DJ Meme opened 2026 with a new collaboration that leaned into his long-running approach to house music, with clear songcraft and mix-ready structure. “So Beautiful,” credited to DJ Meme ft. Antoinette Dunleavy, landed via The Disco Express today, on February 27, 2026, and it arrived as a two-track digital release with an Original Mix and an Original Club Mix.
The release sat at the intersection of disco, nu disco, and soulful house, with Dunleavy’s vocal carrying the topline and Meme handling the production. DJs got two options for programming, and listeners got a clean way to hear the record in its main arrangement, then in a club-targeted version that leaned further into the groove.
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Release details, mixes, and where it fits
“So Beautiful” released on The Disco Express under catalog number XPRESS106, and it came as a digital package. Genre tagging for the release placed it in Disco and Nu Disco, which tracked with the label’s positioning and with Meme’s history of house records that kept melodic writing at the front.
The package included two versions: “So Beautiful (Original Mix)” and “So Beautiful (Original Club Mix).” That split made the intent clear, because the first version served as the core statement of the record, while the club version gave selectors a dedicated option for set flow and energy management.
DJ Meme’s background and the Def Mix connection
DJ Meme has been active since 1986, and he’sa foundational figure within Rio de Janeiro’s dance community. He is connected to New York’s Def Mix collective, where he was cited as a former member alongside David Morales, Hector Romero, and Frankie Knuckles. For DJs and producers, that reference point mattered because Def Mix sat at the center of house culture across multiple decades, and it linked Meme to a specific lineage of club-focused production and remix work.
His production and remix credits list major pop and dance names, including Mariah Carey, Shakira, and Frankie Knuckles, and his discography includes releases on labels such as Z Records, Nervous, Soulfuric, MN2S, and Defected. Taken together, those credits positioned “So Beautiful” as a continuation of an established career, rather than a one-off collaboration.
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