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ILLENIUM and MAX Team Up for Anthemic Single, “Worst Day”

ILLENIUM is back with a new single, an anthemic collab with MAX called “Worst Day.” "Worst Day" marks ILLENIUM's third collaborative single from his forthcoming fifth studio album. MAX stuns in the angsty electronic anthem, which soars with future bass synths and and a punk twist. “Worst Day” follows in the footsteps of "All …

STS9 Debut On Wakaan With New Live Mixtape

Following their eclectic headlining performance at this year’s Wakaan Music Festival, STS9 have made their stately debut on the experimental bass music label with a new live mixtape. Spanning nine tracks, the tape beautifully captures the band’s infectious live performance energy. It features previously unreleased tracks from the band, including …

Premiere: Ziyiz ‘Sprung Skeleton’

Ziyiz will make their solo debut on Brooklyn’s Kindergarten Records next month with the ‘Pattern Factory’ EP. Listen to ‘Sprung Skeleton’ below.  The Leeds producer follows an appearance on the DJ Mag Best of North America Breakthrough Label awards winners’ ‘Fluo II’ comp with four tracks of hyperactive, sci-fi-tuned club music that …

Bonobo Surprises Fans With Piano-Led Single “Defender”

Bonobo is making a habit out of surprise releases. Making use of a thumb piano, Bonobo lets fans acclimate to his new single, "Defender," with rich, organic sounds. As the song progresses, he layers in punchy drums and swirling synths to deliver a four-on-the-floor track that moonlights as an atmospheric, …

Premiere: Shinedoe ‘Wake Up’ 

Shinedoe will release her fifth album, ‘Freedom Riders’, via her own MTM Records this week. Listen to ‘Wake Up’ below.  The Amsterdam-based DJ and producer’s latest 10-track release is a masterclass in classic techno energy, which detours through deep house and minimal forms. Shinedoe has described the album as being …

Premiere: Nueen ‘Let Me Be Gone For A While’

Nueen will release a new album, ‘Diagrams of Thought’, via Barcelona’s Balmat label this month. Listen to ‘Let Me Be Gone For A While’ below.  The Mallorca-born, Barcelona-based artist sculpts 10 tracks of ambient and downtempo music with a distinctly off-season Balearic feel; the sunset vibe it conjures is beautiful, …

Premiere: Kundai ’Seance’

Kundai will release a new EP via NYC-and-Mexico City label Human Pitch this month. Listen to ‘Seance’ below.  The Zimbabwe-born, London-based DJ, producer, vocalist, art director and fashion designer follows a string of self-released EPs on Bandcamp with her label debut. The three tracks on ‘Glisten’ fit neatly on Simsea …

EDM.com Presents: The House Brew, Vol. 14

“The Alchemist” – Rinzen Rinzen’s on fire. The cinematic techno producer has released 13 tracks on 5 different labels in the past two months. His latest EP arrives on John Digweed’s Bedrock record label. “Bedrock is one of those labels I wrote down on my goals list when I first …

A Hundred Drums Returns to Deadbeats With Menacing Track, “Deep Space”

Following the announcement of a landmark tour, surging bass music producer A Hundred Drums has released a new single, "Deep Space." Out now via Zed Dead’s Deadbeats imprint, "Deep Space" finds the experimental bass virtuoso at her finest. She's becoming one of the label's bona fide powerhouses after releasing 2021's Enough Enough EP and this year’s …

GhostDragon Taps Daye for Heartfelt Single, “re-collide”

GhostDragon is back with yet another must-listen track, an emotive collab with Daye called "re-collide." Since kicking off 2022 with "Temporary Love" (with Robbie Rosen), a song that later appeared on his debut album could've been us, the budding beatsmith has been making big moves this year and showing no signs …

Premiere: Yuto Takei ‘Svalbard’

Yuto Takei will release a new EP, titled ‘MA’, via Belgium’s Maloca Records this month. Listen to ‘Svalbard’ below.  The Tokyo-based composer and DJ’s seven-track debut for La Motel’s imprint explores different perspectives of the Japanese Kanji character “間”, or “Ma”, as it relates to notions of time, space and …

Premiere: Amselysen ‘Misery (feat. Ubu Boi)’

Amselysen will release a new album, ‘Organe Solaire’, via Prague’s Genot Centre label this month. Listen to ‘Misery (feat. Ubu Boi)’ below.  The Montréal-based producer’s second release for the label is an intriguing 12-track collection of wild vocal mutations and electro-acoustic experiments, in which sung and spoken fragments are twisted …

G Jones and EPROM Drop Fan-Favorite ID, “R.A.V.E.”

