Mixmag’s final cover star of the year — of course he had to do a Mixmag Lab that will be going down in history. Returning from his ultra-sweaty session back in 2022, this set gets even sweatier with tracks from ‘Slow Burner’ and ‘Yosemite’ blowing the roof off the gaff. Beyond his hits we catch some unreleased scorcers and even a Pete & Bas edit. 

LSDXOXO has bangers falling out of his USB. This hard, fast and super-charged set is just what you need to keep you warm this winter. With some sultry techno moments to a completely unexpected edit of EsDeeKid’s ‘LV Sandals’ appearing from nowhere - this is an exhibition of cutting-edge club sounds.

Detroit icon Theo Parrish made his Mixmag Lab debut this month. The Sound Signature boss rarely does filmed sets but this one just had to be captured for his flawless skills and unbelievable track selections. Spanning from jazz to disco, you’ll never predict what is to come out of his priceless record box. Thw type of set that asserts why his name is fixed into dance music history.

It’s a testament to Eris Drew that with decades in the game, she can still pull through the kind of deep cuts that will send your heart soaring and your head-spinning. On her go at !K7’s ‘DJ-Kicks’, the High Priestess of the Motherbeat imparts a typically divine sermon in house euphoria, with tracks from Direct 2 Disc, Toka Project, Dark Globe, Onionz, alongside her own music and that of her partner and T4T LUV NRG co-founder Octo Octa. Sheer bliss. 

DJ Thadz and DJ Slugo join forces to show the kids, and the world, exactly how it’s done for this special two-part edition of The Mix. The first part sees DJ Thadz bring in elements of juke and footwork among ghetto house selections, utilising mostly his own productions alongside tracks from Ahadadream, Big Dope P, and DJ Funk. DJ Slugo on the other hand, is setting the record straight on his expert subject, opting for an unadulterated joyride through ghetto house. Two of Chicago’s greats at their rowdy, fiery best. 

Bristol takes Tilburg in this recording from Pinch and Peverelist’s back-to-back at Draaimolen Festival 2025; glittering bleeps and bloops dance between low-end, gun-finger-slingering wobble, with rowdy UK bass classics melting into scintillating 4x4 euphoria. There’s a few cheeky dubstep bangers courtesy of Plastician’s ‘Aqua Riddim’ and ‘Death By Stereo’, alongside Peverelist’s own ‘Roll With The Punches’; scuttling percussion by way of Bakongo’s ‘Disposition’ and TSVI’s ‘Darabukka’. Thank goodness we can expect more action from Draaimolen next year!

Tim Reaper reaches into his dubstep collection when linking up with 140 specialist Beatrice M. on KINDRED this month. An hour of pure bass weight and grime instrumentals meets ad-lib vocals from London MC JINNAL.

Just half a kilometer above sea level in picturesque northern Finland, upsammy brought a hectic display to Solstice Festival – the Arctic circle weekender that almost never gets dark. Two hours of soaring soundscapes, rapidfire kicks, and increasingly faster BPMs as this glorious set speeds along.

Influenced by the music of his childhood and, more recently, the global underground music scenes that have “shaped” him, new skool gqom king State OFFF’s contribution to The Mix is an epic journey around the world, pulling in dancefloor fillers from the likes of STYN, Joy Orbison, and Black Rave Culture. “My sound draws direct inspiration from these club traditions; there is gqom everywhere for those with ears to listen,” he explains.

The band caroline deal in life-affirming post-rock, so it makes sense that a caroline DJ mix is a similarly profound listening experience. The sounds explored here are broader, but with a throughline of igniting consuming feelings within the soul. “I hope it taps into that very specific, contemplative Sunday feeling when emotions are more on the surface and love for friends and family flows freely,” explains caroline’s Casper Hughes of the approach, which shines through each selection, from the emotional alt-pop of feeo to the evocative brass-vocal blend of Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden all the way through to closing on dance music’s most sublime soldier James Holden.

Ilian Tape founders Dario and Marco Zenker always deliver, though they’re on particularly strong form here. Swinging by The Lot Radio, the Munich-hailing siblings served up a flawless hour of music, starting out in spacey dub techno territory and rolling through lush pads, pitched-up house, twitchy acid, ultimately drawing to a blissed-out close with Volpe’s ‘Pressure’.