Love Remain’s new mixtape, With Every Cloud, marks a clear step forward for the rising UK producer, both sonically and personally. Widely renown for weaving warmth and emotion into club-leaning music, the UK artist shifts into a more expansive, reflective space here, blending ambient touches, textured drums and subtle dancefloor energy. The project, releasing via Warehouse Project Records, is shaped by a year of change and self-reflection and the perspective that comes from slowing down long enough to see the bigger picture.
Visually, With Every Cloud continues his ongoing collaboration with creative director Courtni Poe, who helps build out the project’s cinematic world through understated, emotionally resonant imagery. The result is a body of work that feels both grounded and dreamlike, a snapshot of transition and the quiet optimism threaded through it.
In our conversation, Love Remain speaks on the ideas behind the mixtape, the lessons learned while making it and the evolving creative process that’s shaping this new chapter…
You’ve got a wicked new project on the horizon titled With Every Cloud, congrats! Firstly, can you tell us about the name and what it means to you?
Love Remain: I was writing some music earlier this year and it kinda felt like it was a reflection of everything in my life, learning a lot about not overthinking too much and basically understanding that if something happens that isn’t necessarily a good thing or unexpected at the time, it might have its purpose later on the down the line.
Across eight immaculately crafted tracks, ranging from dancefloor-driven cuts to more intimate moments, how do you strike a balance between emotional storytelling and club-oriented production?
Love Remain: I think there is a world where both them things can live in. I find it difficult tbh to make things that don’t really serve me or have like some kind of meaning or story. I at least always try to create something that has a feeling of some sort attached to it. It doesn’t really matter to me what style or tempo it is, I have always been inspired by music that holds a lot of weight and emotion. A lot of the time that’s simple music, like reggae, soul and also ambient pieces. Ultimately I try to carve that into my own music.
If you had to pick a favourite track from the tape, which would it be and why?
Love Remain: At the moment it’s probably the last song on the tape, “Speechless”.
How did your approach to production evolve while making With Every Cloud? Were there new sounds, instruments or techniques you leaned into?
Love Remain: Definitely. There are a few things that I have been experimenting with, not to sound too boring, but more textured, drum-based stuff, and creating warmth with pads etc. I am also very much still learning too! I have been sampling some older music on this project also, which I think is a big reason for why I started making music in the first place—the importance of being able to shine a light on older tunes that people can rediscover.
What was it like collaborating with Jawnino on “Calm”? And can you tell us more about how the track came to life?
Love Remain: Initially, I had this instrumental for a year or so and was waiting for the right thing for it. Jawnino is someone I have been into from the start—I remember hearing his music for the first time and instantly wanting to work with him. We did a few sessions and this was one of the tracks we wanted to put out. There is actually more music we made too, so it might end up seeing the light of day.
You mention the mixtape is about learning lessons along the way. What was the biggest lesson With Every Cloud taught you, about music, or about yourself?
Love Remain: Not to be so fixed on the end goal, and to enjoy the process or the moment for what it is. There’s always something to learn in retrospect. It’s way easier said than done, or whatever the saying is, but trying not to get caught up in everything and appreciate balance—good or bad—has been important.
You also noted the tape is about “appreciating the calm”. What does calm look or feel like to you, especially as someone working in the often high-energy world of electronic music?
Love Remain: I like to spend a lot of time around nature—the ocean, trees, flowers etc. It’s simple, but super important to me.
Releasing on newly formed Warehouse Project Records, how did this relationship form and what made you gravitate towards the imprint?
Love Remain: I wanted to release music and have creative freedom. They gave me that platform, and it felt like a good fit, I’ve always loved playing WHP, and Manchester has such an amazingly rich musical history.
You’ve continued working with Courtni Poe on the creative direction. How has your visual partnership evolved, and how does it complement the music?
Love Remain: Yes big up Courtni—she’s great! She reached out last year and from that point on I wanted to do something with her. Fast forward to this year, our schedules aligned and it felt like the perfect project to work on together. It was so much fun. She helps simplify my ideas and we’re on the same wave length. She works so, so hard and is really good at executing ideas and turning thoughts into reality!
Finally, what do you hope listeners feel, or learn, after spending time with this mixtape?
Love Remain: If it can ultimately make someone feel something positive—some joy or or a feeling of hope—that would be great. And if not, that’s cool too!