From the deepest darkness, we seem to hear a texture unravelling as it approaches us. It is rough and sharp, and as it draws nearer, a few heartbeats begin to shed light on the bigger picture: forty bodies caught in shifting states of tension, softness and release. They merge into a whole that functions as a complex structure to the point of becoming a collective parade with one goal: human connection. As it reaches the end, it feels like you are awakening from a cryptic dream: it’s Y-3’s SS26 runway finale and the music is Mi Sueño, by the Montreal duo Solitary Dancer. Yes, you’re in for a very special treat.
The sound leads this piece, which is part of the whole spectacle I’ll Meet You At The Horizon; a four-act performance conceived by choreographer and dramaturg Kianí del Valle, designed for last season’s show of the legendary collaboration between adidas and Yohji Yamamoto. When Y-3 approached them a year earlier to score SS25, Solitary Dancer hadn’t put out a record in almost four years. “It was all very surprising,” they admit. “To be chosen to lead music for something like this… we’re very grateful. These are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities if you’re an underground musician.”
Across three seasons, they have become central to the brand’s transformation. Their compositions, released on Y-3’s experimental Y-3000 imprint, carve out a space between analogue and digital, light and dark, real and surreal. Now, those works reappear in SDIII, a limited 6×12" compilation designed by Trevor Jackson, due to release in a limited edition of ninety-nine copies come March 2026. Mi Sueño is the lead single, and the emotional high point of Y-3’s Spring/Summer 2026 show at Paris Fashion Week. “To see it come to life like that in the space, forty dancers, watching other people vibe to it… that’s a very special feeling. A career highlight for sure”, the duo says, describing the experience of watching their work come to life during the show.
Adam Hodgins and Anthony Galati are the two members of Solitary Dancer, who crossed paths in Montréal to begin a new musical journey, together; it was 2016 when they released their first and eponymous EP on Graded Records. Both artists are known for experiments in electronic music that merge songcraft with uptempo house, techno and bass and for their appearances at underground techno events, day parties and other social investigations of emerging electronic sounds. The perfect background for the universe of Y-3: their specialty in low-end techno feels perfect for the world of the brand’s core identity.
In the last two years, Solitary Dancer have become the principal sonic collaborators for Y-3’s renewed runway presentations and a new audiovisual spirit for the label’s most recent shows., including Salle Pleyel (SS25), Pavillon Cambon (FW25), and the most recent, at Palais Brongniart (SS26).
It is very difficult to create music that contains both minimalism and intensity; Mi Sueño is a wave that spreads across the seashore, fleeting yet mesmerising. It rejoices and reveals itself as the sound of an almost transcendental experience that reminds us of ancient rituals; something as old and as necessary as uniting as one. There’s tension that fits faultlessly with the imagery of Y-3’s recent show. “We’re just trying to represent that as best we can. Every season we try to keep iterating and pick up new techniques that help us explore different styles of music we never thought we’d get to make. That kind of inspiration is a dream for any musician” Solitary Dancer explain.
Their next original score for Y-3 will debut in Fall/Winter 2026, ahead of the release of SDIII. And if Mi Sueño is any indication, the duo’s interplay with the brand isn’t simply a collaboration, it’s the emergence of a unified creative language. Mi Sueño goes beyond the status of a song: it’s a piece, a cosmic art piece. Here, the collective gaze is held for a moment and becomes a reminder: art moves us most when disciplines dissolve or connect, as their boundaries blur. In this case, sound becomes the thread stitching it all together, with hope.
