Cristina Lazic is back on her own turf. The Italian-born, London-based artist and classically trained pianist has returned to La Zic, the imprint she founded in 2024, with a new EP titled That’s Right — her first release on the label in over a year. It is the kind of homecoming that feels earned, arriving with the confidence of someone who knows exactly what she is doing and why.
The original track is a pure expression of Lazic’s signature sound. A hi-octane skipping groove locks in with a bubbly bassline while dubby, spacey synths and pads build patiently beneath the surface, the whole thing coiling tighter until it tips into a hands-up, heads-down drop built for dark rooms and heavy systems. There is something cinematic in how she constructs a record — the patience of a classically trained musician applied to the physicality of the dancefloor. Her discography runs through Crosstown Rebels, Moan and Bondage Music, and her sets are known for gliding between elegant minimal, groovy tech and dreamy melodic house. That’s Right sits comfortably in that lineage.
The EP brings two remixers into the fold, and the contrast between them is part of what makes the package work. Italian duo Supernova — the Lapsus Music founders who have been shaping the house scene for over two decades — deliver the terrace cut, loading their version with disco stabs, congas and a pure injection of groove. It is the kind of remix that does exactly what it needs to do: push the energy outward, into daylight and open air.
Then there is YokoO, and his version pulls in the opposite direction entirely. The French-born, Lisbon-based DJ and producer — who curates his own SATYA label alongside a discography that spans All Day I Dream, Kindisch and Get Physical — strips the urgency out of That’s Right and replaces it with hypnosis. His 4AM Tool Mix is a classy, loopy seven-minute jam that trades drama for depth, wrapping the track in subtle textures and slow-burning tension. It is the kind of music made for the smallest hours, when the floor has thinned and the mood turns inward. After more than fifteen years carving out a singular space in underground house, YokoO brings that accumulated restraint to bear here, and the result is sublime and enigmatic in equal measure.
La Zic itself is worth understanding beyond the releases it puts out. The name translates loosely from French slang as „the music,“ and Lazic built it as something more expansive than a standard imprint. Since its 2024 launch, the platform has combined record releases with an artist development academy and live events, all held together by a lunar, surrealist aesthetic that sits somewhere between minimal, deep tech and melodic house. It is a considered vision, and That’s Right reflects that — a release that shifts shape depending on when you hear it, moving from fierce and rolling in its original form to something far more nocturnal in YokoO’s hands.
Both the original and YokoO’s remix are premiering exclusively on When We Dip, with the full 4AM Tool Mix available now via When We Dip Radio. For those who chase depth over drama, this one is worth your time.
Sources: When We Dip, When We Dip
