SLOUCHO ‘the end’ (OUCH™)
SLOUCHO is back with a ferocious new release – a four-track, lore-building project where the Ireland-hailing producer is said to be “synthetically replicated to create new AI humanoids” who produce work in his signature style. On the finale of ‘ECHOES’, titled ‘the end’, SLOUCHO returns to a 4/4 rhythm where tinny snares are interlaced between hyperpop-leaning, pitched-up vocal chants.
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Oyubi ‘Get It Boy’ (Ommaya Records)
Debuting on US bass label Ommaya Records in March, Tokyo’s Oyubi delivers a curveball breakbeat number on the imprint’s third compilation, which brings together artists from all over the globe. ‘Get It Boy’ propels sharp percussion and hypnotic vocal calls across an accelerated four-minute run-time.
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soFTT ‘Cerca Al Cielo’ (PAN)
Intoxicating trance is the name of the game for SoFTT (AKA South Florida Trance Team), with the Miami duo fusing a unique blend of Euro dance and Latin club. ‘Cerca Al Cielo’, the lead track on their latest EP ‘HaRDD’, is a rousing club cut layered with vocalist Karen Freire’s sleek Spanish lyrics, and a joyous, driving bassline.
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Shanti Celeste ‘Thinking About You’ (Method 808 x Peach Discs)
Get navigated through a dreamy soundscape by Shanti Celeste as she dishes up the latest single of her upcoming second album 'Romance'. The track is said to be inspired by memories of a late friend as she shares: “He was my first boyfriend but also a really good friend. He was a really important person in my life.” It pulls on your heartstrings whilst moving your hips.
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KETTAMA ‘It Gets Better’ (Steel City Dance Discs)
After the dancefloor stomper of ‘Yosemite’, KETTAMA returns with yet another banger. This trancey release will pummel through your speakers this summer as its bassline rolls deep while the flutter of a light piano riff glides through the hi-hats. Paired with a music video that shares KETTAMA’s rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle on tour, this song is the perfect backdrop to making memories.
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Bakey ‘BACKROOMS’ (Warehouse Project Records)
It’s not long until Bakey’s new EP is landing but for the moment we have this gem of a track to get our ears around. With vocals calling out like a beckoning siren, this track is born for that smokey 4:AM set.
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Girls of the Internet, James Alexander Bright ‘You’ll Come Around’ (House of the Internet)
Groovy dance collective Girls of the Internet and British producer James Alexander Bright team up for this sunny disco-infused track. Brightened with warm guitar licks, euphoric vocal harmonies and paced with a steady beat, it’s the ideal easy-going bop to get playing on the speakers as we move on up into spring.
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Mura Masa ‘JUMP’ (Pond Recordings)
Sampling South African artist Zulu Lightning’s legendary soca track ‘Hol up Your Foot and Jump’, Mura Masa’s thumping club banger ‘JUMP’ employs a light touch to recontextualise the song, dusting it off to pull it into modernity while maintaining the flair and rambunctious energy of the original. The result is a bombastic party-starter that’s charming in its simplicity.
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Barry Can’t Swim ‘Different’ (Ninja Tune)
With his second album set to land in July, The Mixmag Lab’s latest guest Barry Can’t Swim has dropped a taste of what’s to come with yet another blinder. The pulsing club tune begins with a heavy beat and glitchy vocal samples, building up with breaks to a dizzying wall of sound where a surging bassline blurs against wailing sirens.
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bullet tooth & Xpansions ‘Move Your Body’ (ATW Records)
No longer a bootleg badman, it’s a sign of how far bullet tooth has come since first setting dancefloors alight with a series of unauthorised edits in 2023 that this take on '90s anthem ‘Move Your Body’ comes with Xpansions’ backing and the sample fully cleared. Pumping up the euphoric piano house of the original with filter effects and some naughty wobbles, it’s sure to send clubs and festivals into throes of ecstasy all summer.
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Ploy ‘When In Room’ (Dekmantel)
Ploy is back on a house tip, trading the intricate sound design of his leftfield output for a more playful, functional set of steamy club cuts. This opening track to his new eight-track EP on Dekmantel is a killer reintroduction to his more functional side. It unfolds across more than eight minutes with an urgent drive to the percussive loops and a sense of size that could make the biggest room erupt. Instability rearing its head through a quivering, shrieking top layer still nods to his experimental tendencies.
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Mount Kimbie ‘Shipwreck’ (Special Request remix) (Warp Records)
It’s fair to say our appetites were whet for this remix when it was described by Mount Kimbie’s Kai Campos as “particularly nuts” and “quite a lot” ahead of release in his interview for The Mix. No lies were told: it’s AFX-like in its blend of blissful ambience and total headfuck moments. Opening angular and experimental, it then lulls listeners into a false sense of security with softly euphoric chord progressions and echoing vocals. THen it just goes hell for leather into complete and utter chaos for pretty much the full final five minutes. Dizzying delirium.
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BAMBII ‘BAD BOY’ (Self-released)
We all like a ‘BAD BOY’ don’t we? Well we do if - like BAMBII’s new single - they are an earth-shattering, wobbly bass banger featuring rowdy rolling breaks, blistering hats and punchy synth stabs. ‘BAD BOY’ cleverly integrates soft, delicate vocals around the midway point to add some pop flavour to the track’s dubstep-meets-jungle brew.
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Paramida ‘Devil’s Destination’ (Love On the Rocks)
If the title track of Paramida’s forthcoming EP is anything to go by, we’re in for a kaleidoscopic, chuggy cruise to ‘Devil’s Destination’. Sampling Musique De Marque’s 'Tea Bag’, this track curves and flexes through fizzling hats, shoulder-popping synths and trickling bleeps and bloops throughout its near-eight minute expedition — whether that’s within its pumping house peaks, or its serene, atmospheric interludes. This is one of those tracks that you never want to end — ‘Devil’s Destination’ is about the journey.
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Hannah Holland ‘Biker’ (PRAH Recordings)
Get the motor running, because the first single from Hannah Holland’s forthcoming album and short film ‘Last Exit On Bethnal’ is certified, peak-time fuel. Pairing rough-edged chug with propelling drums and sweeping samples of motorcycles revving up, ‘Biker’ utilises its vigorous elements to create an intense, electrifying banger destined to send pulses racing and brains melting on basement dancefloors. Hop on!
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