Following hot on the heels of her ‘Westpoint’ wibbly chugger for Nervous comes Nickelle with ‘Neo One’ for Jack Said What.

Nickelle was already part of the JSW family due to playing assorted label nights in London and on the south coast but now, with this release, she is well and truly on the firm.

Brought up in the picturesque environs of the Lake District in the north-west of England, she started sneaking into club nights such as Vague in Leeds and events at The Arena in Middlesbrough while underage. She arrived in Brighton at 18 with just a bag of records and a change of clothes, and never made it home again.

Nickelle soon scored a residency at The Honeyclub on the seafront and soon began playing other UK clubs such as Turnmills, The Zap, Ministry Of Sound and The Escape. These choice gigs led to residencies at Fabric and The End/AKA in London (for DTPM and Jaded respectively), and then international gigs in far-flung places such as Bali, Indonesia, Bucharest, Rome and Singapore.

In tandem with the explosion of her DJ career Nickelle began producing her own music, releasing on labels such as Slip N Slide, Art & Craft Recordings, Iberian, Bullet:Dodge and Rebirth, and also remixing the mighty X-Press 2. Now, after a short break, she’s writing the next chapter of her career.

‘Neo One’ is a cracking release. Kicking off like a deep tech builder with intricate percussion, ascending minor chord keys soon set the spirit level to emotive. At the start of the second drop it’s almost like the string section of an orchestra has come in: what sounds like a violin tugs at the heartstrings in an almost filmic way, bringing forth a stirring trip. ‘Neo One’ takes its cue from Slam’s seminal ‘Positive Education’ techno classic as it soars heavenwards to close, taking dancers and listeners on a journey through the imagination.

Progressive house don Nolan ads a bit more percussive clunk on his overhaul, muting the violin sound a tad but elongating it on the main drop so that it kicks back in with hip-wiggling aplomb. The melody line turns into slithery robo-sonics as it advances to close.