Nacho Scoppa’s ‘Groove Rosarino’ Is a Four-Track Lesson in Rhythm

The Argentine talent brings a quartet of groove-led cuts to Cloonee’s Hellbent Records imprint.

Coming from Rosario, one of Latin America’s great cultural powerhouses, Nacho Scoppa captures the vibrancy of his city in his productions through his distinctly groove-driven approach. Scoppa understands how to make small details do the heavy lifting with a tried-and-tested arsenal of crisp percussion, catchy vocal hooks and subtle rhythmic shifts, creating tracks that constantly evolve without ever losing their core pulse.

He’s also the founder of COPPADOS, his own label and a natural extension of the musical identity he has developed as an artist. It’s another outlet for his productions, and the imprint gives Scoppa the freedom to build a catalog around his specific take on groove-led dance music while creating space for artists and sounds that fit his vision. He has assumed a wider role as a curator and tastemaker via COPPADOS, using the platform to cultivate a sound and community around the rhythmic, club-focused aesthetic that has become synonymous with his own productions.

Alongside the work he continues to develop through COPPADOS, Scoppa has steadily built an impressive roster across a number of respected labels, including Deeperfect, Bamboleo and Moan. 2026 has marked an especially significant step forward in that journey, with Scoppa appearing on Sound D’Elite and elrow Limited before arriving on Cloonee’s Hellbent Records for his latest statement. ‘Groove Rosarino’ EP is a four-track release that feels particularly representative of where Scoppa is at right now, which is confident, colorful and unapologetically focused on the dancefloor. More importantly, the release embodies Scoppa’s “from Rosario to the world” ethos. There is a clear sense of where the music comes from, but equally a desire to take those influences far beyond Argentina.

Named after his hometown of Rosario, the EP feels like a fitting introduction to a producer whose sound has travelled considerably further than the city where it began. Across four cuts, Scoppa works with the kind of rhythmic precision that gives his productions an immediate physical pull, balancing rolling percussion, playful vocal elements and weighty low-end without ever allowing one element to overpower the groove.

Opening with ‘Eugenia,’ Scoppa establishes the EP’s character almost immediately. There is a sense of restraint throughout the tune, with the tightly wound percussive pattern and the bubbly bassline enjoying enough space to breathe while the groove steadily builds beneath it. The title track, ‘Groove Rosarino,’ sits at the heart of the release and perhaps offers the clearest snapshot of Scoppa’s approach. It is a cut that understands the value of repetition, using subtle shifts in rhythm and texture to keep the energy locked without relying on unnecessary theatrics.

Things turn up a notch with ‘Larfjes,’ where Scoppa pushes the drums further forward and injects the EP with a little more heat. The track carries an energetic, open-air quality, built for long summer sessions. Bringing the release to a close, ‘Moovin’ is where the artist allows the rhythm to do the work, maintaining a steady pulse and carrying the EP through its final moments with the same confidence and restraint that define the release as a whole.

Nacho Scoppa’s sound has retained the same sense of colour, rhythm and personality that first defined it since his initial stints at the clubs to increasingly prominent dancefloors across the globe. Now, with a growing repertoire, his own platform in COPPADOS and an expanding list of international labels and stages behind him, Scoppa is proving that groove can travel and that the sound of Rosario has plenty more ground left to cover.

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