2025 has been a defining year for Yubik: a period shaped by questions, change, and a deeper understanding of his sound. Since launching the project in 2018, the producer has steadily carved his space within melodic techno, releasing on labels like Afterlife and Siamese while refining a style that moves between hypnotic club energy and something more introspective. He closed the year with Never Alone, a collaboration with Adriatique and Vincent Vossen, released on X Recordings.
But beyond the momentum of releases like Relax Your Mind with 19:26, Fears Transcendence with Innellea, Dragonfly with Enai and Paradox of Perception, the conversation reveals an artist navigating the realities behind the music: the unpredictability of touring, the importance of attitude when things don’t go as planned, and the people who help you keep going. “The moment I put on my headphones and dive into the first track, everything inside my head becomes very quiet. Then there’s only the moment,” he tells us.
Yubik, how has the year started for you?
The year started intensely, in a good way. There wasn’t much of a slow transition into it. Straight from studio mode into touring. I like that friction, though. It keeps me sharp. I feel focused right now.
At the end of last year, you released Never Alone with Adriatique and Vincent Vossen. How do you look back on that release and everything that came with it?
This release is another milestone in my career, something I’ve been working towards for a long time. I’m happy that my music resonated the way it did and that I’ve received such strong feedback.
You said that Never Alone means you can’t do this on your own, and that having people who believe in you gives you strength. Can you tell us about a specific moment in your life or career when you truly felt that?
Throughout my life, there have always been certain people who believed in me. At first, it was my parents, and later, friends or partners. Never Alone was born from the very first second out of a sense of unity, the idea of combining our strengths. Adriatique and Vincent were the perfect partners for that.
The track has already surpassed one million streams on Spotify. Do numbers still hit you, or is the real validation when you see how the record connects in a club?
The number feels surreal to me. Still, I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t touch me. On stage, that’s when it becomes real, when you feel the emotions.
Over the last year, you’ve also released many other tracks like Relax Your Mind, Fears Transcendence, Dragonfly, and Paradox of Perception. Are you consciously allowing yourself to be more vulnerable in your productions?
2025 has been a year of big questions and changes. Questions I didn’t always have answers to. Music helps me sort out my inner world by expressing it on my own terms and in my own time, whenever I feel ready, through my sound.
You’ve been part of the melodic techno conversation for years now. What still excites you about the genre, and what do you feel is missing from it?
Melodic techno has shaped me a lot over the past years. At the same time, I’m always open to new influences — I actually need that. And if I feel something is missing, I try to fill that gap with my own sound.
After releasing music on labels like Afterlife, Siamese, and X Recordings, do you feel more freedom or more responsibility when you sit down to create something new?
The pressure is definitely there, but that’s also the challenge of being a producer, to detach yourself from it again and again.
“Music helps me sort out my inner world by expressing it on my own terms and in my own time.”
Touring this year has taken you across very different contexts. When you’re alone after a show, in a hotel room somewhere far from home, what stays with you?
I’m usually pretty happy in those moments. I often order some food and then get annoyed if it takes too long because I’m so tired I’m about to fall asleep!
You shared that your night at Sunburn Union Bengaluru in India was unreal, even though the rest of the trip was chaotic, with a cancelled show and a lot of stress around it. When production or logistics fall apart behind the scenes, how does that affect you mentally before stepping on stage?
It’s something many DJs face. Tour life can be extremely exhausting, and that’s why it’s so important to stay stable and healthy. Sports and good nutrition are key. That’s why I usually order a small fruit bowl with my club sandwich!
In situations like that, when things don’t go as planned, what do you tell yourself to stay focused?
That’s an interesting question. So many thoughts run through your head during the day. But on stage, what helps me is completely merging with the music. The moment I put on my headphones and dive into the first track, everything inside my head becomes very quiet. Then there’s only the moment.
Looking ahead, are you building towards something more conceptual this year, or are you letting things unfold track by track?
I have a concept in mind that I’m still developing. Until then, I’m trying to gradually introduce it, track by track.
What are you chasing in the studio right now?
I’m chasing something that still hits me — even after listening to it for the thousandth time.
Have your goals shifted since the early days in 2018? Back then, what did success look like, and what does it look like now?
Absolutely. Just as the scene evolves, I evolve as a person and my music evolves with me. Most of my early goals have already been achieved. And if success means reaching your goals, then it’s still the same as before — just with different goals now.
Is there something you want to prove this year, either to yourself or to the scene?
I want to let go more. It sounds psychological, and it is. That’s something I want to prove to myself, especially when it comes to my music. Less overthinking, more flow, and releasing more music.
If we speak again at the end of the year, what would you like to be able to say has changed for you?
That I’ve found a way, through my music, to expand my network of inspiring and meaningful people around me.
