Leandro Da Silva Channels Latin Roots Into Hypnotic Membership Heater 'Oye Manita'

The brand new collaboration with Haxhia arrives as Da Silva picks up three nominations at this yr’s Italian Dance Music Awards.

Someplace between Miami and Ibiza this spring, Leandro Da Silva observed the identical factor occurring each time he dropped a specific unreleased ID into his units: the gang moved earlier than anybody might establish the music. That ID, ‘Oye Manita’ with Haxhia, is out now on his imprint Black Lizard Information, and it’s a membership lower that calls on deep Latin roots and interprets them into one thing that pulls individuals in earlier than they understand it.

The Italian-Brazilian producer has constructed a world following on the again of a collection of high-profile remixes for David Guetta, Clear Bandit, and Sofi Tukker. He tells EDM.com the monitor began “from a really emotional place earlier than it turned a membership file,” noting that the supply materials speaks to “identification, sisterhood and resilience.”

“The problem was not simply making a remix or a ‘tech home model,’” he defined. “I wished to maintain the soul of the unique alive whereas translating that vitality into one thing that would work in golf equipment around the globe.” To get there, Da Silva road-tested the file from Miami to Ibiza all through section one in all his world tour, a run that hit the US, Canada, Mexico, Italy, and Spain, and observed the identical response all over the place. “Individuals might not know the unique music, however they nonetheless really feel related to it,” he mentioned.

The discharge arrives amid a banner stretch for Da Silva, who just lately picked up three nominations at this yr’s Italian Dance Music Awards within the classes of Finest Home DJ/Producer, Finest Radio Present for his long-running m2o Radio program ‘In Da Silva Home,’ and Unbiased Label of the Yr for Black Lizard. “It represents totally different sides of the work I’ve been constructing over time,” he mentioned. “It’s not solely about being acknowledged as a DJ or producer, but additionally for the larger imaginative and prescient round every thing I do.”

Yow will discover his new single, ‘Oye Manita,’ on streaming providers right here.