We had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Wouter Postelmans, more widely known as WildVibes, a few weeks ago about his music, his creative direction and his purpose. We couldn’t be more excited to write about his newest single with Martin Miller featuring Arild Aas on vocals, entitled All I Ever Wanted, which is a heavenly slice of progressive house released via Eonity. A follow-up to a previous hit collaboration between these three artists, called Far From You, this new tune sticks to a similar sound, focusing on organic elements like guitars, pianos and more, with a touch of energy and some bubbling happiness rising forth in the drops.

WildVibes and Martin Miller seem to have stuck with a comparatively minimalist production style here, with elements of the tune clearly audible individually. The basses are evident in the pre-chorus in the second half of the song, and they fill up the mix well, albeit an unusual practice in progressive house. Somewhat reminiscent of Avicii’s love for the piano in his music, this drop also highlights the importance of this magical instrument, through Arty-esque sound design. You can draw clear parallels with their previous collaboration in the drop, in terms of the denseness and EQing. The melody itself is one that’s easy to remember and draws upon notes all across the scale – which is what creates that magical feeling of a story being told through the song.

It’s quite clear that as far as vocal processing goes, there’s little that has been done to Arild’s voice – it naturally sounds just as pure and passionate. Each syllable of his is sung with purpose and emotion, and that’s evident throughout the majority of the song, when his voice is on display. In this song, there’s a big focus on the vocal topline, which is so catchy that you can’t just help but sing along. Singing in desperation about love and heartbreak, he keeps the passion flowing in every second of the song. This song wouldn’t even be close to how good it is without Arild Aas on it, and he’s outdone himself here.

Lyrically, this track is the follow-up to their previous collaboration – which itself was written about Wouter’s stay away from his girlfriend for an extended period of time while studying music. These lyrics speak about him realizing that she was all he ever wanted, as he then decided to come back to her in real life too – making for a beautiful and touching romantic tale.

With this being ‘the next chapter’ in this story, it is hard not to compare All I Ever Wanted with Far From You. The latter has a more energetic and big-room oriented drop, while All I Ever Wanted emphasizes a profound sense of beauty and satisfaction through the song. They’re both phenomenal: one’s slightly geared towards festivals, and the other towards a peaceful and enjoyable casual listening experience. Considering that All I Ever Wanted is the newest step towards WildVibes’ new sound, it can only be treated as an indication that more smile-and-tear-inducing music is coming from him and his friends very soon.