Irish-born producer and DJ Luciid will release his debut album REELUV on 22 May 2026 via Be Yourself Music. The 13-track project includes a bonus Schranz edit and represents a reinvention beyond hard techno. Momentum from the REELUV EPs includes over two million combined streams and more than one million monthly Spotify listeners. Singles Hard Truths, Pray, and Charm reached the Beatport Hard Techno Top 10. REELUV is framed as a personal confession written during creative burnout and personal reckoning, with tracks created during the pandemic in Dundalk and in hotel rooms while touring Europe. The album blends schranz, breakbeat, melodic techno, hard techno, euphoric trance, and cinematic electronics, combining warehouse energy with trance breakdowns and restrained, emotionally direct vocals. It was released in multiple EP steps to encourage deeper listening and reject swipe culture.
"REELUV is not a collection of club tools. It is a confession. Written during a period of creative burnout and personal reckoning, the album documents LUCIID's journey from disillusionment, back to a genuine love of music. Tracks like "6AM" and "Sakura" were made during the pandemic while Luke was studying in Dundalk; others were written in hotel rooms on tour across Europe. The title says it plainly: this is the story of falling back in love."
"Spanning schranz, breakbeat, melodic techno, hard techno, euphoric trance, and cinematic electronics, REELUV is a record that defies easy categorisation. Warehouse-grade kicks collide with shimmering trance breakdowns. Emotionally direct vocals carry the weight of festival anthems, reshaped with restraint and nuance. The album is simultaneously nostalgic and completely new, drawing on twenty years of electronic music history and firing it into the present with fresh intent."
"Rather than a standard album drop, LUCIID delivered REELUV in multiple steps, each EP arriving in its own time, demanding that listeners engage deeply rather than scroll past. It is a deliberate rejection of swipe culture, and a statement of intent about the kind of artistry LUCIID wants to build."
"The album arrives off the back of extraordinary momentum: the first three EP releases from the REELUV project have already accumulated over 2 million combined streams, and LUCIID now commands over 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Singles Hard Truths, Pray, and Charm all charted in the Beatport Hard Techno Top 10, confirming the project's immediate impact before the full album has even landed."
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