Tech house keeps finding new ways to feel both familiar and fresh, and Matroda is one of the names that makes that balance look easy. Fresh off his HARD TO EXPLAIN EP on Insomniac Records, he teams with Maksim Sudakov on Nights With You, a groove-first cut that sits right in that sweet spot between club-ready tech house and something a little more indie-dance in spirit.
The track lives in the second slot of a four-song package that also includes I Need Your Lovin’, We Own This Floor, and THINGS YOU SAY. Where some of those records lean harder into peak-time heat, Nights With You keeps a looser, more nocturnal swing. Reports around the EP describe it as soaked in ’80s nostalgia without slipping into pastiche, still contemporary enough to work in a modern set. That is classic Matroda: functional enough for the booth, stylish enough that you remember the texture after the lights come up.
If you only know the name from festival lineups or Beatport charts, the short version is this. Matroda is Croatian producer Matija Rodić, the person behind what fans call #matrodasound. He owns Terminal Underground, the label he launched as a tight platform for his own records and selected new music. He has spent years in the upper ranks of 1001Tracklists producer charts, and he still lists that #25 worldwide moment in his own bio. Releases on Insomniac have been a consistent home, and the catalog runs from early festival heaters through later jackin and tech house tools that DJs actually play.
That history matters because Nights With You does not sound like a side experiment. It sounds like someone who already knows how a dancefloor breathes. Rolling drums, a bassline that stays out of the way until it needs to push, and enough space in the midrange for the collaboration with Sudakov to sit naturally. Indie dance fans will hear the slightly left-of-center attitude; tech house heads will hear a record they can drop without resetting the room.
The wider scene is in a similar mood right now. Tech house is still the workhorse genre for clubs that want energy without full mainstage maximalism, and labels like Insomniac keep feeding that lane with short, focused EPs instead of bloated albums. Matroda’s approach fits the moment: keep the tools sharp, keep the personality intact, and let the collab add color rather than steal the frame.
What do you think of this one? Does the ’80s tint work for you, or do you prefer his more aggressive Terminal Underground cuts? Drop it in the comments.
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