The Holydrug Couple’s new and first release of 2025 is a familiar one—this year marks its tenth anniversary. Originally released in 2015 as part of a B-sides album from the Moonlust era, “Lunes 1 de Abril” is an atypical track that barely exceeds one minute in length, yet it has accumulated nearly 20 million plays on platforms like Spotify. In 2025, a decade since the album’s release and the creative work surrounding it, The Holydrug Couple is offering a kind of musical archaeology.
This move is both a response to fans who were left wanting more due to the song’s brevity and an effort by the artist to revisit and re-explore the creative paths taken during that time—in terms of production, composition, and mixing.
A damaged hard drive and the loss of most of the original sessions and tracks from those years forced Yves, with the help of some friends, to reconstruct, recreate, and re-record all the instruments that make up the song. The keyboards were recorded with Ismael Palma, producer of the band Inmontauk, at his studio in Santiago; the drums were recorded at Reflex Magnet Studios by Kb Cabala, an old friend now based in Berlin, and performed by Joaquin Margulis, current collaborator with Chicos de Nazca and The Holydrug Couple. The rest of the work was done in Yves’ portable studio between Santiago and Berlin, completing the details and bringing all the sounds together to achieve a re-materialization of “Lunes 1 de Abril”.
It adds to the ‘Especial’ release, the remix made by Ismael Palma, aka Inmontauk. A very sensitive and evocative version that expands the colour palette on the presented music. The ‘New Disco Club Remix’ that presents a sort of Italo Disco, heavy on a arpeggiated bass and with drums player by Joaquin Margulis. The next tracks are an exercise that shows an expanded possibility on speed and format.
This new version retains the spirit and texture of the original 2015 Moonlust-era release but expands into a longer, fuller version, with sound quality and arrangements that are sure to surprise 2025 listeners.
released May 22nd, 2025
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