Following “Move Your Feet,” the collaboration that marked their debut on mau5trap, Chris Candela and AOSM return to deadmau5’s label with their second joint release. The remix of “Shined On Me”, released on July 31, 2026, came about through a direct invitation from the label and pushes the track by Nicola Fasano, Karl8 & Andrea Monta into a more club-focused and contemporary direction.
The “Shined On Me” remix came together in less than a week
Less than seven days, several discarded versions and a balance eventually found between Electro House, Bass House and Tech House influences. The stated direction draws inspiration from artists such as Matroda and Chris Lake, combining deep basslines, aggressive synths and melodic elements designed to give the track a stronger club impact. AOSM sums up the studio approach perfectly: “stop overthinking and simply let the music flow”. The remix also received the personal approval of deadmau5, something Candela says “always puts a smile on my face”.
The remix is part of a six-track package. Alongside the 2026 version by Nicola Fasano, Karl8 & Andrea Monta, the release includes reworks by Penultimate, Low Mileage and Federico Scavo, as well as an Afro House Extended Mix. It is a fairly diverse package, with Federico Scavo arguably standing out as the most immediately recognisable name. Candela and AOSM, however, take a different route: while the other versions generally remain rooted in brighter, more melodic and house-driven territory, theirs heads somewhere darker, taking “Shined On Me” deep into late-night club territory.
For Cristóbal Delgado Candela, the Italian-Venezuelan producer who has been releasing music under the Chris Candela name since 2025, this marks his second release on mau5trap. Now based in Mallorca, he continues to balance music production, DJing and his work as the creator behind CDCVLOGS, a YouTube channel with more than 74,000 subscribers and a community built over the years around electronic music. With more than fifteen years of experience in the industry, Candela is also an FL Studio Ambassador and has received support from artists including Don Diablo and Fedde Le Grand. “Lost To The Rhythm,” his collaboration with RE-KA, also reached No. 44 on Beatport’s Bass House Top 100. AOSM, meanwhile, comes from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and reunites with Candela following “Move Your Feet.”
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From a 2002 house classic to the “Shined On Me” remix
To fully understand what Candela and AOSM are remixing, however, we need to go back twenty-four years. “Shined On Me” originally arrived in 2002 as a track by Praise Cats feat. Andrea Love, a project led by Chicago house producer Eric Miller, better known as E-Smoove. Released through Subliminal Records, the track reached No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in October of that year and also charted across several European countries. It returned to the UK charts in 2005, while in Italy it also gained significant traction through the Bini & Martini remix.
For us, it is the strongest remix in the package
If we had to pick one version out of the six, this is the one we would come back to. Not because it completely reinvents “Shined On Me,” but because it makes the boldest change to the environment surrounding the vocal. The melodic side still provides a clear link to the track’s past, while deep basslines and more aggressive synths create a contrast that sets it apart from the brighter character of the other remixes. Think less sunset by the pool, much more late night in a packed club. That distance from the starting point, without losing sight of the original, is exactly what makes it, in our view, the most interesting rework in the package.
With new releases already lined up from August onwards, Candela is now looking to strengthen his presence across Spain and Europe, expanding his reach through clubs, festivals and new collaborations. His second appearance on mau5trap therefore arrives at the right time to turn the work built in the studio and online into an increasingly tangible presence across the European circuit.
Release Date: 31 July 2026 | mau5trap | Listen / Download on all stores |
