Jon Hopkins, ILA, HAAi, Obi Franky, Trans Voices 'Satellite' on MUTE

At 120 BPM, Jon Hopkins, ILA, HAAi, Obi Franky and Trans Voices' 'Satellite' is the slowest of the 12 melodic house and techno records this week, whose tempos run from 120 to 132 BPM. The track sits on MUTE, filed as melodic house and techno and released on 28 May.

Ten Walls placed it 18th of 22 on his Ten Walls Summer Collection 2025 chart, posted 10 September, a list where Louis Baker's 'Keep On' in the Andre Lodemann Vocal Mix, on Best Works Records, held second.

'Satellite' leans more on chord than drum, its percussion unhurried and never pushing the pace. The mix sits low in level, moderately open under the peaks, and the top end runs dark, giving the track a hushed, spacious quality.

Jon Hopkins brings a slim catalogue of four releases since 12 September 2011 to this one, spread across Distinctive Records, Balance Music, London Records and This Never Happened, and arrives here fresh from 'To Feel Again / Trois' on This Never Happened on 29 September 2022.