Just circling back as promised with the public link to FENRA’s new single ‘Emeralds’, out now via Base Layer Records.

Off the back of his 2025 ‘Delusional’ EP, FENRA is pushing forward with his unmistakable downtempo style. Portland-based producer FENRA unveiled his new single. His 2025 EP garnered support from global tastemakers such as Magnetic Magazine, CLASH Magazine, Electronic Groove, and When We Dip. He is the electronic moniker of producer B Laws, who grew up surrounded by art and first fell in love with harmony while listening to hymns in church with his grandmother. After teaching himself guitar at 14 and later experimenting with synths, vocals, and drums in bands that toured across the US, Europe, and Asia, he is now channeling his experience into a new artistic chapter. Drawing inspiration from pioneers like Caribou, Four Tet, Floating Points, Bonobo, DJ Koze, FENRA crafts music that bridges the cinematic with the deeply personal. On this song, fractured percussion and rich granular textures interlock to form the track’s restless, hypnotic backbone. Intricately arranged, the song blooms and evolves throughout its two-and-a-half minute runtime. Aligning with the ethereal realms of left-field and atmospheric electronica, the track occupies a cinematic space shared by Burial, Jon Hopkins, Bicep. An introspective contemplation, single avoids the clichéd tropes of commercial dance and EDM in favor of a spacious, mood-driven environment that transcends typical lo-fi or pop-crossover territory. The track builds to a powerful close, swirling synth textures and UK garage-inspired percussion converging into a charged, cinematic finale. ‘Emeralds’ is sure to strike a chord with fans of Burial, Four Tet, Synkro. He shared: “track started with some chords and vocal fragments that I kept sampling, resampling, and reshaping until it became almost like a living texture underneath the track. I intentionally kept the drums soft and distant because I wanted the song to feel less like a traditional dance record and more like a small atmospheric world you could disappear into.”

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