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DENIAL - Nutcase
Read more . . . →The bassline on “Nutcase” is basically one note bullied into submission for four minutes, and it is hypnotic. DENIAL builds the original around repetition as a weapon: a tight dry kick, a rubbery low end that barely shifts, and little bursts of static that flicker across the top like a fault in the wiring. It is techno that trusts you to lock in rather than begging for attention, and about halfway through a warped vocal fragment surfaces just long enough to unsettle you before the groove swallows it again. The trick is in what DENIAL leaves out. There is no...
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Mr Sam - Lyteo (BLR Remix)
Read more . . . →BLR turning an emotional trance track into a peak-time weapon is a collision I did not know I needed until it was playing. Mr Sam’s “Lyteo” started life as pure melodic trance, and BLR’s remix keeps that soaring core but bolts it onto a harder, more percussive chassis, bigger kick and tougher bassline and a low end that belongs to techno more than to trance. The result sits in that rare sweet spot where the melody still makes your chest go tight but the groove underneath is solid enough that you can lose yourself in it for eight minutes without...
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DENIAL - Nutcase (Mark Eteson Remix)
Read more . . . →Mark Eteson found the industrial skeleton hiding inside “Nutcase” and stripped the rest away. The original was already a nervy little techno cut, but this remix slows the pulse and lets the kick do the intimidating, four-on-the-floor with a physical weight you feel in your sternum on a proper system. Everything is greyer here, more concrete and rebar, the melody reduced to a single acid line that coils around the beat and refuses to resolve. About two-thirds of the way through it drops to almost nothing, just that acid and a hi-hat ticking like a countdown, before the low end...
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Tantrum Desire - Step
Read more . . . →Tantrum Desire have been making this exact flavor of muscular, tech-leaning drum and bass for over a decade and they almost never miss, which is why “Step” went straight into my rotation without a second thought. The title is a small joke once it kicks, because the whole track is built on a stepping, mechanical groove that feels like a machine learning to walk and getting cocky about it. There’s no big vocal hook, no obvious festival moment, just relentless engineering and a bassline that keeps mutating every eight bars so you can’t quite settle into it. That restlessness is...
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The Purge & Coldax & Hans Glock - SIDEQUEST (Tetris Mix)
Read more . . . →A hardstyle track called “SIDEQUEST (Tetris Mix).” The only thing missing is a boss fight. Dirty Workz going full gamer and I’m here for it. More like this D - Charged - RE:WIND Flux Overload - Violence Horyzon - Sky Blue Buy / stream this track →
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Toolroom Ibiza 2026 - House Mix
Read more . . . →The house version of the Toolroom Ibiza series. Same sunny vibe, fewer snares. Works either way. Buy / stream this track → More like this Toolroom Ibiza 2026 - Tech House Mix Basement Jaxx - Jump N' Shout (Gorgon City Remix) Selena Faider, Laura Davie, Lewis John - So True
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