Zora Jones is entering a new era, with the long-term Fractal Fantasy project she co-founded with Sinjin Hawke on hiatus and her new creative home Bellyfat officially launched, marking her first new music in three years and the first of much more to come in 2026. Something that’s staying the same though is the top quality of her music. The first outing is a collab, or a ‘Hoes Link Up’ if they’re being self-referential, with Bristol’s DJ Polo, and perfectly blends the Austrian artist’s magical synth melodies with the UK producer’s fierce, syncopated production, 

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One the best DJs of 2025 has also been on fire in the production game, and Interplanetary Criminal’s final release of the year caps off an outstanding 12 months for the Bolton-hailing artist in style. Teased in his incendiary Mixmag Lab set back in October, the collaboration with Kwengface and Flowdan and a follow-up VIP mix from the producer dropped as an early Christmas present on the cusp of December (and just after we curated last month’s best of picks); it needs a shout here though. With IPC describing his approach as “giving it the North West treatment”, this version is maximised for dancefloors with the warm bassline boosted in prominence alongside Kwengface and Flowdan’s punchy bars. 

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Leeds’ DXNBY is the latest garage recruit to land on DJ Cosworth’s HARDLINE imprint, coming in hot with an EP that rounds off with the undeniable UKG scorcher ‘Like That’. Teasing its way from a simple 4x4 kick and tech-house-adjacent intro into an all-out, earthshaking bassline and fluttering cymbals, this track belongs right in the final moments of a peak-time set this clubbing season. 

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Wrapping up its first year back in action almost a decade since it went on a hiatus, London label Tempa rounds out 2025 with a release from Beatrice M. featuring lead track ‘Eurotrash’, a deep exploration of 140 at its most raw and unadorned. The French producer stitches together breathy vocal snippets and warm sub bass for that quintessential Beatrice M. sound. 

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After releasing his album ‘GULP’ earlier this year, Facta returns with a rework of a track from the project ‘Skyline 4’. Simply melting his work with the infectious vocals of Janet Jackson’s ‘Someone To Call My Lover’, the track will have you fall head over heels for its feel-good vibes and for being an all-round anthem. 

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Two of the UK’s most hotly-tipped new names in rap, Pozer and Kasst 8, have linked up to create a weapon of a tune. Paired with a Pulp Fiction-inspired music video, Croydon and Liverpool quash the North-South divide in a release that is oozing with attitude. Quick jabs, a vintage flair and a trusty beat make this a track you’ll have on repeat.

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As party season saturation hits its peak, you can’t help but feel a pull towards soothing sonics in the aftermath, and DJ Python’s luscious, ethereal rework of Glasser’s ‘crux’ album track ‘Knave’ delivers just that in buckets. Twinkling keys, flowing synth waves, and a honey-tinged hum glide lithely above a dusting of syncopated percussion. C’mon, get yourself a baileys and let the SAD kick in. You’ve put in a good shift.  

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Tiga is coming out of the gate in full force ahead of the release of his first album in over a decade, ‘HOTLIFE’, teasing the project with rowdy new single ‘Silk Scarf’. An audacious return to form if there ever was one, the Canadian producer slips through a bouncy bass, decadent hats, fizzing percussion, enlisting the help of modish New York duo Fcukers to deliver sultry vocal hooks. Catchy, camp and most importantly, cunty; we’d expect nothing less. 

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