There’s something special about watching an artist circle back to the sound that first lit the fire. After years of building a name in the house scene, Phoenix’s Ekonovah just dropped “Counting On You” and it feels like a full-circle moment done right. Released on Bassrush Records as part of The Prophecy Volume 14, this track marks his first official step into bass music, and it hits with the kind of confidence that only comes from someone who already knows the culture.
Ekonovah has spent the better part of a decade crafting progressive, tech, and bass house records for labels like Revealed, Confession, and Hexagon. Live support from the likes of Porter Robinson, Tchami, and Tiësto followed, along with festival stages at EDC Las Vegas and Bonnaroo and club nights across Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The mission has always been simple: cultivate a new sound. Original vocals and a sharp ear for songwriting have been the through-line, even as the grooves shifted.
“Counting On You” is different. It opens with a delicate piano melody wrapped in soft vinyl crackle. A quiet, repeating vocal floats in—“I’m counting on you”—and the whole thing feels intimate, almost fragile. Then the drop arrives. Distorted, writhing bass takes over, the energy snaps into something snarling and heavy, and suddenly you’re in pure bass territory. The drums lean breakbeat, giving the track a restless pulse that sits right around that classic 140 BPM sweet spot. It’s not a trend chase. Ekonovah has said dubstep was the first electronic sound that grabbed him, long before house took over. This feels like coming home.
Bassrush has always been a home for artists who treat low-end as both weapon and emotional language. Dropping this track on The Prophecy series puts Ekonovah in the middle of that conversation. The production is clean but never polite—sublime in the verses, then nasty when it needs to be. You can hear the years of house groove in the way the tension builds, yet the final impact is pure bass music. It’s the kind of track that works in a dark club at 2 a.m. and still holds up on headphones the next morning.
What stands out most is the honesty. A lot of producers hop genres for playlist real estate. Ekonovah sounds like he actually needed this one. In his own words, every now and then a song teaches you something about yourself as an artist, and this was that song for him. He’s not abandoning house—he’s collecting new ideas and bringing them back. That mindset is rare and it shows.
If you’re deep in the bass scene or just curious about artists who refuse to stay in one box, “Counting On You” is worth the spin. It’s haunting without being soft, heavy without losing the melody, and clearly the start of a new chapter rather than a one-off experiment.
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What do you think of Ekonovah’s move into bass music? Does the drop live up to the build for you? Drop a comment and let me know.
