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Above & Beyond - 1001 (Live From ABGT200 at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam)
Above & Beyond playing 1001 to 15,000 people at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam. ABGT200 live. You can see the crowd losing it. Hits different.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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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
Jonas Blue landed on Defected with a house track that simply works — warm vocal, clean groove, zero pretension. Your rooftop summer bar staple.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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2ACES & Josh Le Tissier - Like Home
2ACES and Josh Le Tissier doing that stadium-at-midnight melodic electronic thing on Revealed. Not subtle. Better for it.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Wet Velvet & Shaded - Vice City
Wet Velvet and Shaded delivering that slightly unhinged Dirtybird tech house. Vice City earns the name. Claude VonStroke's label doing its thing.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Guz & Mischa Daniels - Take Me Higher
Guz and Mischa Daniels delivering a clean trance drop with a melody that lands with the kind of satisfying inevitability the genre is built on.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Wet Velvet & Life On Planets - Dance 4 Me
Wet Velvet and Life On Planets on Dirtybird doing the smoother side of tech house. Dance 4 Me is quieter than Vice City but works just as well.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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EVAN GIIA, Pauline Herr - Born Again
EVAN GIIA and Pauline Herr making trap that's darker than the title implies. Give it two listens — the second one is noticeably better than the first.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Wayward - Eyes Turn Blue
Read more . . . →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. Buy / stream this track → More like this Vikram Dhakal - feels like FIXL, PHARØ, Lyssii - Good Luck Babe Jai Beau - Boots On The Bass
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[Angel] - [MAX. OUT!!!]
Trap done right. [Angel] didn't come to play nice with MAX. OUT!!!Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.