i was put on this earth

The producer born Brian Piñeyro has spent the past decade forging his own serpentine lane in underground dance music, recontextualizing reggaetón’s iconic dembow rhythm as something heady and ethereal, though no less sensual. Past releases have seen Python incorporate elements of dub, deep house, and shoegaze for tracks that fill the dance floor while floating just above it. But on his first solo release since 2022’s *Club Sentimientos, Vol. 2* EP (and his first for XL Records), the producer reintroduces himself as a vocalist, too, murmuring sweet nothings on tracks like the IDM-inspired “Marry Me Maia” and the slinky “Coquine.” Elsewhere, he links with club luminaries worldwide—Honduran reggaetón sensation Isabella Lovestory, London rapper Jawnino, and NYC nightlife hero Total Freedom, who co-produces the euphoric “Elio’s Lived Behind My House Forever.”

Singing for the first time on a solo DJ Python record, Brian Piñeyro trades the reggaeton and deep house of earlier releases for softer, more abstracted sounds couched in trip-hop, shoegaze, and pop.