Josh Baker, Rhys from the Sticks – Souvenir [Baker’s Dozen]

Josh Baker’s hot streak shows no signs of slowing, as he returns with brand new single ‘Souvenir’ featuring rhys from the sticks, released via Bakers Dozen / Three Six Zero.

‘Souvenir’ lands following what was arguably the biggest week of Baker’s career to date, having announced and sold out two shows for his first-ever B3B with friends and fellow house heavyweights Prospa and KETTAMA, bringing together three artists who have helped define a new generation of British electronic music.

Teased with a cinematic Guy Ritchie-esque trailer, the trio are seen suited and booted in a snooker hall, complete with pints, pool cues and smoky back-room energy ahead of their first B3B on British soil, having only been seen before at Miami Music Week, Coachella and EDC Las Vegas.

Josh also closed his sold-out YOU&ME residency at Amnesia Ibiza last night with two sets – playing both sunset and sunrise – with the sets filmed for a special BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. The finale featured Enzo Siragusa B2B Silva Bumpa, Max Dean, Marsolo, Moxie, Reeshy and more, bringing to a close a residency that has become one of Ibiza’s defining parties of the summer.

Built around Josh’s shimmering house production and rhys’s unforgettable vocal hook, ‘Souvenir’ captures the feeling of memories that refuse to fade. The lyrics “burn marks on my hoodie, from your cigarette” and “red lights and white lies you’re telling me” paint vivid snapshots of a relationship long gone, before the emotional refrain “burn marks on my hoodie in case I forget, I’m just a souvenir” leads as the track’s defining moment. It’s a collaboration that feels equally at home in a warehouse as it does soundtracking the end of summer.