If “Temperature” got you curious about Sully, the “Disconnect EP” is where you go to fall all the way in. A full EP instead of a single track means you actually get to hear the range, and Sully uses every minute of it. There’s heavy, contorted bass design here, but also quieter, more textural moments that prove this is a producer thinking in terms of a body of work rather than just chasing the next drop. WAKAAN gives artists room to be genuinely weird and Sully takes the invitation and runs straight off the map. Each track flows into the next with intention, building a mood that holds across the whole thing instead of evaporating after the first highlight. I respect an artist who still releases a proper EP in the age of algorithm-bait singles, and I respect it even more when the EP is this good. Block out half...
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June 08, 2026 at 11:44 PM 1 min read
Sully - Disconnect EP
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June 08, 2026 at 7:11 PM 1 min read
Axel Knox - Set You Free
Read more . . . →Dim Mak has always had an ear for the bigger, brasher end of electronic music, and Axel Knox’s “Set You Free” fits that lineage neatly. This is a confident, festival-minded track with a vocal hook designed to be screamed back by ten thousand people at once. The build is patient and deliberate, stacking tension until the drop arrives with genuine impact rather than just noise. There’s a euphoric streak running through it that recalls the golden era of big-room without feeling like a stale rehash. Knox clearly knows his way around an emotional payoff, the breakdown lands with real weight before the energy comes roaring back. The production is glossy in a way that suits the ambition, every element polished to a shine. It’s unapologetic main-stage music and I have zero problem with that. Sometimes you want subtlety, and sometimes you want to throw your hands in the air like...
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June 08, 2026 at 5:13 PM 1 min read
Sully, Chozen feat. Nat James - Temperature
Read more . . . →WAKAAN is Liquid Stranger’s label and it’s where some of the weirdest, most forward-thinking bass music lives, so when Sully and Chozen show up with a Nat James vocal on top, you pay attention. “Temperature” is exactly the kind of off-kilter, future-leaning bass that the WAKAAN crowd eats alive. The production is glitchy and tactile, full of sounds I genuinely can’t identify, and Nat James glues it together with a vocal that keeps the whole experiment human. There’s a real song buried under all the sound design, which is the part a lot of experimental producers forget to include. The drop is heavy without being a generic festival wub, twisting and morphing in ways that reward close listening on good speakers. This is one of three Sully cuts surfacing right now and clearly the man is in a creative spiral, the productive kind. Adventurous, strange, and weirdly catchy. Put on...
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June 08, 2026 at 3:31 PM 1 min read
Ammo Avenue - How Good (Extended Mix)
Read more . . . →Ammo Avenue showing up on DFTD with “How Good” is a reminder that proper, no-frills house music never actually went out of style. This is a bumping, slightly retro slice of dancefloor business that knows exactly what it is and refuses to apologise for it. The vocal chops are infectious, looped and filtered until they become almost percussive themselves. There’s a swing to the groove that a lot of modern house forgets to include, the kind of thing that gets hips moving before your brain catches up. I respect a track that doesn’t try to reinvent anything and instead just nails the fundamentals with total confidence. The bassline is fat and rubbery, the drums punch right where they should, and the whole thing feels purpose-built for a sweaty basement at peak hour. Defected’s DFTD sublabel keeps delivering exactly this energy. It’s pure functional joyful house with no agenda beyond making...
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June 08, 2026 at 2:36 PM 1 min read
Strixter - Let Him Cook
Read more . . . →Second hardstyle entry today, because once you open that door it’s hard to close, and Strixter’s “Let Him Cook” earns its meme-fluent title. This is rawstyle leaning, harder and dirtier than the euphoric stuff, with a kick that sounds like it was engineered specifically to dislodge fillings. Where a lot of raw hardstyle just screams at you for four minutes straight, Strixter actually builds something, giving you a moment to breathe before the next assault. The screeches and distorted kicks are nasty in the way the genre demands, and there’s a real sense of momentum carrying you from one drop to the next. The title is goofy and the music is dead serious, which is a combination I find genuinely charming. This is for the people in the pit who consider a broken ankle a fair price for a good night. Not for everyone, and that’s the point. If your...
