Immersed is the collaborative project from Brazilian electronic producers Öwnboss and Scorsi, bringing together two established forces in global dance music. Öwnboss rose to international recognition with his breakout hit ‘Move Your Body,’ which has surpassed 200 million streams and ranked among the most played tracks worldwide in 2022. Scorsi brings more than two decades of experience in electronic music with roots in drum & bass and collaborations with artists including Alok, Autograf, Tropkillaz, and NGHTMRE.

Together as Immersed, the duo explores a more melodic and atmospheric direction built around groove, tension, and meticulous sound design, where every layer serves a purpose and sonic detail drives the narrative of each track. They recently did a pop-up performance in NYC on the City Soul school bus. We at EDMTunes sat down with them to discuss the new project:

1. How did you guys first think to become Immersed?

It happened pretty naturally. Öwnboss and I had been friends for years and had already worked together on Nari & Milani – Atom’s remix before. We realized we shared a lot of the same references and a similar vision for where dance music could go.

We were doing a couple of guest appearances to play that remix together and we felt a different energy. At some point, we started making records that didn’t feel like an Öwnboss track or a Scorsi track. They felt like something else entirely. Instead of forcing them into our solo projects, we decided to give that sound its own identity.

2. Your chemistry first started developing around the “Atom” remix sessions. What was happening creatively in those early studio moments that made you want to keep building together? The biggest thing was how easy it felt. There was no ego in the room and we weren’t trying to impress each other.

One of us would throw out an idea, the other would take it somewhere unexpected, and the track would end up better because of it. The Atom remix was one of those projects where everything clicked really naturally.

After that, it felt like there was still a lot more music for us to make together.

3. You’ve described Immersed as being heavily focused on precision sound design and world-building. How do you approach creating records that feel cinematic and immersive beyond just functioning as club tracks?

We usually start with a feeling before we start with a genre. A lot of dance records are built around what will work in a club. We tend to ask ourselves what kind of world we want people to step into first. Once we have that, the sound design, vocals, textures and arrangement all start serving that bigger picture.

If a track works in a club, that’s great. But we also want it to work in your headphones, in your car, or on a random Tuesday when you need to escape reality for a few minutes.

4. The Immersed sound balances emotional melodic elements with heavy dancefloor energy. How important is that contrast between tension and release when you’re building a track?

It’s probably one of the most important parts of our music.

The heavy moments only feel heavy because there’s something emotional around them. And the emotional moments hit harder because there’s tension and energy building underneath.

We’ve always loved music that takes you somewhere instead of staying in one lane the whole time. That contrast is what keeps things interesting for us, both as producers and as listeners.

5. Visually, the project already feels very intentional, especially with the red-centered aesthetic and high-contrast branding. How did the visual identity of Immersed come together, and how closely does it connect to the music itself?

The visual side came together the same way the music did: pretty naturally.

We knew we wanted something bold, simple, and instantly recognizable. Red became the center of it because it represents energy, passion, intensity, and movement, all things that are already present in the music.

For us, the visuals aren’t separate from the songs. They’re just another way of expressing the same feeling. If you mute an Immersed video, it should still feel like Immersed.

6. Öwnboss already had massive global success with ‘Move Your Body.’ How has that experience shaped the vision and ambitions behind launching a completely new project like Immersed?

Having a global hit definitely gives you perspective.

One thing we’ve both learned is that success is amazing, but it can’t be the reason you start a project. Immersed exists because we genuinely love making this music together, not because we were trying to recreate something that already worked.

If anything, that experience gave us the confidence to take more risks, trust our instincts, and focus on building something with a long-term identity instead of chasing a moment.

7. Tracks like ‘Now You See Me,’ ‘Tantra,’ and now ‘The Last Time’ all show different sides of the project. Was it important for you early on to establish Immersed as something with range rather than being tied to one specific sound?

We never wanted Immersed to be defined by a BPM, a genre tag, or a trend. We wanted it to be defined by an identity

If you listen to our releases, they’re not all trying to do the same thing. But they all feel like Immersed. That’s a much more interesting challenge for us than repeating the same formula over and over.

8. With the six-track EP arriving this summer through Sony Music Entertainment, what can listeners expect from the project as a full listening experience, and how do you want people to feel after hearing it front to back?

Expect a journey more than a collection of tracks. The EP shows different sides of Immersed, but everything is connected by the same emotion and atmosphere. It moves between club records, cinematic moments, and even more mainstream hyper-pop leaning anthems, but it all feels part of the same world. We spent a lot of time making sure it felt cohesive from beginning to end.

Hopefully, when people finish it, they immediately want to hit play again and discover things they missed the first time.