Darby’s ‘PARTY’ EP arrives like a glitter bomb in a therapy session – a four-track exploration of what happens when club euphoria crashes into late-night existential crisis. The Australian producer, already catching cosigns from Skrillex and remixing for ODESZA, refuses to let us just mindlessly fist-pump our way through his latest NIGHTMODE release.
Sure, the tracks bang – “TRUST” with Britt Lari and the OOTORO collab “PARTY” are engineered to detonate on festival stages. But beneath the UKG rhythms and bass house thunder, Darby’s playing psychiatrist to the sweaty masses. “FLOW” and “AUTOPILOT” featuring ÊMIA dive into those 3 AM moments when the lights hit different and you’re questioning every life choice that led you to this dancefloor.
At 24, Darby’s already got releases on Ninja Tune, Monstercat, and Bitbird under his belt, but this hits different. While his contemporaries are content making generic festival fodder, he’s out here turning Y2K nostalgia and club dynamics into sonic case studies. ‘PARTY’ isn’t just an EP – it’s what happens when your therapist starts spinning UK garage. The couch is optional, but dancing isn’t.

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