The feelgood futuristic dance duo AR/CO ended 2024 on a high when their FISHER collab ‘Ocean’ became the 5th most added song on Spotify in the entire world and was boosted by phenomenal support from multiple key DJs at both Radio 1 and KISS FM. Now AR/CO make a dazzling start to the new year as they join forces with Punctual and NewEra for the new single ‘Generation Love’ out now on HELIX RECORDS. This triple-threat of next wave dance stars have a combined total of 9 million monthly listeners at Spotify alone. Listen HERE.
The three artists unleash a euphoric rush with ‘Generation Love’. With high-intensity house beats blended with swirling psychedelic vibes, saccharine sweet vocal harmonies and a little Afrobeats flavour, it delivers a radiant, warm antidote to theJanuary gloom. And as we’ve come to expect from AR/CO, the lyrics celebrate the power of togetherness – love, friendship and being part of something greater than you could be alone.
AR/CO said, “Generation Love is less about being perfect and more about reaching out and sharing the load with your people. NewEra are such free-spirited lads from a different generation to us, their energy is infectious which has been brilliant. Punctual are always down for a proper laugh and they really know how to make stuff sound fresh! You’d wonder how 6 artists get on, but it’s just easy with this lot!”
Punctual adds, “We’ve been working with AR/CO for a while now and absolutely love their sound. We’ve always wanted to find the perfect track to collaborate on, and this one instantly felt right. We wrote it together last summer, and while it was already special, we felt like it was missing something. We sent it over to NewEra and they completely smashed it! We’ve been huge fans of theirs for ages, so it’s a massive buzz to have them on board.”
NewEra says, “We are delighted to be joining AR/CO and Punctual on this track and when we joined together recently in Dublin it was clear this was going to be something special”.
The Grammy and Billboard Music Award nominees AR/CO have made their mark in a big way, with their own projects such as the ‘Origin Stories’ EP as well as their status as one of the dance world’s most requested collaborators. From pioneering artists to rising hopes, spanning global names to underground favourites, their list of collaborators reads like a dream festival line-up: FISHER, PNAU, Rudimental, Don Diablo, Tiёsto, Kx5, The Stickmen Project, Franky Wah, Sub Focus,220 KID, Hayden James, Will Clarke, 1991, Jaded and more. Their joyous explosion of sound is life-affirming live, too, with highlights so far including Radio 1’s Big Weekend, arena shows with 5 Seconds of Summer, and a sold-out UK headline tour. They’re now set to play their debut North American show as guests to it’s murph at the Hollywood Palladium on March 8th.
Punctual – John Morgan and Will Lansley – possess a gift for energetic, party-starting club tracks, their own tracks and collaborations with RY X, Armin Van Buuren, Aluna and Cheat Codes exceeding a billion streams. They’re also top tier producers and songwriters, with huge moments including ‘Black Mascara’ from RAYE’s BRIT Award-winning British Album of the Year ‘My 21st Century Blues’; Ella Henderson and Switch Disco’s ‘React’,which was nominated for Song of the Year at the BRITs; and ‘Kisses’ from BL3SS which spent eleven weeks in the Top 10. They have also worked with Jason Derulo, Rudimental, Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and more.
Irish duo NewEra only debuted a little over a year ago, but they’ve been ascending ever since. Their first track ‘Birds In The Sky’ has surpassed 50 million streams, which they followed with just their second release ‘Dance With U’. Their rise has been heralded with remixes for several big names – Anne-Marie, Clean Bandit, CYRIL, Nate Dogg and Flux – while they were unmissable last year with countless sets at summer hotspots across Europe.
