New music on our radar this week: Jim Legxacy, Katy B, Skepta

Welcome to Mixmag’s round-up of upcoming music releases that you should take note of

Jim Legaxcy announces details of ‘black british music (2025)’ mixtape

Jim Legxacy is releasing his ‘black british music (2025)’ mixtape via XL Recordings on July 18.

The 15-track outing from the South London rapper is hotly anticipated, with previous singles such as ‘father’ showcasing his rich songwriting with infectious beats and narrative depth.

New single ‘stick’ is built around a melancholic vocal sample and subtly serotonin-spiked beat.

Pre-order it here

Azumai & VECSILLE link up on ‘Bad Boy’ release on Feed the Dragon

Feed The Dragon, the Hong Kong-based collective and imprint founded by Mengzy, DJ Fu, Hocknell, and Justin Lim, has announced its second release.

The single is a collaboration between Japanese producers Azumai and VECSILLE titled ‘Bad Boy’, living up to its name with rude UKG influence, powered by a murky drop into screwface bass with an insistent vocal sample that demands gun fingers.

It marks the debut outing from VECSILLE, and new sonic territory for Azumai, who has previously released d’n’b constructions on labels like Critical Music and Ram Records.

“I always play ‘Bad Boy’ in my sets and the response has been really good, so I’m very excited to finally be able to release it. I’ve been DJing UKG for the past four years, so I channelled all that experience into making ‘Bad Boy’,” says VECSILLE.

Check out a teaser below.

Pre-order it here

Jaymie Silk encourages ‘More Love, Less War’ on new EP

Jaymie Silk is dropping a new EP titled ‘More Love, Less War’ via HE.SHE.THEY. Records on July 31.

The title-track is out now, opening on crashing hats, kicks and a passionate vocal incantation manifesting a better world, building towards a euphoric house climax.

“I’m so happy to be back on HST to spread the love with techno and house music,” says the Paris-based artist.

Pre-order it here

Scarlett O'Malley announces debut Club Cowgirl compilation, ‘The First Rodeo’

Scarlett O’Malley has announced her Club Cowgirl imprint will be releasing a debut various artists compilation, ‘The First Rodeo’, on July 18.

The nine-track outing features music from Jelsen, Emiliano90, A for Aplha, Matt Docherty, Kitsta, Sopp, Olive T, YSANNE and the label founder herself.

It traverses sweaty dancefloor styles, from pumping house to grooving Italo to bass-loaded skippers and beyond.

Pre-order it here

Tectonic Sound marks 20 years with anniversary compilation

Pinch’s legendary Tectonic imprint is celebrating two decades with a 24-track compilation, ‘Tectonic Sound’.

It features a cross-section of the best names in the game for bass-loaded, soundsystem-informed music, with contributions from the likes of Pinch, Peverelist, Beatrice M., 2562, Yushh, SICARIA, Khan & Neek, re:ni, Coki, and many more.

“The last compilation series I did on the label was called Tectonic Plates, which started in 2006, and launched at a time when dubstep DJs including myself would cut 10" dubplates to play out in DJ sets. The 4th edition of Tectonic Plates came in late 2013 and across those 4 volumes you can hear the story of the UK dubstep scene developing, spreading out across the globe, later mutating into something that was referred to a lot as ‘post-dubstep’,” says Pinch. “They were a great set of compilations and I thought about reviving the series, but I realised they’ve had their time. I also thought about just doing a ‘20 Years of Tectonic’ comp, but something about that felt like it was facing back in time.

“I decided to call the comp ‘Tectonic Sound’ and bring in a new era of the label. All the tracks here are brand new amazing pieces, and almost all of them were written specifically with Tectonic's sound in mind, with the exception of 2562's track, which is one of the last tracks he wrote as 2562, over 10 years ago!”

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Marlon Hoffstadt drops new five-track EP, ‘All Yours’

Marlon Hoffstadt – AKA DJ Daddy Trance – has dropped a brand new five-track EP on Capitol, ‘All Yours’ – a journey through club, Eurodance, trance, and rave.

“For the past few weeks, I’ve been dropping club tracks straight to SoundCloud – no endless promo, no holding back – just like the early DJ Daddy Trance days,” he says. “Five tracks in, after votes from fans, free downloads and lots of love, we decided to turn this into something bigger – ‘All Yours’.”

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Oscar Farrell releases new Sampha collab 'Dream Therapy'

After playing B2Bs with the likes of Lil Silva, Sampha, and Joy Anonymous at Glastonbury, Oscar Farrell has released his latest track, a collaboration with Sampha titled ‘Dream Therapy’, accompanied by a gorgeous music video.

Released on George Daniel’s label dh2, the single was released with the announcement of his latest EP ‘So Far Gone’, releasing September 5.

Listen to the first single, and pre-order the EP here.

BEC shares new EP 'Dawn of a New Dimension'

SPFDJ’s Intrepid Skin imprint has announced a new EP with BEC’s ‘Dawn of a New Dimension’. 

The announcement came with the release of the title track, which is a cocktail of bouncy hard techno drums and infused with psychedelic vocal cuts. The rest of the EP is set to land September 12.

Pre-order the EP here.

Pacific Coliseum debuts on new digital-only Rhythm Section series

Bradley Zero’s Rhythm Section has introduced a new digital-only EP series, with the first release coming from Pacific Coliseum. 

The first track to be released is called ‘Yeah!’, and sees steel pans blended with trance pads to make a wonderfully summery track to launch the new series.

Pre-order the EP here.

Hot Chip announce greatest hits album 'Joy in Repetition'

Legends of the scene Hot Chip have announced that they will be releasing a ‘Best of’ album titled ‘Joy in Repetition’. After twenty years of skin in the game, they were seemingly due for a victory lap, and now it is here, tracking the evolution of the last twenty years of their career, with artwork by Sir Peter Blake.

The announcement of the album included the release of a brand new song to feature on the album, titled ‘Devotion’

Stream the new single here

Skepta shares new single 'Friendly Fire'

Skepta has released a brand new single titled ‘Friendly Fire’. The UK artist raps:"Where Im from Im the GOAT. Where you're from you're a JOKE,” and the track comes after a slew of back and forths on Twitter, with Skepta starting beef between UK and US rappers. 

Time will tell to see what unfolds on stage with Drake at Wireless festival this weekend, and what shots will be fired.

Listen to the single here.

Katy B and Silva Bumpa team up on new track 'Avalanche'

A new title-winning tag team has appeared - it’s Katy B and Silva Bumpa. 

Katy B’s new single ‘Avalanche’ is produced by rising star Silva Bumpa, and was written last year after their performance together at Boomtown.The track draws influence from UK funky, speed Garage and deep house subgenres to create a track just made for some big speakers.

Stream the new single here.