New Zealand’s rising electronic star, Lu Baxxant, delivers a cathartic dancefloor revelation with “Hold on Me”, his new tech house single on Dog Records, which transforms personal vulnerability into communal euphoria. Channeling the overwhelming rush of a night out spiraling into social anxiety, Baxxant crafts a track that pulses with both nervous energy and liberating release—proof that the club can be therapy for the overstimulated soul.
The song’s magic lies in its contrasts: intricate percussion patterns mimic racing thoughts while soaring vocal chops offer emotional respite, all anchored by basslines that thump with reassuring certainty. Baxxant’s eclectic upbringing—raised on his father’s diet of Talking Heads, Roni Size, and Leftfield—shines through in the track’s sophisticated layers, avoiding generic tech house tropes for something distinctly human.
Following the success of “This Love”, this release cements Baxxant’s gift for alchemizing lived experience into kinetic grooves. As he hints at a forthcoming dive into DnB/stutter experimentation, “Hold on Me” stands as both a career milestone and an invitation—to dance through discomfort until the light breaks through.
On ‘Hold on Me,’ Lu Baxxant transforms social anxiety into a dancefloor anthem
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