ROMAN CIGI and Brosso expand the HEAVENUS universe with a darker, 130 BPM melodic techno remix built for peak-time dancefloors and late-night sessions
ROMAN CIGI has spent the early part of 2026 building one of the more quietly compelling narratives in the UK underground. The producer and DJ, born Roman Cigan, is a graduate of both the London Sound Academy and the Pete Tong DJ Academy, founder of the Soundevote imprint, and a veteran of rooms including Ministry of Sound and Ibiza. His original HEAVENUS, released earlier this year, arrived as a 130 BPM ascent through melodic underground techno, earning coverage across electronic music press for its balance of celestial atmosphere and peak-time propulsion. Now, alongside collaborator Brosso, he has returned with a deeper and darker interpretation of that same world.
“HEAVENUS (Brosso & ROMAN CIGI Remix)” is not a polish job. It is a full reimagining. Where the original found its power in restraint and emotional sweep, the remix shifts the atmosphere toward heavier, more club-focused territory without abandoning the cinematic identity that made the first version worth revisiting. At 130 BPM, it moves with authority.
How the Remix Was Built
The division of labour here is clear and purposeful. Brosso developed the foundation of the bassline, establishing the deeper groove and driving low-end energy that anchors the track’s dancefloor functionality. ROMAN CIGI directed the broader creative vision and completed the final arrangement, percussion architecture, and finishing details. The result is a track that sounds collaborative in the genuine sense: two distinct production voices working toward a shared outcome rather than one artist cleaning up another’s stems.
The production method is consistent with how ROMAN CIGI has described his process throughout the HEAVENUS campaign. Building inside Ableton Live using a curated personal sample library developed over years of sound design work, his approach resists templates. Pads and melodic fragments emerge with restrained elegance, hovering between warmth and darkness. Trance influences are audible in the harmonic choices but filtered through a techno sensibility that keeps everything grounded and physical. The remix takes those textures and pushes them further into the underground, adding dungeon-inflected low-end weight and reverberant space that creates an environment simultaneously expansive and enclosed.
The visual world surrounding the release extends the HEAVENUS concept deliberately. The artwork features a cosmic soldier in shimmering turquoise steel armour moving through space surrounded by stars and radiant light. It is not arbitrary imagery. Themes of resilience, transformation, and the search for something beyond everyday pressure are embedded in both the visual and sonic identity of the project. The remix shifts the tone but maintains the framework.
Built for Clubs, Designed for Headphones
What distinguishes the remix from the more crowded end of the melodic techno market right now is its refusal to choose a single context. Tracks at this tempo and intensity can too easily optimize for one environment and collapse in another. The “HEAVENUS” remix has been generating attention from DJs, curators, and listeners precisely because it functions across multiple listening conditions. It carries the cinematic depth that suits a solitary headphone session after a long day, while delivering enough momentum and intensity to hold a room at peak time.
That dual functionality is increasingly the standard that separates lasting electronic records from ones that fill a cycle and disappear. ROMAN CIGI has spoken about HEAVENUS as a track built around a feeling he couldn’t name until the music named it for him. “It just appears once I start putting pieces together,” he said of his process. “Sometimes it’s like a dream; it comes from nowhere.” That instinct is audible in the remix. It doesn’t sound designed so much as discovered.
The “HEAVENUS (Brosso & ROMAN CIGI Remix)” is out now across all major streaming platforms.
