Steve Angello has released the video for his track Rejoice. The experimental fashion film was curated by Angello himself, and serves as ‘an interpretation about heaven and hell’. These are themes central to his forthcoming album of three acts Genesis, Inferno and Paradiso. The video for Rejoice blends CGI and haute couture, set against the track’s powerful sermon, delivered by one of the USA’s most celebrated preachers, T.D. Jakes. Unlike anything he’s done before, the new music goes into a much darker, artful direction inspired by Steve’s own spiritual awakening.
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling DJ/producer Steve Angello recently released Genesis the first of three acts from his highly-anticipated album Almost Human. Genesis features Rejoice featuring T.D. Jakes as well as Breaking Kind, which features Paul Meany, the lead singer and keyboardist of Grammy-nominated U.S. rock band Mutemath.
The three stages of forthcoming album Almost Human reflect the varying stages of Steve Angello’s life. After feeling disillusioned by his craft and following a recent spiritual awakening, Angello decided to reinvent his live performances by creating the three acts, each embodying its own universe, and providing an alternative way to ingest music. This led him to create Rejoice, which in turn inspired the rest of the album.
Of the new music, Steve says: 'Rejoice is the most powerful piece of music I've ever created. It isn't a written record to fill a void or accomplish status - this is pure motivation, inspiration and honesty expressed by an incredible bishop that changed me completely. I've never done anything like it and I've never worked with words that meant more in my entire career. This record is ground-breaking for me as an individual. It came into my life when I needed it the most and I had to make that moment last forever by immortalizing it. Breaking Kind’ is one of my favourite songs of the album. The genius song melody, writing and performance floored me first time I heard it. It represents the soundtrack of my life, melodically and musically it hits every emotion I have for display. It moves me into Melancholy happiness, while delivering the highest form of nostalgia.'
Rejoice and Breaking Kind follow Steve Angello’s 2016 debut solo album Wild Youth, which was released on his own label SIZE Records and debuted at number 1 on the iTunes Dance chart in over 42 countries.