Two weeks after exploring the sounds of rave music's past in a scintillating mixtape, G Jones and EPROM have released one of its hotly anticipated tracks. Late last month, the duo shared remixes, unreleased collaborations and more as the "Disk Doctors." Harnessing both of their masterful abilities, they brought forth …

Listen to MIRAMAR’s Sultry Nu-Disco Track With Chris James, “Verano”

California-based DJ and entrepreneur Aric Christopher, who produces smooth dance music as MIRAMAR, has reimagined nu-disco in a twist fans have been waiting for. MIRAMAR upbringing is rooted in surf, skate and snow culture in various coastal California communities. While there are many layers to his entrepreneurial spirit, electronic music production has …

Kari Wahlgren Delivers Celebratory 4-Track EP, “Kaleidoscope”

Singer-songwriter Kari Wahlgren has officially made her electronic dance music debut.  Over the years, Wahlgren's distinctive voice has been featured in numerous syncs across film, television and video games. Some may recognize her from Rick & Morty, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, DC Super Hero Girls, Trolls: The Beat Goes On, Mortal …

How SLANDER “Thrive” by Leaning On Each Other

SLANDER know first-hand how invaluable a good co-pilot is. The duo of Derek Andersen and Scott Land recently released their debut studio album, Thrive. Released on September 22nd, the record is a culmination of a decade of touring in tandem, co-producing songs and putting their creative heads together. It's a …

Premiere: Naphta ‘Bruzdy w ziemi ryte'

Naphta will release a new album, ‘Żałość’, via Kraków’s Tańce label this month. Listen to ‘Bruzdy w ziemi ryte’ below.  The Polish producer’s latest projects finds him working with traditional folk samples from the eastern Polesie, Radomskie and Kozła regions in Greater Poland, blending them with echoing ambient electronics, rumbling …

EDM.com Playlist Picks: ACRAZE, Chee, HI-LO and More [10/07/22]

The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com's weekly "Playlist Picks" series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits ACRAZE – …

EDM.com Playlist Picks: ACRAZE, Chee, HI-LO and More [09/07/22]

The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com's weekly "Playlist Picks" series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits ACRAZE – …

Underground Vibes | 084

“Unwell” – sleepy benjamin, DEON & Tomatow Emerging talent sleepy benjamin has united with DEON and Tomatow for “Unwell,” a stunning display of songwriting and production that is able to keep listeners on their toes all throughout. “What Did I Do” – Vanic & CRÉME Acclaimed producer Vanic and multi-talented …

Listen to a Haunting Teaser of Kx5’s Unreleased Single, “Alive”

After announcing their collaborative Kx5 project earlier this year and stunning fans with its debut live set at EDC Las Vegas, deadmau5 and Kaskade have unveiled a preview of their third single, "Alive." "Alive" is a collaboration with famed alternative rock outfit The Moth & The Flame, whose spacey vocals bellow through a haunting house beat: “I was the water …

Premiere: Surgeons Girl 'Night Moths'

Surgeons Girl will release a new EP, ‘Sever’, via Barcelona’s Lapsus Records this month. Listen to ‘Night Moths’ below.  The Bristolian composer, whose work centres on her use of analogue electronics, vocals and piano, follows appearances on Livity Sound and Inside Out Records with a five-track suite of exploratory synth and …

Premiere: Sputnik One ‘Grafters’

Sputnik One launches his N-Face label this month with the release of a brand new two-tracker,  ‘Supa Natural / Grafters’. Listen to ‘Grafters’ below.  The Dublin-based DJ and producer – who demonstrated his percussive and shapeshifting approach to club music in his Fresh Kicks mix last year – teased the …

