If you’ve been chasing that perfect late-night drive vibe where the bass hits your chest and the melody makes you feel something real, stop scrolling. Chris Giuliano just delivered exactly that with the Club Mix of “Out Alive,” and it’s already shaping up to be one of the standout melodic techno releases of the year.
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Straight out of Los Angeles, Chris Giuliano has been quietly (okay, not so quietly anymore) building a reputation as one of the most exciting American names in electronic music. With releases on heavyweights like Anjunabeats, Armada, Insomniac, and Enhanced, plus support from the biggest DJs on the planet, he’s not just playing the game — he’s rewriting it. And if you needed any more proof he’s next up, he’s locked in to play Dreamstate SoCal 2025. Yeah, that Dreamstate.
“Out Alive (Club Mix)” is the kind of track that feels tailor-made for golden-hour festival sets and 3 a.m. warehouse moments alike. It takes everything people love about melodic techno — those rolling basslines, shimmering synths, and that hypnotic forward momentum — and injects it with real emotion. This isn’t just a DJ tool; it’s a story.
Teaming up with longtime collaborators Taber and Behr, Chris bridges the gap between indie songwriting heart and peak-time dancefloor energy. Taber — a folk/indie singer-songwriter who’s opened for Bruce Hornsby and taken home the UM Frost Songwriting Competition — brings raw, honest vocals that cut straight through the mix. Behr, the visionary behind LA’s Almost Holden Collective (a crew killing it across music, film, and visual art), helps shape a sound that early listeners are already calling “America’s answer to RÜFÜS DU SOL.”
And honestly? They’re not wrong.
There’s something distinctly West Coast about this one — cinematic, sun-soaked, but still dark enough to rattle a soundsystem. It’s melodic techno with soul, the kind of record that makes you want to roll the windows down on the PCH at midnight or lose yourself under festival lights with 20,000 new friends.
The Club Mix especially is built for movement. That driving kick, the layered percussion, the way the vocal chops swirl in and out — it’s pure trance-inducing magic. You can already hear this one destroying tents at EDC, Dreamstate, or any proper melodic techno stage in 2026.
Chris himself is one of those rare artists who can do it all: produce bangers across dance, pop, hip-hop, and rock; engineer for film and podcasts; co-found studios (shoutout AHC Studios and his work with Northern Haus and Immersed Records); and still find time to throw down high-energy, genre-bending DJ sets that keep crowds locked in from start to finish.
This dude is the full package.
If you’re into melodic techno, progressive house, or just great electronic music with actual feeling behind it, you need “Out Alive (Club Mix)” in your life immediately.
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What do you think of “Out Alive”? Does it hit like a stateside RÜFÜS DU SOL for you too? Drop your thoughts below — I’m dying to know who else is obsessed already.
