There’s something different about how 9DEEP and Bodaishin are introducing Tales of Feathers. It doesn’t arrive like a club weapon or a peak-time statement. It feels intentional, paced, and very aware of the space it wants to occupy. Out February 6, 2026 under the new Feathers of Life concept from Circle of Life, this release reads like a tone-setter rather than a single chasing attention.
The framing matters here. Feathers of Life is positioned as a refined extension of Circle of Life, leaning into cinematic structure, atmosphere, and emotional depth. That might sound familiar on paper, but in practice, this track commits to restraint in a way that actually feels disciplined. It unfolds slowly, and it trusts you to stay with it.
A New Direction That Feels Personal
For Bodaishin, who has played rooms from Ibiza to Miami and Barcelona, this feels like a recalibration toward intimacy. His background in melodic electronic music is still there, but here the scale shrinks in a productive way. It feels more internal. 9DEEP complements that shift with a similarly measured approach, and together they land somewhere between club functionality and focused listening.
I respect releases that resist the pressure to overstate themselves. This one does that. It stays composed. It lets silence work as part of the arrangement. That confidence is harder to pull off than a big drop.
If Feathers of Life is meant to be a long-term concept, this is a strong opening move. It sets expectations clearly and leaves room to expand. For listeners who prefer electronic music that unfolds rather than demands, Tales of Feathers offers exactly that kind of experience.
The video was created with Ailin, a close friend and artist, an analog and live visual designer. Her work exists outside of software and digital processes: the image is built by hand, in real time, using inks, oils, liquids, and a retro projector. Each projection is ephemeral and organic, never repeated. A sensory experience that only exists in the moment it is observed.
Visual Art: Ailin Monje
Music: 9DEEP & Bodaishin
Audio Engineer: Zino Mikorey
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
