Nomi Ruiz & Eli Escobar - Love Louder (2025)

Some 14 years after they first joined forces in the studio, New York Puerto Ricans Nomi Ruiz and Eli Escobar have finally delivered a joint album. Reportedly inspired by their love of their home city's nightlife and collective thoughts on "love and loss", it pairs Ruiz's remarkable lyrics and vocals with Escobar's top-tier production. Naturally, there's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, with the pair bouncing between glassy-eyed downtempo synth-pop ('Love Louder'), revivalist '80s freestyle (the brilliant 'Full Fantasy'), midtempo proto-garage-house ('Go be Gone'), bleep-sporting Latin house ('Heathens'), basement-ready acid-house ('Juice'), sensual slow jams ('The Spell') and slick vocal deep house ('Glitter and Gold').