Joseph Capriati returns to Metamorfosi Records with “Control,” a new collaboration with fellow Italian artist GENNARO that pushes the label into a slicker, house-led space without losing the physical drive people expect from Capriati’s records.
That is the interesting part here. Capriati does not need to prove he can command a room. His name already carries years of large-scale club and festival context.
GENNARO’s presence helps explain that feel.
Hailing from Ischia, he has been building a reputation for sharp, jazz-infused, deeper house, with a breakout run in 2024 followed by releases on labels across the international house circuit. Pairing him with Capriati gives “Control” a useful tension: one artist with a long-established command of big-room pressure, another bringing a more jazz-leaning house sensibility into the track’s DNA.
“Control” Works Because It Lets the Groove Lead
The best thing about “Control” is that it does not overplay its own scale. It has the polish and reach of a Joseph Capriati release, but the groove keeps the track from feeling heavy-handed.
The sax touches are important here. They give the record a little looseness and warmth, adding a live-feeling edge to a production built for the floor. The lead vocal hook gives the track an easy point of recognition, while the rhythm section does the functional work underneath.
That combination makes sense for Metamorfosi Records.
The label has always been tied closely to Capriati’s identity, but “Control” suggests the imprint can open itself to other shades of Italian house without becoming a side note to his larger catalog.
I wrote about a related club-label dynamic in my article on Patrick Topping’s continued run with Hellbent, where the key idea was how artist-led labels can sharpen a specific room-focused identity. Metamorfosi is working in a different lane, but “Control” has that same sense of a label founder using his platform to define taste, not only release music.
GENNARO Gives the Record Its House Accent
GENNARO is not treated like a guest pasted onto a Capriati record. “Control” gives him room to leave a clear mark.
His deeper, jazz-infused house background comes across in the track’s smoother phrasing and rhythmic lift. The production still feels built for DJs, but it carries a little more swing and personality than a purely functional club cut. That is where the collaboration starts to click.
This also makes the all-Italian pairing feel natural rather than symbolic. Capriati brings the Metamorfosi frame and the Ibiza-tested pressure. GENNARO brings a house language with enough groove and color to pull the record somewhere lighter on its feet.
The result is a track that can sit inside a larger Capriati set without sounding like filler between heavier moments. It has its own personality, which matters more than simply being playable.
Metamorfosi Records Finds a Natural Collaboration
For a label built around Capriati’s own musical identity, “Control” lands in a smart spot.
It brings another Italian artist into the fold, gives GENNARO room to shape the track, and still feels connected to the larger Metamorfosi direction.
That balance is easy to miss. Founder-led labels can become too closed off if every release bends too tightly around one artist’s profile. “Control” suggests a healthier version of that model: Capriati’s influence is present, but the record benefits from another producer’s instincts.
My coverage of artists who sound like Green Velvet touched on how house music often survives by passing certain rhythmic, vocal, and personality-driven ideas between generations and scenes. “Control” works in a similar exchange. It is not retro, but it understands that a club record can be cleaner, funkier, and more memorable when it gives the groove some attitude.
Joseph Capriati and GENNARO release “Control” via Metamorfosi Records on September 18, 2026. It is an all-Italian house cut with enough Ibiza mileage behind it to feel tested, and enough personality to make the collaboration feel like more than a label-founder return.
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.