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June 08, 2026 at 2:00 PM 6 min read
The 25 Best Drum & Bass Tracks of All Time, Ranked
The 25 best drum & bass tracks of all time, ranked. From Goldie to Photek to a #1 pick that built the whole genre. Yes, your favorite is too low.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
June 08, 2026 at 12:09 PM 1 min read
Adam Ten - I Never Knew (Extended Mix)
Read more . . . →Adam Ten has quietly become one of the most interesting names in the melodic house and Mediterranean-flavored scene, and “I Never Knew” shows exactly why. This is house music with actual soul, the kind that prioritizes feel over flash. The groove is hypnotic in that way good extended mixes are, built to be lived in rather than consumed in thirty seconds. There’s a warmth to the chords that wraps around the whole track, and the vocal sample drifts through like a half-remembered dream. I love that he gives it room to develop, letting the tension build slowly across the full runtime instead of rushing to a payoff. It’s the rare dance track that works equally well at 2am on a dancefloor or 2pm on a Sunday with coffee. The bassline is understated but it’s the secret engine of the whole thing. This is grown-up house music that never gets boring....
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June 08, 2026 at 11:14 AM 1 min read
Ship Wreck - The Function (Live at EDC Las Vegas 2026)
Read more . . . →EDC Las Vegas 2026 footage is starting to leak out and Ship Wreck’s set is the first one worth your time. “The Function” played live in front of a desert crowd that size hits completely different than it would in your kitchen, and even through a phone camera and YouTube compression you can feel the floor moving. This is big-room trance built for exactly this moment: hands up, lasers everywhere, 40,000 people pretending they’re not exhausted at 3am. The build is patient and almost cruel about how long it makes you wait, then the release actually justifies it, which is the part most festival tracks get wrong. I wasn’t there, and watching this made me genuinely sad about that fact, which is the highest compliment I can pay a live clip. Ship Wreck understands the assignment of a peak-time slot. Throw it on, close your eyes, and pretend the Nevada...
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June 08, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Rebelion gets a full stage at Defqon.1 and they've been building to this
Read more . . . →Defqon.1 introduced the Encore concept this year: one artist, the entire BLUE Stage, Friday night, extended set, no opener needed. Rebelion got it. That’s Q-dance acknowledging what anyone who’s been watching the last few years already knew — these two have been putting out music that demands a bigger canvas. Here’s the 2025-2026 version of that argument.
1. Rebelion & Warface - Filthy Rave
April 2026, Rebelion teams up with Warface and goes full industrial-edged chaos. “Filthy Rave” is accurate. This is the harder, uglier side of what Rebelion does — the version that makes sense when you give someone a stage for four hours and tell them to figure it out.
2. Rebelion - Beyond the Horizon
November 2025 solo release that shows the other side of what they do. Still 190...
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June 08, 2026 at 9:32 AM 1 min read
2frers - EYES ON US
Read more . . . →NCS surfaced 2frers with “EYES ON US” and it’s a sharp little reminder that the copyright-free crowd has gotten genuinely good. This is slick, modern electronic music with a real sense of drama, all tense build and a drop that snaps with serious precision. The duo clearly understand restraint, holding back just enough in the verses so the chorus actually lands when it arrives. There’s a cinematic quality to the whole thing, like it belongs over the climax of some neon-soaked action sequence. The vocal cuts through the mix with attitude, and the bass underneath has a satisfying weight to it. I keep being surprised by how polished the NCS roster has become, this isn’t the throwaway gaming-stream filler people assume it is. It’s a proper track that would hold up on any festival stage. Sometimes the best discoveries come from the channels you’ve trained yourself to ignore. Give 2frers...
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