Afro house keeps winning the long game in 2026. Splice and festival lineups keep treating tribal percussion and warm deep-house bass as the language of the floor, not a passing mood. Into that moment drop Flauschig with Say my name, a collaboration with singer Rona Ray that they keep calling a little gem. The title is familiar. The delivery is theirs: house built for heart and soul, not just the peak of a set.
Stephan Spieker and Jason Durrant, both born in 1980, sit behind the German moniker. Flauschig is the German word for fluffy or fleecy, and they lean into that idea on purpose. They started producing house in 2005, found success under other aliases, then circled back to the sound that first pulled them in. Both have long DJ careers in clubs, and the project is framed as a return to roots rather than a rebrand. Their own line is simple: it is always music for your heart and soul. They talk about an emotional, fluffy mix of house in all its facets, and they want productions that still rock a dance floor while getting support beyond Germany.
Say my name sits in Tribal / Afro House, House (Old-school), and Deep House. That is a useful mix right now. Old-school house gives you the swing and the room to breathe. Deep house keeps the low end warm. Tribal and Afro house put percussion and groove first so the track can live in a DJ set without shouting. Current Afro house writing keeps landing around a mid-tempo pocket, with fewer stacked loops and more space for one strong rhythm to do the work. Flauschig have been making house long enough that this is not a trend-chase so much as a lane they already knew.
Rona Ray is the vocal collaborator they highlight in the pitch. Jason and Stephan call her gifted and outstanding, and they say they are extremely proud of the record. That is the extent of what they sent, so that is the extent of what belongs here. What matters for listeners is the framing: a vocal house cut from two producers who treat house as a full-spectrum thing, not a single BPM or a single club city.
The name Flauschig is also a small branding gift. In a year when Afro house can go hard, festival-sized, or late-night and stripped, a project that advertises softness without abandoning the floor stands out. Fluffy does not have to mean quiet. It can mean the groove is rounded, the mix is friendly, and the record still moves a room. That is the promise they have been making since they put the moniker together.
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Say my name is Flauschig asking the scene to meet them where they started: house that is emotional first and functional second, with a singer they trust in the middle. Put it next to the other tribal and deep records in your queue and see which hour of the night it belongs to.
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