Brand new single from Megapenny Music

Megapenny Music is the latest creative iteration of Al Young, a musician, producer and synth designer whose story flows across two vastly different musical worlds. First making an impression back in the late 1970s, Al was part of an era defined by experimentation and the thrill of discovery. Armed with a classical piano background and an endless curiosity for the new sounds of analogue synthesis, he immersed himself in the tactile world of knobs, patch cables and multi-track tape machines.

Back then, music was a craft built by hand, shaped by patience and imagination and Al was right at its heart. He spent those early years designing music from the ground up, literally; his fascination with sound led him to build his own synthesisers, several of which found their way into the studios of early 80s acts exploring the fringes of electronic music. Alongside his technical talents, Al experimented with tape loops and multitracking, finding a exciting new way to approach songwriting that blurred the line between performance and production.

Then came silence and what started as a pause turned into a hiatus that stretched over four decades. For years, the synths gathered dust and the reels stopped spinning but creativity doesn’t fade, it merely hibernates. When Al finally reemerged last year under the name Megapenny Music, it felt like an awakening, a synthesis of everything he once was and everything modern music had become. His return began with “Grains of Sand,” featuring French vocalist Delphine Savatte, a dazzling reintroduction of Euro-pop vibes that bristled with colour and conviction.

Following his emphatic debut as Megapenny Music, Al has since dropped a trio of well-received tracks, the most recent of which comes with his brand new single titled “Dance with Giants,” a sweeping, genre-fluid statement that brings togethr electronic and orchestral styles, pairing powerful percussion with vast symphonic textures. It’s a song that feels fully alive with movement, surging forward with both emotional impact and sheer scale. Led once again by Delphine Savatte’s extraordinary vocals, “Dance with Giants” moves beautifully between intimacy and grandeur, her voice shifting from whisper-soft delivery to soaring, spine-tingling power.

Thematically, “Dance with Giants” is about courage, about confronting life’s biggest challenges head-on and finding strength in the act of standing tall. It’s a song that encourages listeners to face their fears not with aggression, but with grace, to embrace the disarray and beauty of existence as something to move through, not shrink from. Opened by the graceful swell of warm brass textures and fluttering string tones, Delphine’s stunning vocals glide in above quit piano notes before the arrangement gathers energy with building instrumentation and soaring vocal lines.

Rising with the rolling patter of drums and engrossing burst of joyous musical spirit, the song shines with spectacular instrumental layers and sensational melodic leads all wrapped up in an enveloping cinematic fabric. In “Dance with Giants, Megapenny Music delivers a riveting musical experience that captures the drive of persistence and the thrill of rediscovery, distilling the sound of an artist returning not to where he left off, but to where he was always meant to be.

Listen to Dance with Giants (feat. Delphine Savatte) below

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