AVG lands on Fiona Kraft’s Non Merci Music on 7th August with ‘It’s Time’, a slow-burning house cut built for open-air floors and late summer sessions. The Italian-born, London-based producer has already appeared on Defected, Connected, Nervous Records and Pete Tong’s Places & Sp…

Resco lands on Sound D’Elite on 7th August with the three-track ‘Dat Funk’ EP, and we’re premiering its tightly wound title cut alongside Chester’s Chris Brooks. The New York producer has been building steady momentum since ‘Crazy’ broke into the Beatport charts in 2024, picking…

Five years is a long time to sit on a feeling. MZRA has spent that stretch chasing it through heartbreak, travel, and everything in between, and now it’s landing as ‘Seen’, the release that finally puts a shape to where he’s been. This one isn’t built for maximum chaos. It’s buil…

Tbloure lands on Techords with ‘Rich Boyz’, out 6th August, serving up a sharp house cut with plenty of swing in its step. At just 21 and only two years into production, the rising artist is already finding a clear lane, pulling from house music’s deeper corners while keeping the…

Di Saronno makes his Big Love Trax debut on 21st August with ‘Lesson For Everybody’, featuring New York house mainstay Kenny Summit on vocals. Built around a rolling disco groove, crisp drums and a bassline that keeps the whole thing moving, Di Saronno’s track has the easy confid…

EPiKA marks its fifth anniversary on 7th August 2026 at The Liquid Room Warehouse, having built a reputation in Edinburgh’s club scene around underground techno, femme lineups and a returning crowd. The night was founded by Weronika Borek, known by her artist name ona:v. EPiKA wa…

Bazza Ranks and Turnstyle return to Bombstrikes on August 7 with ‘Town Red’, a smooth disco-funk workout featuring JB on vocals. The pair have spent plenty of time digging into the gloss, swing and low-end weight of 80s funk, but ‘Town Red’ never feels trapped in the past. A rela…

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Jill Stanley joins dt weapons with ’99’ Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Jill Stanley makes her first appearance on dt weapons with ’99’, a high-impact tech house record built for late-night dancefloors. Combining relentless rhythm, tight percussion and a commanding groove, the…

White Claw and Defected Records are launching Find Your People this National Friendship Day. The social experiment is designed to test whether the dancefloor can turn strangers into lasting friends. Working with social community app Cliq, the brands will recruit 10 like-minded st…

Kevin McKay and Detroit duo Pressure Rhythm land on Glasgow Underground with ‘Together’, a warm, driving house cut built for the middle of a packed floor. Pressure Rhythm have been working together since 2015, with releases on Kitball, Lapsus, Happy Techno, No Excuse, Material an…

Nestled on the shores of Dürener Badesee near Cologne, Nibirii Festival has quietly become one of Germany’s most essential electronic weekenders. Presented by the legendary Bootshaus Cologne, the festival returns for its 2026 edition from 28th to 30th August, spreading across fiv…

Introducing Gwaspari, a UK Drum & Bass DJ whose sets thrive on contrast, weaving Neurofunk weight, Dancefloor energy and Jump Up bounce into a single, relentless narrative. Rather than stringing tracks together, he builds journeys: tension coiled, released, and rebuilt, engineere…

MEL and Enta have been terrorising dancefloors separately for a while now, but put them in a room together under the DRKNET banner and something properly unhinged happens. Their debut EP ‘Interfaced’ lands on Valkyrie Music on 31st July, and it is exactly the kind of release that…

SS. Ventura’s ‘Ravalon’ gets a full-throttle remix from Michele Conte, landing on Friday 31st July. The Australian producer pushes the original into harder territory, firing along at 150 BPM with pounding drums, rave stabs and sharp turns that keep the pressure moving. Old-school…

Low Steppa’s ‘Sin Pero’ gets a fresh club treatment from Folkness, landing on Low Trax Records on 31st July. Formed by long-time friends Norbert and Matt, Folkness officially launched in 2019 after years spent behind the decks and in the studio. Their sound sits firmly in house m…

Grab the tissues and find the nearest speaker stack, because ‘Deep Blue’ is about to soundtrack your next 3am moment. The new three tracker from Cheryl Holland and Riigs lands on Sub-Label Recordings on 31st July, and it’s got heart, hooks and enough low end to shake the paint of…