Premiere: Plant43 ‘Searching For Skies’

Plant43 will release a new EP, ‘Remote Signals’, this month. Listen to ‘Searching For Skies’ below. The UK electro stalwart’s latest three-tracker is a testament to his devotion to the form. Mechanised beats, sci-fi synths and drexciyan atmospheres pull lovingly from the genre’s canon, and coalesce into an offering that …

Premiere: J-Shadow ‘Parallel Worlds’

J-Shadow will release his debut album, ‘Final Departure’, via Keysound Recordings this month. Listen to ‘Parallel Worlds’ below.  The London-based DJ and producer follows releases on Beat Machine Records and Sneaker Social Club with an eight-tracker that finds him continuing his journey into the outer-dimensions of experimental electronic music, bringing …

Whethan Brings Back Signature Dance-Pop Sound On First Independent Release In 6 Years, “Fall Out Girl”

You heard it here first: Whethan is the official shapeshifter—or soundshifter, rather—of dance music. And he's now breaking away in more ways than one. Whethan's latest single, "Fall Out Girl" (with Zai1k), is his first independent release in six years following a two-album stint with Atlantic Records.  "Fall Out Girl" is an uplifting …

Premiere: Reece Spooner ‘Hoxton Skank’

Reece Spooner will release his debut solo EP, ‘ClubPop Vol. 1’ this month. Listen to ‘Hoxton Skank’ below.  The London DJ, producer and Fiasco! party co-founder follows appearances on compilations by labels including Stamp The Wax, Super Drama Records and Borne Fruits with four tracks that joyfully fuse heady club …

Hood Politics Records Boldly Reinvents Iconic Bass Tracks for House Heads In New EP, “Dubstep Forever”

DJ Susan's Hood Politics Records is thinking outside the genre with their latest compilation, Dubstep Forever. Contrary to what newcomers to the taste-making imprint may be led to think after reading that title, Hood Politics Records is more closely associated with smooth grooves than aggressive headbanging. However, they're now taking a trip to the …

Premiere: AK Sports ‘Lockdown In The Big Smoke’

AK SPorts will release a new EP, ‘Eurostar’, via Asquith’s Higher Power label tomorrow. Listen to ‘Lockdown In The Big Smoke’ below.  The Sydney-born, LA-based DJ and producer follows up their debut release on Asquith’s other label, Lobster Theremin, with four cuts of ferocious techno with lashings breakbeat hardcore and …

Premiere: Coffintexts x Jonny From Space ‘CIENFUEGOS’

Miami’s Coffintexts and Jonny From Space will release a new collaborative EP,  ‘CIENFUEGOS’, via the former’s observe participate label this week. Listen to the title track below.  Both artists have established themselves as prominent figures in their city’s underground electronic music scene in recent years, with Coffintexts becoming known for …

Premiere: Lu.Re ‘Certain Way’

East London-based DJ, producer and singer-songwriter Lu.Re will release her latest two-tracker, ‘Certain Way/Bound’ in October. Listen to ‘Certain Way’ below.  The artist follows her May debut EP, ‘Ruminate’ – in which she navigated a recent OCD diagnosis with introspective lyrics and viola-accompanied UKG – with two smoky cuts that …

Premiere: Regularfantasy ‘Maybe Nevermind’

Regularfantasy will release an EP, ‘New Glow’, via Vancouver’s Specials Worldwide label this week. Listen to ‘Maybe Nevermind’ below. The Canadian DJ and producer, whose music has previously appeared on labels such as Banoffee Pies, Total Stasis and Pear, returns with four more tracks that demonstrate their distinctive “sentimental house” …

BYOR Drops “Flavour,” a Stimulating Single Fit for the Dancefloor

Chart-topping producer BYOR is creating music that is delectable to the eardrums.  Aiming to satisfy your house music cravings, the rising Russian artist has returned to Tiësto's Musical Freedom imprint with a sensational single, "Flavour."  The new tune is a club-ready creation and a follow-up to BYOR's previous Musical Freedom release, "Belly …

