After years of blowing the roofs off clubs worldwide, KETTAMA has released his debut album, ‘Archangel,’ out today on Steel City Dance Discs. The record runs 15 tracks including material he has teased across singles and DJ sets. The release lists a stacked lineup of collaborators, including Fred again.., Interplanetary Criminal, Clouds, Prospa, DJ HEARTSTRING, Shady Nasty, SØLV and seantommy.
Sonically, ‘Archangel’ moves between hard house drive and trance style euphoria. Tracks pair gritty percussion and kick with sweeping synth lines and chopped vocal loops; KETTAMA mixes raw club energy with moments that aim for a festival mainstage lift. That balance gives the album a rough edge and a clear sense of cohesion.
The sequencing keeps momentum throughout the album. Early tracks push pace and intensity; the middle section loosens into longer, trance inflected passages, and the close returns to sharper house focus. As a listening experience, the album reads less like a collection of singles and more like a designed set. It shows KETTAMA thinking like a producer and a DJ at once.
‘Archangel’ didn’t arrive out of nowhere. Its singles have been filling major stages and playlists since early 2025 with tracks like “Yosemite,” “Air Maxes,” “If You Want My Heart” and “Sort It Out.” This year he tore through festival stages at Coachella, Glastonbury, Creamfields, Portola and ARC, played a 20,000-capacity b2b with Chris Stussy in Belfast, and secured a headline residency at Amnesia Ibiza. His rise has come on his own terms: bootlegs, TikTok edits and raw uploads that seeded a global cult following which just keeps growing.
Evan Campbell, the Galway-born, London-based artist behind KETTAMA, uses ‘Archangel’ to consolidate nearly a decade of work into a single frame. The record points to where his sound has come from and where it might go next: bigger arrangements, tighter club tools, and a willingness to mix approaches that once felt separate. For listeners who follow modern club music, ‘Archangel’ delivers a focused, playable statement.