Speakeasy is a seven track mini album that plays as one piece. Every track flows into the next without a break, the way a DJ set moves through a night — opener, build, peak, release. The setting is a Prohibition era bar, but the production sits firmly in melodic house: brass, upright bass, and clarinet on top of a four to the floor groove, with room for both sides to breathe. Swing house isn't really a genre. Speakeasy doesn't pretend it is. It's what happens when the instrumentation of one world meets the rhythm of another and neither tries to win.
The arc runs across all seven tracks. After Hours opens the door. Overture is a short clarinet piece that acts as the hinge — a breath before the main room. Gin Fizz settles into the groove. Swing Fever lifts the energy. One More Round is the last push before Le Grand Finale, where everything the album has been building toward lands at once. The closing track, Speakeasy (The Mix), is the whole journey played back as one continuous mixdown — the night in one take. It's built on the Dark Side of the Moon principle: no gaps, no resets, one piece from start to finish.
Speakeasy is a deliberate excursion, not a new direction. The Sgt.Elias catalogue is and remains melodic deep house — this is what happens when that same sensibility steps into a different room for a night. Released April 2026, it's the most distinct entry in the catalogue to date. For listeners drawn to music that tells a story across a full sitting rather than a single track, this one is built to be played end to end.
Speakeasy · Sgt.Elias · 2026