Velour

Gabriel & Dresden join forces with Blake.08 on ‘Velour’.

For more than two decades, Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden have remained one of the most influential and enduring names in trance and progressive electronic music. From timeless records like ‘As The Rush Comes’, ‘Beautiful Things’ and ‘Tracking Treasure Down’, to over 20 Billboard Dance Chart #1s and a GRAMMY nomination for the Cosmic Gate remix of ‘Only Road’, Gabriel & Dresden’s catalogue is timeless and extensive. In 2026, the duo celebrate 25 years of the project with their ‘Stories We Tell’ headline tour across the United States, Mexico and Canada - a more than 20-date run focused entirely on extended sets, originals and remixes spanning their career from 2001 through to today. At the same time, 2004 anthem ‘As The Rush Comes’ continues to find new audiences, recently surpassing 100 million global streams across all versions and reaffirming the duo’s lasting influence on generations of listeners and producers alike.

Alongside them is one of Anjunadeep’s fastest rising new names. Following the release of his debut album ‘From Sydney With Love’ last year, Blake.08 has made a name for himself as one of the label’s standout emerging artists, pairing emotionally charged songwriting with upbeat, breakbeat-driven production. Blake’s momentum has continued into 2026 with support slots for Above & Beyond on the Australian leg of their ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’ tour at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. Following an 8-date world tour last year spanning London, Glasgow, Fiji, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Blake now heads into summer with a return to Anjunadeep Explorations Festival in Albania this June.

Gabriel & Dresden and Blake.08’s new collaboration brings together two distinct corners of the Anjuna world - the timeless melodic sensibility of trance pioneers and the fresh energy of one of the label’s most exciting new talents.

Gabriel & Dresden and Blake.08 deliver ‘Velour’, out now on Anjunadeep.