Sowel takes control of this week’s Spotlight Mix following the release of ‘Tus Pasos’ on dt weapons. The Spanish DJ and producer has spent more than a decade sharpening his sound across clubs throughout Europe, with over 650 appearances and several sets at Amsterdam Dance Event 2…

Lee Jeffrey returns to Griffintown Records on 31st July with ‘Lose My Mind’, a three-track EP built for low ceilings, late hours and properly worked dancefloors. The UK producer has been on a strong run, taking his groove-led house sound to labels including Moxy Muzik and Hottrax…

Vele lands on his own Whoyostro label on 31st July with ‘Mimicry’, a two-track release built for dark rooms and late shifts. The title cut runs at 130 BPM, locking into a tight deep house groove with clipped percussion, low-end pressure and the sort of restrained movement that gi…

Aiwaska and Milletrax land on Junior Jack’s Adesso Music on 31st July with ‘Nena’, a carnival-charged club cut built for the height of summer. Following their recent collaboration ‘Truth & Love’, the pair reconnect with rolling percussion, bright Latin instrumentation and clipped…

Shropshire’s not exactly known for producing bass weight, but Pixel‘s about to change that story. Landing on CK Records on 30th July, ‘Numbers Game // Minimal’ is minimal on paper and maximum on the system, all low-end pressure and no filler. Pixel’s been quietly putting in the g…

Disco Infiltrators turns the dial firmly towards the dancefloor as Hobbs (UK) and Slick Pete Flash come together for ‘Alright’, a high-energy disco house collaboration loaded with funk, attitude and plenty of late-night swagger. Built around a thick, rolling bassline and an insta…

Bugged Out! heads back to Drumsheds on Saturday, 10th October, for a huge celebration of the sounds that shaped a generation of club culture. Marking 25 years since 2001, the lineup brings together many of the artists who defined one of electronic music’s most exciting eras, alon…

Breaking Beattz lands on Dirtybird on 24th July with the two-track ‘Booty Bang’ EP, the latest release from the label’s Flight Week Brazil series. Created during Dirtybird’s 2025 Brazilian writing camp, the title track finds the Belo Horizonte producer linking with Ishimaru for a…

Inner City’s ‘Pennies From Heaven’ returns on Definitive Recordings on 24th July, with Roland Leesker reshaping the 1992 classic for modern house floors. Leesker keeps the original vocal and melodic pull intact, then builds around it with crisp TR-909 drums, a rolling low end and…

Ethan Gray ft Andre Espeut land on Sultra Records on 24th July with ‘Give Me Time’, a warm slice of soulful house made for long summer evenings and busy dancefloors. At 23, London producer Ethan Gray is already building a strong catalogue, with releases on Soulfuric and Big Love,…

Wallis, better known behind the decks as TABLE MANNERS and the founder of AUXINN DJ products, takes control of our latest Spotlight Mix with a session built for proper dancefloors. The 97-minute mix moves through house, tech and deeper territory, holding a steady groove while the…

DHB Portugal returns for a fourth edition on 18th and 19th September 2026. The event moves to a new beachfront site at Praia Irmão in Costa da Caparica, a coastal town in Almada, around 20 minutes south of Lisbon. Friday’s programme is built around house music. Brazilian selector…

Serpnt is back on home turf at Dispatch Recordings, this time bringing Wingz and Vienna’s M:FX along for a two-track release ‘Styx / Fracture’, that’s already proven itself where it counts, on the dancefloor. ‘Styx’ opens things up, a collaboration between Serpnt and Wingz built…

Husky returns with ‘Get Up On This’, a new club-focused cut built for peak-time floors, coming on Bobbin’ Head Music. Landing with a driving 128 BPM pulse, Husky’s latest release pairs chunky drums with a rolling bassline, bright house grooves and a vocal hook that gets straight…

Grammy Award–winning Black Coffee will headline an exclusive 2,000-capacity open-air show at Budapest’s UNESCO-listed Buda Castle on 14th August 2026, a rare chance to see one of the world’s leading electronic artists in an intimate, historic setting. Presented by BSH Events in p…