Manchester-based DJ and producer salute (they/he) shares, ‘lip service’, the third single from their forthcoming infinite passion mixtape.
‘lip service’ comes off the back of a stacked summer, with appearances at All Points East, Japan’s Fuji Rock, Ibiza’s UNVRS, Beat-Herder Festival and Berlin’s ELSE.
Drawing on the tantalising rush of 90s house, ‘lip service’ fizzes with technicolour energy over a pumping, bass-heavy groove, its warped vocal mantra channelling end-of-summer euphoria on a big-room scale. Chord stabs add a nostalgic warmth, bringing the emotional pull that connects the mixtape’s singles into its dancefloor intensity, each release revealing another facet of the project.
Listen to ‘lip servicve’ on F1 Tracks.
The track dives deeper into that world ahead of the full mixtape’s arrival on November 13. The single continues a run of standout releases, including euphoric lead cut ‘check check’, ‘soul reply’ alongside Italian house heavyweight Riva Starr, and their infinite passion remix of Madonna’s ‘Love Sensation’, which saw salute join Peggy Gou and Floorplan as one of three artists to remix her Confessions II: Afterhours album.
The mixtape marks salute’s first long-form project since their acclaimed 2024 debut album TRUE MAGIC, which reached #5 on the UK Dance Chart and signalled a breakout moment for the artist. Following the Ultra Pool and Shield EPs, that record brought their production into a collaborative world spanning dance and pop.
Alongside that creative evolution, three years of touring globally, digging for records and shaping sets have fed into infinite passion, a high-octane return to the dancefloor drawing on salute’s rich, soulful palette. Shaped alongside the club series, the mixtape channels an ongoing exchange between studio and club through exclusive productions, deep cuts and material tested and refined at the parties.
That exchange has taken shape through sold-out events across London, Manchester, New York and San Francisco, including a recent all-night-long San Francisco edition. Centred around a hidden booth and strict no-phones policy, the nights create space for immersion and collective energy, with HAAi, AceMo, Nikki Nair, Call Super, Kyle Hall, Bambounou, Effy and ATRIP among the artists to have joined salute so far. The series also recently travelled to Lost Village Festival, where its takeover proved one of the weekend’s standout stages.
