A hundreds-strong crowd gathered to catch VTSS and Boys Noize put on a display of bass-heavy excellence at ARC Music Festival’s latest edition, journeying across 90 minutes of trance, electro and techno. As the Chicago sun sets on these two titans of fast-paced dance music, the energy intensifies tenfold, rolling through ferocious selections right through to the very end.

Former Spiral Tribe member 69db joins the untitled 909 alumni with a mix that taps into era-spanning influences. From his ‘90s days experimenting with improvisational jazz and dub that took the “attitude of reggae” and applied it to his music, 69db’s earliest projects are brought back to light in this mix. “I have always loved dubby, trippy music that takes you on a journey,” he says. “Improvised liveset is the perfect medium for this.”

Direct from a car repair garage in Athens, Greek-British bass head Madam X links up with London-based DJ and producer Jay Carder on a toe-to-toe mix spanning 60 breakneck minutes. Peak-time club cuts flow into gloomy dubstep and heavy, bass-laden techno against an unusual backdrop of vintage cars that hang from the ceiling.

Inspired by the recent Built By Sound installation as part of Bradford’s City of Culture 2025 programme, DAYTIMERS founder Provhat Rahman created a tapestry of UK Bhangra’s manifold origins for this Mixmag Scene mix, from traditional tumbi and dhol to tracks from Portishead, Mobb Deep, A Guy Called Gerald, and Aphex Twin. The result is an eclectic, heady hour that oozes references from start to finish. 

Typically unpredictable, DJ Python slithers and writhes through everything from rave breaks to dark electro in this two-hour odyssey, recorded live during his set at last year’s C2C Festival in Turin. Searing bass, frenetic percussion, and wall-to-wall curveballs may have been expected from dance music’s serpent, yet this mind-bending mix will still have you incredulously throwing your neck side to side to near-whiplash proportions. You’ve been warned.

Sibling vibesmiths Naycab and DJ PGZ deliver a quickfire hour during this recording from Victoria’s un:send Festival, courtesy of our friends down at Mixmag Australia/NZ. Wheeling out rowdy peak-time energy with tracks from the likes of TSVI, Muskila, Magugu and DJ Sprinter across its boisterous two-hour run, this is the kind of mix that will have Northern Hemisphere dwellers staring outside of your window in sheer despondence dreaming of festival season Down Under.

A dream set for I. JORDAN is every bit as rewarding for us to listen to. Recorded to play for the waltzers at Hull Fair late last year, it conjures a delirious thrill of youth that will be familiar to anyone who indulged in the brash noise, dizzying energy and neon blur of a fun fair. Grab some candyfloss, salute your pet goldfish and spin on a desk chair to get the full experience locking into this pumping blend of Northern club music. 

It’s rare to hear an Objekt set that isn’t totally magnificent, but he’s outdone his high standards here. The set was recorded live at FINAL, a basement club in Tapei, for the PURE G party and arrives as the 100th instalment of its PURE Guest series. It’s transfixing across the two-hour duration, flowing through wonk and drive, as textures shimmer in abstraction then drop into throbbing pulses and ascend back up to transcendence. The zone he had the dancefloor locked into is tantalising to imagine, never shying away from ambitious blends and unconventional selections — breaksy bleep, cosmic dub, post-hardcore, and beyond – while maintaining forward momentum.  

Melting together her love for all things electro, Sassy 009 plays with bold acid drops, swirling synths and some unpredictable selections. The Mix captures her character and the sounds that excite her on the dancefloor, with references that informed the fantasy world of her debut album 'Dreamer+'.

Ben UFO fans have been feasting in 2026 so far with two banger mixes dropping alongside his regular Rinse FM programming. The first was half-an-hour of power (“drops only”) broadcast on BBC Radio 1 guest mix for Ahadadream. The second and standout is a four-hour club recording from Hong Kong’s beloved 宀 Club back in September, released as the venue’s 100th instalment in the ‘[Live at 宀]’ series. It’s the type of set that will have anyone who was there stopping everything to lock in and relive, and anyone who wasn’t falling on their knees with post-event FOMO. Opening on an aqueous and cosmic tip, the energy ebbs and flows in captivating shifts, as punchy, percussive techno fizzles into hypnotic, analogue electro before urgent vocal chops scythe through the set. From there, ascents into ambient sparkle and collapse into weighty wobs; mutant bass and off-kilter drums stretch out into driving, juddering basslines; melancholic house vocals spring into bouncy experimental. Four hours passes in a flash as you’re whisked along the ride of a master in full flow.