- Words Talitha Messham
Atlanta duo Painted Dunes serve up jazz-house with a side of sophisticated opulence in their new single, ‘Monaco Affair’.
Painted Dunes are back with another jazz-house banger. Slow-beat electronica exudes a luxurious grandeur in ‘Monaco Affair’, nodding to the duo’s signature jazz-influenced sound. The leisurely tempo takes you on a journey through yacht-lined harbours and glittering casinos, compounded by energetic trumpet.
The Atlanta-based duo call their style “house music with a view—and a splash of jazz”, prevailing with a genre-blending richness and textural rhythms that have consolidated their place on Spotify’s Top 50 Viral Charts all across the globe. The single leans into lavish piano chords over sultry saxophone, encapsulating the vision of opulence and sun-kissed summers. It’s house-flair creates a duality that makes it the perfect soundtrack to anything from late-night drives to vivacious dinner parties—just as long as it’s glamorous.
The atmospheric nature of Painted Dunes’s music makes them more than just musicians, but curators. The pair’s fluid sophistication lends to a widespread appeal, consolidating their place as star-risers on the front of the jazz-house scene.