perform the track together during their shows at Wynwood Studios, marking the first time the song will be sha- red live in front of an audience. For an artist who constantly tests music in real environments, moments like this remain an essential part of the creative process.


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