Chus & Ceballos (@chusceballos) return with “Somos Uno,” the first original release from their new chapter together after reuniting at the start of 2026. The track follows their Reunion Tour, which has already taken the Spanish duo across more than 50 cities, including Montreal, Toronto, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Madrid, and Barcelona. For a partnership that helped define the Iberican Sound across nearly three decades, “Somos Uno” feels less like a restart than a reconnection with the language they spent years building.
The record carries the central ingredients that have long shaped Chus & Ceballos’ work: rolling percussion, deep tribal rhythms, hypnotic grooves, and a clear sense of Latin musical identity. At its center is a speech recognizable across the Latin world, used as a call for unity across cultures, communities, and dance floors. The message mirrors the duo’s own return, with two individual paths folding back into one shared creative chapter.
In the interview below, Chus & Ceballos talk about the mindset of playing back-to-back, the trust needed to share a booth, and why collaboration can pull DJs into musical territory they might not reach alone and push DJ culture forward in truly interesting ways. Their answers make sense next to “Somos Uno,” a record built around connection as both a theme and a working method.
After years apart, the duo’s return is rooted in the same thing that makes a great back-to-back set work: listening, responding, and trusting the person beside you.
Interview With Chus & Ceballos
How does your mindset shift when you are playing alongside someone else?
Immediately, it pushes you outside your comfort zone.
You are never quite sure what the other artist will throw at you, and that forces you into constant evolution. You are always thinking about how to respond, surprise them, and lift the energy.
It is like a musical conversation rather than a battle. You are collaborating to create something that neither of you could achieve alone. That is what makes it so powerful.
Has playing alongside someone else ever expanded the way you think about playing music?
Absolutely.
That is precisely the point. Every back-to-back set is a masterclass. You are constantly exposed to new music, fresh approaches, and production choices you might never have discovered otherwise.
You see connections that seem obvious only once someone else has shown them to you. It is an ongoing education.
Do you prefer to prepare together beforehand, or let it unfold spontaneously?
Preparation never unfolds as planned, and that is the beauty of it. I am much more of an intuitive player. The real work happens before you step into the booth: knowing your music catalog inside and out, understanding its architecture and flow.
Once you are up there, it is about reading the room, trusting your instincts, and responding to what the dance floor is telling you in real time. That is where the magic happens.
Does sharing the booth push you into new territory musically?
One hundred percent. When you are playing with someone else, you feel empowered to take risks you would never take solo.
There is a safety net in collaboration that encourages experimentation. You might pull out a track or try a transition you would normally hesitate about, and that is where growth happens. It is one of the most enriching aspects of playing back-to-back sets.
How do you stay in sync with another DJ during a set?
It all comes down to mutual trust and respect. If you genuinely admire what the other person brings to the decks and you trust their instincts, then there is no possibility of things going wrong. Only extraordinary moments can emerge.
Chemistry on the dance floor is not forced. It is built on shared vision and artistic integrity.
Have you had a collaborative set that reignited your excitement for DJing?
Playing with someone consistently over the years keeps that spark alive.
There is always something fresh about splitting the booth. It keeps things spontaneous and, frankly, more fun.
But I will be honest: what truly drains the passion is playing an event where there is no connection with the audience. After a set like that, you leave questioning everything. The antidote is collaborations like these. They remind you why you fell in love with this in the first place.
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.
