Alex Sonata & TheRio team up with Elevven on ‘Blue Java’.
Fraser Shaw and Riccardo Derio first began producing together in 2018 and two years later they officially emerged as Alex Sonata & TheRio. In 2021, the duo made their debut on the label with ‘Time’, released as part of the Anjunabeats Rising series. The Scottish-Italian duo then followed up with a string of trance floor-fillers such as ‘Are We Dreaming’, ‘Cala Luna’, ‘Breath Of The Wild’ in 2022.
In 2023, Alex Sonata & TheRio joined forces for the first time with Elevven on ‘Hanalei’ which saw extensive support amongst the trance community and amassed over 1M streams. 2023 also saw the release of ‘Mantra’, supported extensively by Above & Beyond, notably during the trio's headline performances at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and London’s Printworks. The duo also collaborated with trance linchpin Giuseppe Ottaviani and electro-pop vocalist Tishmal on ‘Tears Of The Kingdom’, as well as mixing the hotly-anticipated Anjunabeats Worldwide 11 compilation, which shot to #1 on the US iTunes Dance chart.
Last year, they released ‘Halcyon’ alongside Equinøx, which saw radio spins from Armin van Buuren, Farius and Ferry Corsten, as well as support from Kyau & Albert and many more. The duo also remixed Darren Tate & Solarstone’s ‘A Long Way From Home’, featuring vocals from Julie Scott.
US-based duo Elevven first appeared on the label with their remix of Gabriel & Dresden’s ‘You’, going on to become one of Above & Beyond’s most played tracks of 2018. Following this, the duo have remixed 7 Skies ‘Sushi’, Andrew Bayer & Red Dragons ‘Matriarch’ as well as releasing their first original release on Anjunabeats, ‘The Distance’.
Alex Sonata & TheRio marked the beginning of their 2025 with an official cover of iconic 2000s electro track ‘The Drill - The Drill’, debuted by the duo in front of 12,000 fans at ABGT600 in Mexico City. Now, they join forces with Elevven again for the second time on ‘Blue Java’, which has earned repeated spins by Above & Beyond on their recent run of dates in Australia.
Alex Sonata & The Rio x Elevven ‘Blue Java’ is out now on Anjunabeats.