BYOR Drops “Flavour,” a Stimulating Single Fit for the Dancefloor

Chart-topping producer BYOR is creating music that is delectable to the eardrums.  Aiming to satisfy your house music cravings, the rising Russian artist has returned to Tiësto's Musical Freedom imprint with a sensational single, "Flavour."  The new tune is a club-ready creation and a follow-up to BYOR's previous Musical Freedom release, "Belly …

Tiësto Remixes Tiga’s Techno Classic “Mind Dimension” for the Modern Dancefloor

Tiësto is bringing his far-reaching club appeal to an early 2000's techno classic.  Taking on Tiga's "Mind Dimension," Tiësto refreshes the acid-infused production of the 2009 track, adding energizing drums and a dancefloor-dominating groove into the mix. The hook of Tiga's singalong classic is likely to appear instantly recognizable to tenured …

Fred again.. Sees the Silver Lining With New “Actual Life 3” Single, “Bleu (better with time)”

Stepping into a critical career juncture, Fred again.. is telegraphing better days ahead with his new single, "Bleu (better with time)." True to the producer's underground house flair that has taken the electronic music community by storm, the track excels in sparking a groove with straightforward, catchy and melodic production. …

Paul van Dyk and Alex M.O.R.P.H. Reunite for Stranger Things-Inspired Single, “Hawkins Square”

Frequent collaborators Paul van Dyk and Alex M.O.R.P.H. pay homage to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana with their latest collaboration in an instrumental tribute to Stranger Things.  M.O.R.P.H and van Dyk forgo their collaborative uplifting approach of yesteryear, opting instead to bridge the gap between progressive house and trance …

Premiere: Big Dope P ‘Southside Of Chicago’

Moveltraxx will release its latest compilation EP, ‘Street Bangers Factory 21’, this month. Listen to founder Big Dope P’s ‘Southside Of Chicago’ below.  The London-via-Paris’ label’s latest five-tracker features contributions from DJ Roc, Katie Got Bandz, DJ Manny, Traxman, Gettoblaster and Mars Kasei. Spanning juke, footwork, house and ghetto tech, …

Premiere: Nathalie Capello ‘Wanna Be’

Nathalie Capello will release her debut EP, ‘Fading Dreams’, via Manchester’s Dansu Discs this month. Listen to ‘Wanna Be’ below.  The Rotterdam-born, Berlin-based DJ – who’s a regular on the city’s club circuit, Refuge Worldwide Radio, and the Hör Berlin streaming channel – follows remixes, singles and compilation appearances on …

Premiere: Blvksite ‘Tap’

Blvksite will release a self-titled EP via Black Techno Matters next month. Listen to ‘Tap’ below.  The Washington D.C. twins – Drew and Justin Barini-Rivers – serve up three original cuts of thunderous techno for the label, which launched in 2021 with a mission to “reclaim techno as a manifestation …

Premiere: The 83rd ‘diddy b0p’

The 83rd will release a new EP, ‘c r u $ h c i t y’, this week. Listen to ‘diddy b0p’ below.  The New York producer’s first new release after a three year hiatus is a six-tracker that fires on all cylinders. Touching on everything from experimental hip-hop and …

Premiere: Hassan Abou Alam ‘Lost In A Jar Of Thyme’

Hassan Abou Alam will release a new EP, ‘Ice’, via Parisian label Nehza Records this week. Listen to ‘Lost In A Jar Of Thyme’ below.  The Egyptian producer and live artist – whose music has previously appeared on labels such as Naive, early reflex and Rhythm Section International – debuts …

Maddy O’Neal Drops Shapeshifting Sophomore Album, “Ricochet”

Maddy O’Neal has dropped Ricochet, her genre-bending sophomore album. Ricochet sees the Denver-based electronic music producer at her most creative, alchemizing futuristic bass with electro-soul beats and funky, head-nodding disco. Complete with dazzling singles like the sparkling future bass banger "Never Fades" and the spacey “Follow Me," Ricochet is a bold body of work …