White Rose Recordings marks its thirty-first release with the return of Matara, whose three-track ‚Sun Chaser‘ EP arrives as one of the label’s more genre-spanning offerings to date. The Italian imprint has steadily built a reputation for quality underground house, and the new project from the producer — also known as Bar Matari — slots naturally into that catalogue while pushing its range further.
When We Dip is premiering ‚By My Side‘, the EP’s emotional centrepiece, exclusively on their radio platform. The track is built on a deep house foundation, pairing warm, rolling grooves with a powerful vocal that carries genuine feeling well beyond the final bar. It sits in that precise space where late-night dancefloor functionality and melodic resonance coexist, and it represents the kind of writing that has made Matara an increasingly compelling figure in the underground.
The EP’s other two cuts flesh out the producer’s range considerably. Opening track ‚Sun Chaser‘ leans into an indie flavour, driven by a catchy house piano that brings energy and a feel-good atmosphere to the floor. Closing cut ‚Emperor‘ moves into indie dance territory, built around hypnotic rhythms, textured synths, and a confident groove with a darker, more driving character. Together, the three tracks reflect the fluid movement between indie, deep, and house influences that has defined Matara’s output since he began making music in 2009.
That catalogue spans a number of respected imprints, including Diynamic, Black Rose, and Frau Blau. In the studio, Matara has worked alongside artists such as Like Mike, Erly Tepshi, and Rafael Cerato. His own description of his sound — a personal fusion he simply calls electronic — speaks to an approach that resists easy categorisation, something the ‚Sun Chaser‘ EP makes clear across its three tracks.
With White Rose Recordings now at thirty-one releases, ‚Sun Chaser‘ arrives as a strong marker of where the label stands: committed to underground house with enough room for producers who move freely across its edges. The full premiere of ‚By My Side‘ is available now on When We Dip Radio.
Source: When We Dip
