Jovak - 07:20 am

Artist: Jovak
Title: 07:20 am
Label: ov guidance
Cat No: OG02
Format: 12” Vinyl
Release date: Late June 2026

Tracklist: 
A1 Jovak - Caught Out                                           
A2 Jovak - Mod In Deb
B1 Jovak - 07:20 am
B2 Jovak - 07:20 am (Chris Ferreira remix)

Short introtext

ov guidance 02 brings works from Jovak, a Manchester-based producer whose tracks emerge from the space between night and day. Chris Ferreira, a Brussels-based electronic music artist, delivers a B-side remix, crafted (not) far from his bed.

The origins of this EP trace back to October 2025, when Ben Kamal was invited to play at Scuttle: Jovak’s own party in Manchester. As the night dissolved into morning, a small circle drifted back to Jovak’s place. Records kept turning until dawn, the room hovering somewhere between exhaustion and elation.

After the weekend, Jovak found himself alone in the studio, at 07:20 on Monday: a rare moment unlike any before. Fragments of what had been heard — basslines, textures, half-remembered transitions — still circulating in his mind. What followed emerged from that in-between state; a timestamp became a title.

On the A-side: 'Caught Out' is a theme for stomping, tireless feet. Hi-hats swerve overhead like surveillance cameras. Tension mounts as synths and basslines roll over each other. Distant thunder is bitcrushed into static on the horizon. 

‘Mod In Deb’ dresses itself layer by layer. Hi-hats flutter, a driving bassline locks in, a jacking rhythm takes hold. A pulsating, hypnotic synth and airy pads turn this track into a timeless thing that only deepens with each listen.

In '07:20 am' on B1, glistening hi-hats ricochet off the walls. A primal bassline awakens, stretching out slowly. Acidic drips and ripples warble through space. Halfway through, a saw-like synth line cuts through it all. Chris Ferreira dismantles and rebuilds the original, dipping it in spectral warmth. Rhythms layer and scatter like windswept leaves.