Mia Mendi, the UK dance/techno duo, teams up with rising talent Blake Light for a groove-locked collaboration built on pure instinct.

Some of the best music happens when you stop thinking and start trusting. That philosophy drives ‘Lose Yourself’, the new collaboration between avant-garde duo Mia Mendi and Blake Light, premiering on FAULT today as the track releases via Armada Music.

The track centers on a hypnotic rolling groove that emerged organically during the studio session. No rigid concepts, just two artists locked into a flow state, letting ideas form themselves naturally. The result balances Mia Mendi’s signature esoteric atmospherics with forward-thinking sound design that works equally well at 1am or 4am.

“Collaborating with Blake Light is always an exercise in pure instinct. For ‘Lose Yourself,’ we didn’t enter the studio with a rigid concept; instead, we wanted to capture the raw, unpolished energy that happens when you trust your gut and the tech you’re working with. The track emerged from a single, rolling groove that we locked into early in the session. It’s a record born not from overthinking, but from hitting that flow state where ideas start forming themselves naturally.”

Mia Mendi

That approach makes sense for a duo who’ve spent the past decade pushing boundaries. Since launching in 2015, James Oliver and Meti Mehmeti have built Mia Mendi into a project that refuses to settle into predictable patterns. Their label Hydera debuted in 2020 with ‘Cultum’, which hit #1 on Beatport’s Melodic House & Techno chart. In 2024, they launched Species with widerberg, expanding from releases into immersive events worldwide.

Blake Light brings fresh perspective to the collaboration, complementing Mia Mendi’s experimental edge with his own production sensibilities. The chemistry is immediate. Rolling basslines drive the track forward while layered textures create depth without sacrificing dancefloor functionality.

This is music made for losing yourself in the moment. No pretense. No overthinking. Just pure instinct translated into sound.

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