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Jun 04, 2026 at 8:33 AM 1 min read

Above & Beyond - 1001 (Live From ABGT200 at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam)

ABGT200 at Ziggo Dome was the kind of night that people still talk about, and this live version of 1001 is the reason. Above & Beyond playing trance to 15,000 people in Amsterdam hits different when you can see the crowd losing it in real time. More like this Above & Beyond and Justine Suissa - When I Look In Your Eyes (Extended Mix) Above & Beyond and Zoë Johnston - Carry Me Home (KOVEN Remix) Above & Beyond and Zoë Johnston - Carry Me Home (Kloset Extended Mix)

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Jun 04, 2026 at 7:11 AM 1 min read

They Named It a 'Jobless Boom' Out Loud

Economists came up with a name for 2026 and said the quiet part straight into a microphone: the “jobless boom.” Corporate profits are sitting at the highest share of the economy since 1950. Workers’ share of what they actually produce just hit the lowest point since the government started counting in 1947. The 500 biggest companies grew earnings 28% last quarter. The seven tech giants grew theirs 63%. And they’re spending that money to fire you. Meta’s own internal memos described its May layoffs as a way to “offset the cost of AI investments” — corporate for: we swapped your...

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Jun 03, 2026 at 9:31 PM 1 min read

Jonas Blue - Girl

Jonas Blue has been one of those names you either write off as too pop or genuinely enjoy without worrying about what that says about you. “Girl” leans harder into the house side than a lot of his recent output, and landing on Defected was the right call for a track like this. The groove is clean from the jump, the chord progression does exactly what you want it to, and the vocal is warm without being saccharine. It’s not a complicated track and it’s not trying to be — sometimes the most useful thing a song can do is...

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Jun 03, 2026 at 9:14 PM 1 min read

2ACES & Josh Le Tissier - Like Home

Revealed Recordings doing the big melodic electronic thing and this one lands. 2ACES and Josh Le Tissier have the “stadium at midnight” energy dialled in — not subtle, not trying to be, and better for it. More like this 2ACES - Break My Fall BUNS - ITCHTOPAY Dillon Francis, Allenora, America Foster - RIDDEM Buy / stream this track →

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Jun 03, 2026 at 5:34 PM 1 min read

Wet Velvet & Shaded - Vice City

Dirtybird doing Dirtybird things. “Vice City” has that slightly unhinged tech house energy Claude VonStroke’s label specializes in. Wet Velvet and Shaded earn the track name. More like this Wet Velvet & Life On Planets - Dance 4 Me Basement Jaxx - Jump N' Shout (Gorgon City Remix) Dario Nunez, Bubba Brothers - Midnight Rumours Buy / stream this track →

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Jun 03, 2026 at 4:48 PM 1 min read

Guz & Mischa Daniels - Take Me Higher

Three trance tracks from Armada in one batch — the label clearly had a productive week. Guz & Mischa Daniels’s “Take Me Higher” is the most straightforward of the three, which is not a knock. Sometimes a track that simply does the job cleanly is the most valuable thing in the pile. The melody is big without being overwrought, the drop lands with the kind of satisfying inevitability that good trance is built on, and nothing overstays its welcome. Guz has been consistent in this lane for years and Mischa Daniels brings the right energy to a collaboration that could’ve...

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Jun 03, 2026 at 2:12 PM 1 min read

Wet Velvet & Life On Planets - Dance 4 Me

Second Wet Velvet track this week on Dirtybird. “Dance 4 Me” with Life On Planets is a little smoother than “Vice City” — same label, different mode. The range is there. More like this Wet Velvet & Shaded - Vice City Clyps, Khyenci & Life On Planets - Ready Or Not Basement Jaxx - Jump N' Shout (Gorgon City Remix) Buy / stream this track →

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Jun 03, 2026 at 1:26 PM 1 min read

EVAN GIIA, Pauline Herr - Born Again

EVAN GIIA has a voice that’s been showing up on good tracks for a couple of years now and she’s the primary reason to pay attention to this one. “Born Again” with Pauline Herr is darker and more emotionally complicated than the title might suggest — it’s not the triumphant rebirth track the name implies, it’s something more conflicted and worth your time. The production sits in that space between trap and something closer to alt-pop, which Trap Nation has been exploring more lately to generally strong results. Herr’s production gives GIIA room to actually perform rather than compete with...

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Jun 03, 2026 at 12:38 PM 1 min read

Wayward - Eyes Turn Blue

Found this on MrSuicideSheep’s channel. “Eyes Turn Blue” starts quietly and by the end you’re staring at the ceiling wondering what happened to your afternoon. More like this BUNS - ITCHTOPAY Dillon Francis, Allenora, America Foster - RIDDEM Dirt Monkey feat. Mississippi The Truth - Marshmallows Buy / stream this track →

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