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Here to Dance – Latest Dose of Good Vibes for 2025

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Here to Dance – Miss Rachel Rose

Here to Dance is a cheeky slice of dance floor silliness designed to make you shimmy and giggle at the same time. Check it out! (This is the club mix, which includes the obligatory 60 seconds of DJ-friendly kick-hi hat lead in. If you want to listen to the Radio Edit (which gets right in there straight away, you can stream it here on Spotify).

Listen to the Club Mix here

Here to Dance by Miss Rachel Rose. Released April 1, 2025. Genre: Deep House, House. Produced and composed by Miss Rachel Rose., Mixed and mastered by Planeta Libre Music. Distributed by DistroKid. ISWC T3314457659

Stream “Here to Dance” on all major streaming services

I use Distrokid, and register my works with the Spanish Intellectual Property collective, SGAE. If you want to stream Here to Dance and risk the tech platforms having to pay me out 10 cents 😉, then go ahead and click through to my LinkTree where all the platforms are listed.

About The Track

Genre

This is a House and Deep House track. There is a gritty little Juno synth lead that would sound massive in a club space. Also, the middle drop is tense and full of delay and movement. When the vocal cuts in, there is a build-up, and a surprise.

Vibe

The concept behind this track is both gender-bending and time-warping.

The gender bend comes because it is a female voice that relates seeing this fine dancer across the room, shimmying up beside, only to be rejected by a gruff male tone who is only there to dance. Women can hunt, too ;-).

The time warp comes in the words. The phrasing “beats are giving…” is very 2024 onwards. We didn’t say that in “Y2K France”. But hell, throwing shade and dirty glances are timeless, and brings it all home in the end!

Where does it fit in the mix?

At 124 BPM, this is not peak-time by today’s standards. I would put this about mid-set, when the vibes are high, but the tension is still building. I would definitely let the vocal drop sit on its own, teasing the intellect of anyone focused enough to listen to the words.

Just like Groove Machine and Check Your Dreams, my earlier releases of 2025, the overall genre is Deep House.

Production Babble

I composed and produced this track using Ableton Live 12. I used software synths (u-He Diva, Arturia Jun 6-V and Ableton Wavetable). The kick is a self-created Kick 2 sound. I did all the sound design myself, apart from the claps which are a sample.

There is a lot of synth arping and delay in the main part of the track. I took a lot of care and time to make the arps work together to shimmer without clashing. I used some altered consciousness tools during this production, and the trippy vibe shines through 😉.

Voices

The female voice is mine. I did a bunch of overdubs using different vocal pitches and formants and microphone positions. I sent the dry vocals to the mixing engineer, and he dealt with reverbs and all that.

The male voice is my Austrian friend Rouven. He really speaks like that ! When I first imagined the track, we were out having a beer and talking about music. I could simply “hear” his voice dropping the main vocal hook. As he was away for most of the winter, he eventually sent me a WhatsApp voice message with a huge array of “I’m here to dance” variations on it. I AirDropped it to the iMac, chopped it up, then used some slicing to get the stutter effect on some of the samples. It was also dry when sent for mixing.

What’s Next?

I have another tune that is nearly finished. If you sign up to my mailing list, you can get a free MP3 copy the week before it gets released. Here is the sign-up form:

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Biography: Miss Rachel Rose

Miss Rachel Rose is a DJ and producer based near Benidorm, Spain. She is a self-taught singer-songwriter with a long-standing passion for music and the music business. Rachel holds a Masters in Neuromusic, and is currently studying solfège, music theory, and composition.

Where to hear catch a live DJ set

I have a weekly gig in Benidorm, at the Caiman Beach Bar.

  • When: Every Saturday
  • Time: 4-6 PM (16.00-18:00 hrs) [Set times may change depending on the season – please check my Instagram for updates.]
  • Where: Caiman Beach Bar, Av. de Madrid no.13, Benidorm
  • What to expect: Deep, groovy, funky house music in a seafront location with cocktails, cold beer, and lovely service.
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Groove Machine: 1st release of 2025!

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Groove Machine – Now on all streaming platforms

I am super excited to report that I have just released my new deep house track “Groove Machine”! I used DistroKid, so it’s on all your favourite streaming platforms. Here is the YouTube music clip:

DAW – Ableton Live

I used Ableton Live for all the production. I used onboard and plug-in sounds.

I always use Sonic Academy Kick 2 because it offers so many options to choose, tune, and fine-tune the all-important kick sound.

I don’t tend to over-elaborate my tracks. I have a hi-hat drum rack that I usually use. The hats are all tuned to D- and A-, and it loads in my default template. This is just to save time, and keep me motivated when I open up the workstation. I also have a bongo rack that is tuned to D- and A- and loads in the default template.

Groove Machine does not have bongo sounds – but a sampled clap. yes. I use spectrum to analyse the frequencies of any samples that I may use, and am careful to keep everything in tune. Last night, thinking about production, I decided to put spectrum on the Master track of the template, and then solo the tracks to analyse them. Every little RAM saving helps!

Sound design

The lead synth sound in Groove Machine is all mine. I am proud that I did my own sound design for this song. It is tempting – and perfectly fine – to use samples and loops in production. But, since I am a singer-songwriter and from the DIY era, I love to do it myself.

In this case, I listened carefully to the reference track lead sound, then I messed around with a Wavetable preset, and then finally added a guitar amp plug-in, which I tweaked until I got the sound that I used on the track.

Vocal

The voice on the track is mine. I did a bunch of takes, using different microphone techniques (distance, angle). I equalised and de-essed the samples, and left the rest to the mixing and mastering engineer.

Reference Track

This is the first time I have ever produced a song using a reference track. I enjoyed the experience, and it gave me a new tool for my kit. For example: when I was trying to get a similar hi-hat sound, I worked out that you have to use some reverb on the hi-hats. I now apply this knowledge to every production.

Here is the reference track:

Mixing and Mastering

I outsourced the mixing and mastering of Groove Machine to a friend with whom I collaborate frequently. It is not the first time that I have used mixing and mastering services. But, it is the first time that I exported stems and sent them for treatment. I am really happy with how it turned out. It goes to show that two pairs of ears are better than one!

Graphic Design – Adobe Express

I use Adobe Express for almost everything, including the cover art for Groove Machine.

This is the first time that I used a template of theirs, and I am really happy with the ease and speed of creation, as well as the finished product.

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What’s Next?

I have another tune already in the can – finished, mixed and mastered. If you sign up to my mailing list, you can get a free MP3 copy the week before it gets released. Here is the sign-up form:

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Where to catch me spinning live

I have a weekly gig in Benidorm, at the Caiman Beach Bar.

  • When: Every Saturday
  • Time: 4-6 PM (16.00-18:00 hrs)
  • Where: Caiman Beach Bar, Av. de Madrid no.13, Benidorm
  • What to expect: Deep, groovy, funky house music in a seafront location with cocktails, cold beer, and lovely service.
Location