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Denise Marsa Finds Light on the Dance Floor With “HOLE (Until Dawn Remix)”

  • Writer: Jennifer Gurton
    Jennifer Gurton
  • 2 hours ago
  • 2 min read

Reinvention gets thrown around a lot in music, usually by people who haven’t actually done it. Denise Marsa is different. Over the last year and a half, she’s quietly but decisively carved out a new lane in dance music, not by chasing trends, but by translating lived experience into motion. “HOLE (Until Dawn Remix)” feels like the sharpest version of that mission so far.

Originally rooted in emotional excavation, the remix reframes the song as a release. Not escape in the shallow sense, but the kind that happens when you let yourself move through something instead of getting stuck inside it. The UK remix team behind the track understands restraint as much as impact. The production doesn’t drown the song’s meaning. It lifts it, wraps it in momentum, and lets it breathe under club-ready pressure.

There’s a reason Marsa’s run on the UK Music Week Commercial Pop Club Chart hasn’t slowed down. These tracks don’t just aim for energy; they carry intention. “HOLE (Until Dawn Remix)” pulses with buoyant synths, ringing guitar accents, and a rhythm that feels cinematic without turning sterile. It’s emotional, but not heavy-handed. Euphoric, but not hollow.

What really lands is how the remix reframes vulnerability as movement. The song doesn’t deny the chaos of the moment we’re living in. It acknowledges it, then asks you to keep going anyway. There’s resilience baked into every build, a quiet insistence that healing doesn’t have to look like stillness. Sometimes it looks like dancing until the sun comes up.

The accompanying video pushes that idea even further. Set inside Music Inn, the oldest music store in Manhattan, the visuals strip away gloss in favor of something warmer and more human. Downstairs, away from the noise of the city, Marsa gathers musicians, friends, family, and collaborators in a space that feels lived-in and sacred at the same time. It’s not about spectacle. It’s about presence.

Seeing Marsa perform alongside longtime collaborators, staff members, and even family turns the video into a quiet argument for why music still matters. Not as content. As a connection. In a world that keeps accelerating toward burnout, this feels like a pause without losing momentum.

“HOLE (Until Dawn Remix)” works because it understands its purpose. It’s not pretending music can fix everything. It’s offering relief, recognition, and a shared moment of joy in the middle of uncertainty. That balance between emotional honesty and dancefloor catharsis is hard to pull off, but Marsa makes it feel natural.

This remix isn’t just another club iteration. It’s a continuation of a larger story Marsa is telling with RISK + HEAL, one where pain and pleasure aren’t opposites, and movement becomes a form of survival. If this is where her dance era is headed, it’s not just worth paying attention to. It’s worth showing up for.

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