Throughout history there have been a number of mythical figures attributed with bringing in the summer; the Ancient Greeks had Apollo, the Vikings would look to Freyr, while Hindus worship Surya — in dance music, we have Pangaea, who let us know that summer 2025 had officially begun two weeks early this month, with his new single ‘Manía’. Already ringing around dancefloors and festival stages like the jingle from an ice cream van down a cul-de-sac on a tarmac-melting afternoon, ‘Manía’ contains all the ingredients to cook up a verified sunshine whopper: sultry vocals from Jazz Alonso, pumping kicks, a downright naughty ‘00s Calvin Harris-esque bassline dancing above the furnace. A sweaty, scorching house tune that will undoubtedly soundtrack our summer months from our very own sun deity. 

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Honduran pop-meets-reggaeton maven Isabella Lovestory is giving the drama queens, kings and el reys exactly what they want with ‘Telenovela’ — the latest single from her forthcoming album ‘Vanity’. Raucous percussion, a fiery flow and commanding lyrics create an instant classic that showcase the rapper’s tongue-in-cheek attitude and act as a fiery homage to the divas of Latin soap opera. There’s little doubt that Lovestory is a star in the making, but on Telenovela she’s a “bad bitch like Barbarella”. 

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It’s rare that a collaborative single allows all participants to truly incorporate their own, unique energy while still creating something wholly coherent, but not every collaborative single is ‘All that Glitters is not Gold’. Ed Banger affiliate Myd brings in his typically sunshine-tinged outlook - heard within the track’s upbeat guitar riff and fizzling house bass - Argentine rapper Trueno showcases his own take on solar rhythm as he raps in Spanish about a dream trip to Paris, while Channel Tres contributes a laidback, West Coast air via his optimistic croons about never “getting down on yourself”.

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Arca’s new double-single ‘Puta/Sola’ could be seen as quintessential yin/yang of her artistic persona; ‘Puta’, a searing new-age reggaeton track and ‘Sola’, a glittering - albeit demented - take on a love song. Though as the Venezuelan-born artist continues to turn her gaze towards the club, the ingenuity of ‘Puta’ leaves an unforgettable mark after first listen — pairing a reverberating, searing kick chug with ricocheting bass and a commanding, deliciously catchy vocal. This is Arca making pop-meets-club music in the year 4000 at its very finest.

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In a link up between two of the foremost players in UK bass right now, Surusinghe and Cameo Blush deliver quality club production on ‘Kinda Like That’ featuring Kassie Krut, with the group’s Eve Alpert softening the blow of the track’s trance-inspired synthline and harsh kicks with her mellowed-out vocals.

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Bristol-based producer Bruce gets into experimental territory on his latest release, ‘Belly / Burned Alive’, via his own Poorly Knit imprint, taking cues from the power of mother nature through a deconstructed sonic escapade. On ‘Belly (Passing Squall Edit)’, lightning crashes and storms whistle over gloomy, threatening breakbeats to maximalist effect.

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Described by Meg Ward as a “meeting of minds” between herself, Nick Clev and Bklava, ‘Four Four Heat’ delivers some serious soundsystem damage – a brand new garage number featuring a weighty bassline and choppy vocals. “No messing about, just a proper dancefloor weapon,” Meg Ward says.

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Marking the launch of his new label Vitalizm, Syz returns with his latest EP of the same name, which comes complete with standout club roller ‘Bakayadaskunka’. Across five minutes, ‘Bakayadaskunka’ shifts through detailed percussion and monstrous basslines.

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Fakemink continues his breakneck blast off from bedroom obscurity to one the UK’s most hyped rappers with a track that’s addictive as the cough syrup lean ingredient it's named after. Doling out elastic bars with a lo-fi quality to his voice above a genius Mechatok beat that spans from euphoric synths to tenderly plucked acoustic guitar. Ecco2k bringing his distinctive falsetto completes the sense of something special. 

The first single from Facta’s upcoming album ‘GULP’ is a riot. Led by an urgent, infectious vocal which rides the beat and sleekly weaves into its resonant bass tones and production flourishes that shudder, quivver, exhale and shimmer in playful directions.

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A masterful composition from Beatrice Dillon, who takes inspiration from the a Japanese philosophical concept ‘basho’ - the idea of an abstract ‘place’ of interconnected existence and interaction - and builds a sprawling 20 minute track that’s mystical in its unfurling. Captivating throughout, it flickers, sparkles, throbs, curls and dances through a dynamic arrangement of sounds.

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