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WAKE UP - OUT NOW !

After a long pause
Ready to go
Nothing was easy so
Had to fit with the flow
Run on a machine , run
Somewhere who knows
Hearts full of noises
Where the silence has grown
Wake up
Take a nap
Sign up
Pay
Chased after meaning
Got caught in the vain
Talked to my phone
It whispered a code
Wake up
Take a nap
Sign up
Pay

To @nico_stojan 🤍

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Scenes from my 1st trip to Croatia 🇭🇷 and definitely not my last. 🤍

Many thanks to @supersoulyoga @kholo_sessions and Tin for hosting me and for the amazing hospitality and delicious food both in restaurants and home meals. ✨🙏🏼✨

Shout to @indranessa for the perfect warmup set and big hugs to all the amazing dancers who fed me their incredible energy. It’s rare to see such a present dance floor these days - and on a Wednesday night no less ! 🙌🏼

Got to test a bunch of new music to great reactions- all those coming soon on @sol.selectas ♎️

Now fighting the airplane cold I caught on my way home 🤧 it’s officially soup season !

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OPEN YOUR EYES, THE ALBUM IS COMING!

So many of you loved the music, and we want to make it accessible to you. Now you can discover the artists behind the soundtrack, get to know them and their music.

The album is coming soon! Pre-save it now.

Link in bio.

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WAKE UP - OUT NOW !

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There is a version of the AI conversation in music that gets boring almost immediately, mostly because it treats the machine like the whole story. The better question is what an artist gives up when the uncomfortable part of the work gets skipped too early.

Tooker’s (@tookermusic) answer is simple: vulnerability, repetition, bad first takes, strange accidents, and the slow development of the ear that tells you when something finally feels like yours.

That makes “Wake Up” a fitting record to place beside this conversation.

The track began in Berlin in 2020, lived for years in unfinished form, carried enough of a pulse to survive on dancefloors before it was fully complete, and eventually became a SONARA Records release from Nico Stojan, David Mayer, and Tooker, with JAW of dOP on vocals. It is also the first SONARA release following Nico Stojan’s passing this summer, which gives the record a heavier emotional throughline than a standard release push could carry.

Tooker talks about AI with more nuance than a simple rejection would allow.

He uses technology, believes it can open doors, and sees no issue with tools that help clean, organize, test, or move ideas along. His line sits somewhere more personal. AI can offer possibilities, but it cannot give a producer lived experience, taste, grief, friendship, touch, or the private reason a track needs to exist. “Wake Up” took years, multiple hands, and the right vocal before it found its final shape, which may be the clearest argument in the whole piece. Some records need time because the time is part of what the record becomes.

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@david_mayer + @nico_stojan + @tookermusic + @nthdsy

WAKE UP - OUT NOW !

After a long pause
Ready to go
Nothing was easy so
Had to fit with the flow
Run on a machine , run
Somewhere who knows
Hearts full of noises
Where the silence has grown
Wake up
Take a nap
Sign up
Pay
Chased after meaning
Got caught in the vain
Talked to my phone
It whispered a code
Wake up
Take a nap
Sign up
Pay

To Nico 🤍

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We’re getting ready for next week’s retreat in beautiful @sonarastudiosardinia . It will be a unique experience with top industry mentors in an amazing setting. A few spots are left, so if you’re interested DM or check the Bio!

#sardinia #artist #sonaria

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“Wake Up” is here! This track is really special for all of us and is one of our SONARA favorites. We hope you enjoy it.

This is the first release we carry forward in Nico’s honor. More of his music to come.

“Wake Up” from @nico_stojan, @david_mayer, and @tookermusic ft. @nthdsy. Link in bio.

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Magazine Sixty Music Review with David Mayer, Nico Stojan, Tooker feat. JAW – Wake Up – SONARA https://www.magazinesixty.com/magazine-sixty-music-review-with-david-mayer-nico-stojan-tooker-feat-jaw/ #sonara #magazinesixtymusicreview

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Another SONARA Session in the books, and this one was something else 🌅

Six days on the island with a small group who came to grow, and left with more than they expected. New tracks, new skills, and the kind of connections that only happen when you live, cook, swim and make music together for a week.

This is what it's really about: the one-on-one sessions every single day, yes, but also the late-night studio moments, the boat trip, the dinners that ran long, the graduation night at Marlin, and watching people surprise themselves.

Thank you to @cioz_ and @iorie for pouring so much into everyone, and to the artists who trusted us with their week. You made it what it was 🙏

Thanks to @milanigianmarco_ for the pictures
Thanks to @im_clara._ for the edit
Thanks to @chef_fati_kaci for the food

The next ones are coming. If this is calling you, come find us.

📍 SONARA Sessions, San Pietro Island, Sardinia
🔗 sonarasessions.com

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Some tracks take years to find their true form. “Wake Up” was born in Berlin in 2020 when Tooker wrote it during a period of solitude and reconnection. Nico Stojan heard it the next day, loved it, and together they built it up from a raw idea. It sat for years until JAW laid down vocals and gave it a voice. In the past year, David Mayer brought a whole new dimension that brought the track to where it is today.

This is the first release from SONARA since Nico passed this summer. The first of many of his unreleased tracks we’ll bring out in his honor.

“Wake Up” from @nico_stojan, @david_mayer, and @tookermusic featuring @nthdsy. September 25.

Pre-order link in bio.

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The graduation party for the SONARA Sessions music production week lands on the island of San Pietro, Sardegna 🎧

Friday 18.09 at Marlin, Carloforte, from midnight.

To close our SONARA Sessions week at @sonarastudiosardinia, the mentors and students take over the club. Cioz, Iorie, Ocelo, Tooker and To Ricciardi, back to back into the night.

This is where the week spills out of the studio and onto the dancefloor. Everyone welcome. Come dance with us and listen to the music made at SONARA Studio this week 🌙

📍 Marlin, Carloforte
🕛 Start 00:00

@cioz_
@iorie
@ocelo_vg
@tookermusic
@toricciardi

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