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Joshua Robbie, Dawty - Addicted 2 U (feat. Preston Harris, Trxnz)
Read more . . . →Four names on the artist tag is usually a warning sign, but “Addicted 2 U” manages to not feel like a committee decision, which in itself is impressive. Spinnin Records has been pushing this more melodic, vocal-forward dance sound and Joshua Robbie and Dawty fit neatly into that lane. Preston Harris handles the hook and he’s clearly the right person for the job — the vocal is sticky without being annoying, which is a surprisingly rare combination. Trxnz’s production keeps everything moving without being overbearing. The track sits in that sweet spot between radio-ready and actually interesting — it could...
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Defqon.1 is 22 days out and everything else looks soft
Read more . . . →The Gathering kicks off June 20th. Three weeks out and Defqon.1 is already making every other summer lineup on the calendar look like a Coldplay concert. Hardstyle in a field in the Netherlands, multiple stages worth of it, crowd that made a deliberate choice to be there. If you’ve been sleeping on this: here’s the lineup doing the talking. 1. D-Sturb ft. E-Life - Sacred Oath D-Sturb got handed the 2026 anthem and made something that actually deserves the title. “Sacred Oath” builds properly, drops hard, doesn’t overstay — and the theme this year is right in the name. This...
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Armin van Buuren & Argy feat. Marlo Rex - Like A Child (Live @ EDC Las Vegas 2026)
Read more . . . →Armin at EDC Las Vegas is always going to be Armin at EDC Las Vegas. The Argy collab adds some texture to what would otherwise be predictable trance territory. The crowd reaction says everything you need to know. More like this Armin van Buuren & ARGY feat. Marlo Rex - Like A Child (Live from Ultra Miami 2026) Armin van Buuren & Glockenbach - Sun Shines On Me (Rising Star Remix) [Live @ EDC Las Vegas 2026] Armin van Buuren x Hannah Laing x Wippenberg - U Got 2 Know (Live @ EDC Las Vegas 2026)
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Above & Beyond - 1001 (Live From ABGT200 at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam)
Read more . . . →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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They Named It a 'Jobless Boom' Out Loud
Read more . . . →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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Jonas Blue - Girl
Read more . . . →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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2ACES & Josh Le Tissier - Like Home
Read more . . . →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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Wet Velvet & Shaded - Vice City
Read more . . . →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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Guz & Mischa Daniels - Take Me Higher
Read more . . . →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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Wet Velvet & Life On Planets - Dance 4 Me
Read more . . . →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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