Dona – Mistress 18.5 on Mistress Recordings

Dona returns to Mistress Recordings with “Mistress 18.5” — 5 house cuts that balance dancefloor function with listening depth. Spanning 84–124 BPM across its 5 tracks, this release gives DJs flexible tempo options for different set moments.

Mistress 18.5 – House at 84–124 BPM

Mistress 18.5 – Official Music Video

Behind the House : Release Notes

Soulful Motown City deep house, hip hop interludes, swinging techno, and early Chicago-inspired cuts. Donato Basile steps out onto DVS1s Mistress Recordings label with two 12-inches: Mistress 18 and Mistress 18.5. Released in tandem, each record draws upon Basiles dual aliases to go head-to-head as Dona vs. DJ Plant Texture. Rhythmic machine grooves and masterful MPC work that pay respect to the diverse sounds of the metropolis Midwest cities. Mistress 18.5 crosshatches Basiles musical inspirations into heavy machine funk. Side A opens with City With No Fear (DJ Plant Texture OutroWorld Mix), a techno futurism beat with a gritty, earthen tone and I Can See That Yellow Sky, a deliberately raw workshop track. As tension builds through a filtered 303, Side B inhales deep through the diaphragm and releases a powerful, Chicago-flavored acid belter and nod to Armandos gallop. Audio One strips down into a seductive 808 and 303 jam and the digital bonus rewinds the mood into a dreamy post-dancefloor glow reminiscent of early 2000s Theo Parrish cuts. To evolve dance musics sound, the greats often recount digging through their parents soul, disco, and jazz records, reworking and sampling them until a new groove was born; so too in this method does Donato pull from his diverse musical influences to bring us his own beat; one that balances nostalgia and futurism. Mistress 18 & 18.5 are love letters to the artform and a cross-genre formation ushering us to get out of our heads and back into the groove.

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House Tracklist

1. Dona – City With No Fear DJ Plant Texture OutroWorld Mix

   Bass / Club | 84 BPM | Bb Minor | 7:18

2. Dona – I Can See That Yellow Sky Original Mix

   House | 108 BPM | G Major | 4:21

3. Dona – Tribute To A.G. Original Mix

   House | 85 BPM | Gb Major | 5:35

4. Dona – Audio One Original Mix

   House | 124 BPM | E Major | 6:14

5. Dona – Slow Down MF Original Mix

   Deep House | 113 BPM | C Major | 4:39