The weight of feeling, the depth of motion. This is music for seekers - late-night wanderers chasing the pulse beneath the surface.

There's something about a Dougal Fox track that creeps into your bloodstream. It's not a scream. It's not a shout. It's a whisper behind your ear in a darkened room, just before the drop hits and the air thickens. With Yugen, Fox stretches his limbs into the beyond - a low-slung, melodic techno throbber that trades in emotion, atmosphere, and that intangible quality the Japanese call yugen - the profound awareness of the beauty found in life's fleeting moments.

Dougal Fox has built a serious reputation over the past two years - quietly, steadily, and with the poise of a true craftsman. Supported by progressive house royalty - Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha & John Digweed, Nick Warren - Fox is no longer the underground's best-kept secret. His sonic signature is unmistakable: organic, hypnotic grooves with just enough edge to pull the dancefloor into a trance.

Then comes the B-side - SUDO Brothers remix. And it's not for the faint-hearted.

SUDO Brothers is a name that techno heads speak in reverent tones. A Beatport chart dominator, with releases on Drumcode, Kompakt, Terminal M, and beyond - the Japanese maestro reshapes Yugen into a dark, unrelenting weapon. Think steel and steam. Sweat and shadow. This is Berghain at dawn, pulse in your neck, sweat on your teeth.

Together, these two takes on Yugen form a devastating duality - the emotional push-pull of melody and muscle, thought and instinct. It's rare you get both on one release. But Fox and SUDO Brothers deliver like old friends telling different versions of the same myth - one gentle, one feral, both true.

And for the crate diggers: keep eyes peeled for the limited edition coloured vinyl, curated by Fox himself - a summer V/A release that stitches together the current pulse of Ray Of Light Records into something tangible, collectable, and utterly essential.

This isn't just another label drop. It's a chapter in a story unfolding in real time - the rise of a composer who knows restraint, who knows tension, and who isn't afraid to let the music breathe. Fox isn't here to flood the system. He's here to rewire it.

File under: Music for the head, body, and heart. Mood-heavy, club-ready, emotionally charged.

Out now via Ray Of Light Records.
Plug in. Turn up. Drift out.