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Martyno Dowsha feat. Junior Paes - Phrases
Read more . . . →If you miss the era when trance was allowed to be openly emotional, “Phrases” is going to hit a nerve. Martyno Dowsha teams with vocalist Junior Paes for vocal trance that doesn’t apologise for wanting to make you feel something enormous. The build is the classic one, plucked arps and a rising pad and a snare roll you can see coming from a mile off, and when the melody finally breaks open it goes straight for the euphoric jugular. Paes has a warm, slightly husky voice that keeps the whole track grounded and human. Modern trance tends to either harden...
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L3VI - In Motion
Read more . . . →Caught this on shuffle at the gym and had to check what it was mid-set. “In Motion” by L3VI is exactly what the title promises, driving, forward-tilted electronic music that feels like acceleration. Another NCS release, leaning into the label’s brighter, more anthemic side: a soaring lead, a four-on-the-floor pulse, and a drop that opens into pure momentum. There’s a plucked arp running underneath that keeps the whole thing from ever sitting still, plus a vocal chop used sparingly, more rhythm than hook. The second half stacks a counter-melody over the first, and that small bit of extra lift is...
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The Widdler - System Failure (Ganja White Night Remix)
Read more . . . →There’s a bass sound about ninety seconds into this that wobbles at exactly the wrong speed to sit still to, like a washing machine with a brick in it, and it’s the best thing on the track. Ganja White Night take The Widdler’s “System Failure” and drag it out of the meditative deep-dubstep zone into their own swamp. The original is patient. This remix is not. GWN build everything around that lurching, seasick wobble they’ve made their whole identity, and it works because the bassline never quite lands where your body expects it to. It’s remarkable how much violence you...
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The Bedroom Producer Starter Pack, 2026 Edition
How to start producing electronic music in 2026: pick a DAW (Ableton, FL, Bitwig), grab Vital free, and finish one bad track. No gear needed.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Koven - wHERE the rhythm goes
Read more . . . →When did Koven get this heavy? “wHERE the rhythm goes” still has Katie Boyle’s crystal-clear vocal front and centre, but the drop underneath has more teeth than the melodic-dnb tag usually allows. The verses float, all airy pads and restraint, and then the low end comes in genuinely nasty, a growl that would sit fine on a dubstep track slowed down. That contrast is the whole appeal, the prettiness making the ugliness hit harder and the reverse too. Koven have always lived in that pocket where dnb meets a festival main stage, and I’ve sometimes found them a shade too...
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When Did Speed Garage Get This Big
Read more . . . →Genuine question: when did 130bpm with a wobble bass move from the record-shop crate to the Radio 1 playlist? Speed garage is up 625% on Splice, KETTAMA is sharing a Creamfields bill with Calvin Harris, and the genre that last peaked when Tony Blair was in office is having its loudest summer since 1997. Two tracks from the man standing in the middle of all of it. 1. KETTAMA - Pretty Green Eyes (Sunset Ibiza Mix) He took Ultrabeat’s trance classic, ran it through speed garage, and turned it into the Ibiza anthem of the summer. Nine Monday nights on...
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Armin van Buuren & SACHA - Everlasting (Rising Star Remix)
Read more . . . →Genuinely did not expect to be moved by an Armin van Buuren mainstage clip in 2026, and yet here we are. This is “Everlasting” with SACHA in Armin’s own Rising Star remix, filmed live on the Tomorrowland mainstage, and the crowd footage does half the work. Trance is all about the breakdown, and this one holds its tension right up to the edge of unbearable before the melody comes crashing back. The man could coast on his catalogue forever, so it’s a small miracle he still builds a drop like he’s got something to prove to somebody. The Rising Star...
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K Motionz & jazza's dance party - Misbehave
Read more . . . →Put this on to test a new set of headphones and lost twenty minutes to it instead. “Misbehave” is jump-up drum and bass with a grin, K Motionz doing that bouncy, elastic bassline thing where the low end feels like it’s being yanked and snapped back on every bar. The “jazza’s dance party” billing tells you not to expect a serious record, and thank god. There’s a chant buried in it that’s basically one word repeated until it turns into percussion, and a bass patch that gurgles like it’s laughing at you. This is music for jumping around a sweaty...
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AVELLO - LOST IN YOU
Read more . . . →Had this on walking home last night and the drop hit exactly as I crossed an empty intersection under a dead streetlight, which is about the most on-brand way to hear it. AVELLO’s “LOST IN YOU” is melodic trap that leans harder on the melodic than the trap, all glassy synths and a vocal chopped into heartbreak confetti over skittering hi-hats. It’s the kind of track Trap Nation built an empire on, that emotional-but-still-hits sweet spot for people who want feelings and 808s in the same package. The drop pairs a big detuned synth lead with a bassline that punches...
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Water Break Killed in Committee
Read more . . . →On July 21st, the House Education and Workforce Committee voted 18-15 to pass a bill that would ban OSHA from finalizing a federal heat safety standard. The proposed rule — the one they killed — would have required employers to provide water and a cool place to rest when it hits 80 degrees. Water. Shade. That’s the government overreach they gutted. The same month, a heat wave had already killed dozens of people across the country. Rep. Mark Messmer from Indiana sponsored it. Committee chair Tim Walberg from Michigan backed it. They called a water-and-shade requirement “one-size-fits-all,” which is a...
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