"How It Feels" brings together Spartaque, The Advocate and As Ide in a collaboration that grew out of shared history rather than studio strategy. Longtime friends with overlapping paths and previous joint work, they decided to start this track after playing together at Beonics Festival in Cyprus. When the acapella arrived, the idea was simple, work remotely and let instinct lead. The Advocate suggested pushing the arrangement towards a more trance-leaning form, opening space for melody and memory to sit at the centre of the track. The result is reflective and unguarded. The lyrics return to a first festival experience, that moment when everything feels new, colours sharper, nights endless, and emotion unfiltered. For artists who have each spent around twenty years behind the decks, that perspective carries weight. This is not nostalgia for its own sake, but a quiet acknowledgement of why they started and what still pulls them back.
Released on SPRMCY, Spartaque's new imprint, "How It Feels" sets a clear tone for the label, personal, melodic, and grounded in lived experience rather than trends.