2DCAT – Touch In The Night

“Touch in the Night” is a West German Eurodisco artifact. Released in December 1985, it was the second single from Silent Circle, a trio made up of vocalist Martin Tychsen, keyboardist Axel Breitung, and drummer Jürgen Behrens. The production is pure mid-80s Euro disco: shimmering digital synths, echoing snares, and a pulsing drum pattern. It became the band’s signature track and has lived on in clubs and compilations ever since. It is a song that knows exactly what it is.

In general, covers songs tend to go one of two directions: a full reimagining that repositions the material into new territory, or a head-on approach that essentially argues the new artist can hold their own against the original. 2DCAT takes the second path, and they make a compelling case.

The instrumentation is familiar enough that the original is immediately recognizable underneath. What changes is the texture and the aggression. Where Silent Circle’s version is sterile and polished, 2DCAT’s is driven by warm, analog synthesizers that push the track into darker, rawer territory. The song does not lose its energy in the translation. It gains an edge and the Silent Circle version feels less energetic by comparison.

HAEZL’s vocal is the other decisive factor. Her styling on this track works in a way that feels almost inevitable. It is hard to imagine the song being sung by anyone other than a female voice, and it is hard to imagine a female voice landing it more naturally than this. The vocal sits in the track rather than riding on top of it.

The result is energetic, danceable, and built for dark music club floors. This one has legs.

Label: Self-released Released: November 7, 2025