This isn’t a whisper into the crowd – it’s a shout through smoke and strobe, a bouncy heartbeat for bodies already in motion. With “On My Mind (Groove Mix)”, Yesca doesn’t remix – he reanimates. Taken from “HT25”, the twenty-fifth release on Happiness Therapy and a return to the split EP format that started it all, this cut is peak-time medicine, designed to slide under the skin and stay there.
Where the original drifted gently, this version marches. The bassline is leaner, meaner – not just moving forward, but pulling the whole track behind it like a dancer leading a crowd. It’s the kind of groove that doesn’t wait for permission; it kicks the door open and asks questions later. What once shimmered now thumps. What once floated now drives.
The vocals – those hazy, half-said mantras – ride the new foundation with more urgency. They’re no longer wistful. They’re locked in, riding the bounce like thoughts stuck in your head at 3AM with a four-to-the-floor to match. The synths, too, shed their softness. They tighten up, sharpen – less sunbeam, more spotlight – flashing like teeth behind the smile of the mix.
And that’s the brilliance of this Groove Mix: it doesn’t erase the track’s original character. It amplifies its heartbeat. It finds the hook, dials the tension up a notch, and sets it loose on a crowd ready to give in.
Yesca’s contribution to “HT25” is no filler. It’s a tool, a thrill, a controlled fire – made not for contemplative listens, but for that precise moment when the energy shifts and the floor needs a push. Festival season, terrace sunsets, warehouse peaks – this track belongs there.
With “HT25“, Happiness Therapy doesn’t just revisit its beginnings – it reasserts its mission: platform the fresh, fuel the floor, and keep the pulse moving forward. And Yesca’s “On My Mind (Groove Mix)” does exactly that – grooving not for the sake of nostalgia, but because the moment demands it.
Words by Holger Breuer
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