DJ Koze knows the power of a good loop. On last year’s misty-eyed disco-house anthem “Pick Up,” he sank his teeth into a simple two-bar phrase—a winsome swirl of strings and guitar layered over a streamlined drum groove—and shook it with abandon, like an overjoyed dog with a favorite rag.

He does something similar on a new remix of Gerry Read’s forthcoming single “It’ll All Be Over,” due out on Koze’s Pampa Records on May 10. He cuts right to the chase, zooming in on the song’s refrain and blowing it up until it fills the frame, then lavishing attention on every lively detail: jazzy guitar licks, blocky Rhodes chords, unstoppable cowbells, even a brief outburst from what sounds like a particularly mournful kazoo. With a chorus like this, who needs a verse? “It’ll all be over,” a small choir sings, over and over again, in wistful harmony. Much as he did with Gladys Knight’s heartbroken lines on “Pick Up,” Koze wrings every last drop of bittersweet out of the song’s vocal hook—dropping it out, bringing it back, teasing the listener on, and keeping the song’s promised finale dancing forever just out of reach. The lyrics prophesy sweet release, but Koze gives us something even better than a happy ending: a delirious, life-affirming, never-ending now.