DJ Tennis Runs Life and Death. He Almost Never Sings on It. At 15, He Finally Does.

Why is DJ Tennis singing on his own label?

Manfredi Romano built Life and Death fifteen years ago as a home for producers who blur house, techno, new wave and pop songwriting instincts, but he has mostly stayed behind the desk on his own releases. "Cold Hands," his collaboration with newer signee M-High, breaks that pattern: he takes the lead vocal himself, an unusually personal position for him to occupy on a Life and Death record. The single follows his June single "Misbehave" and lands squarely inside the label's 15th anniversary year, giving the vocal turn extra weight as a kind of statement piece for where DJ Tennis and his label are headed next.

What do the three versions actually sound like?

"Cold Hands" ships as three distinct mixes rather than the usual single-plus-remix format. The Italo Mix leans into new wave's melodic side, wrapping the vocal in glowing, euphoric synths. The Electro Mix strips the track down and scales it up, built for bigger rooms and harder systems. The House Flip pushes the same vocal and chord progression into punchier, more functional tech house territory, the version most likely to turn up in a peak time set.

DJ Tennis takes an unusually personal role on "Cold Hands," providing his own vocals across all three versions.

What does this mean for M-High?

M-High signed to Life and Death earlier in 2026 with his debut EP "Dark Web Pinger," and "Cold Hands" is his first outing on the label since. Pairing a newer name with the label's own founder, on a track built around that founder's voice, reads less like a nostalgia move and more like Life and Death using its 15th anniversary to point at who it's betting on next, not just looking back at its own catalog.