Makes My Blood Dance Unleash “Z3r02LGHT$p33D!” on Vinyl This Halloween

Brooklyn’s Makes My Blood Dance are taking an unexpected route in 2025. While many new bands chase streaming numbers and viral traction, the self-styled disco metal collective is channeling its energy into ritual, community, and vinyl. On Halloween, the group will release their first full-length album Z3r02LGHT$p33D!, a project designed as both record and ceremony[…]

The 15 Best Melodic Techno Tracks Of September 2025

Welcome back to our monthly roundup of standout melodic techno tracks. This new edition of our Melodic Techno Chart features 15 of the most compelling releases from across the genre, highlighting what makes each one hit and spotlighting the artists behind them. September’s list includes anthems from genre heavyweights like Cassian, Agents Of Time, Argy, PACS,[…]

Techno

Swedish House Mafia Shares Mixed Spotify Playlist + Long Awaited Edits/IDs

Swedish House Mafia has officially released two highly anticipated edits of tracks from their 2023 album, Paradise Again. The new versions include a dynamic rework of ‘Heaven Takes You Home‘ and long-awaited edits of ‘Antidote‘, ‘Miami 2 Ibiza‘ and ‘Can U Feel It.’ The ‘Heaven Takes You Home‘ mix, which has become a fan-favorite set[…]

Techno

Festive Owl Shares Update on Worsening Dirtybird CampINN Fiasco

We’re getting somewhat big updates on the Dirtybird CampINN/Home Bass payment debacle, thanks to Festive Owl, the insider festival source. This comes a month after the festival, located at the DoubleTree Hotel in Orlando at the entrance of Universal, charged attendees up to $1,000 in deposits. According to the hotel, the production team (Home Bass)[…]

Balance Croatia returns to The Garden Tisno in 2026 

2025’s Balance Croatia was incredible. If your friends went and you didn’t, they have probably told you it was the best festival experience they’ve had and what many referred to as the best lineup of progressive and melodic house music of all time. And Balance Croatia 2026 (6th to 10th August) looks to be even[…]

Techno

Tomorrowland’s Yearly ‘We Are Tomorrow’ Documentary Will Feature John Summit

The globally recognized electronic music festival, Tomorrowland, is set to debut a new, moving edition of the documentary titled ‘We Are Tomorrow’. The film, which explores profound personal experiences related to the event, will be released in full on Saturday, October 4th on YouTube, through a partnership with Amazon Music. The documentary serves as an[…]

Techno

Sub Focus Announces Upcoming Album: ‘Contact’

2025 has been a landmark year for D&B titan Sub Focus. Beginning the year selling out London’s Alexandra Palace, he then performed his biggest-ever set at Glastonbury Festival, closing out their IICON stage. He will be taking his acclaimed live production ‘Circular Sound’ to the US later this month, with a show in Los Angeles,[…]

Roland Announces TR-1000 Rhythm Creator

Roland has introduced the TR-1000 Rhythm Creator, the company’s first analog drum machine in more than 40 years. Following in the lineage of the TR-808 and TR-909, the TR-1000 merges true analog circuitry with advanced digital engines and integrated sampling. The result is a flagship instrument designed to inspire the next generation of producers and[…]

CARA Returns With ‘Tears,’ a Pop-Trap Confessional

A comeback single lands with intent. CARA’s new track “Tears” folds a private loss into a public hook, then invites listeners to sit with it for three and a half minutes. The result? A melody tinged with grit. The release marks a fresh chapter that could widen her lane without sanding down the feeling that[…]

Top 15 Free Jungle Sample Packs You Can Download Now

Jungle is defined by fast breakbeats (160-180 BPM), deep bass, shuffled rhythms, chopped amen breaks, rumbling subs, and a raw energy that calls for gritty drums and vintage textures. Having free jungle sample packs that offer well-recorded breaks, bass loops, one-shots, pads, FX and MIDI content can help bring authenticity and power to your productions[…]

Techno

Amsterdam Dance Event Completes ADE Pro 2025 Program 

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and business gathering for electronic music, has just completed its ADE Pro Conference program. The final speakers include KI/KI, Chris Stussy, DJ Bone, Daft Punk Creative Director Cédric Hervet on the new Daft Punk Experience, TikTok phenomenon DJ AG, alongside Insider Knowledge sessions with platforms Spotify, YouTube[…]

First Listen: Leon Lobato & Ammy Romo’s Closer [Magnetic Premiere]

This Friday, Magnetic Magazine Recordings returns with its 39th release, Closer by Mexican producer Leon Lobato and Ammy Romo. Ahead of the official launch, we’re premiering the track on our SoundCloud page so you can experience it before it hits stores. Lobato has been pushing electronic music forward in Mexico for years, helping lay the[…]

Techno

Marquee NY Reveals Fall Season Lineups After Grand Re-Opening

Tao Group Hospitality has officially ushered in a new era for one of New York’s most iconic nightlife destinations. Following months of anticipation, Marquee New York reopened its doors on Thursday, September 25, revealing a complete redesign and an ambitious Fall 2025 programming schedule packed with international A-listers. A Reimagined Space for the Future of Nightlife The renovation, led[…]

Techno

Avicii’s Former Manager Ash Pournouri Breaks Silence

Arash Pournouri aka Ash Pournari, the Swedish music executive who managed Tim “Avicii” Bergling during the DJ’s meteoric rise, has posted what he calls a resurfacing of an old message and signaled he will finally expand on his account of Avicii’s final years. A move that comes amid ongoing legal action and months of public[…]

Techno

Bad Bunny Announced for Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show

The NFL just dropped a bombshell: Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show, cementing his status as one of the most dominant artists on the planet. For years, the Puerto Rican megastar has been rewriting the rules of what a global pop icon can be, and now he’s taking his trailblazing sound[…]

Trap

VARIANT on Hybrid Trap Release, Score Producers, and Nuanced Tech

Where quantum leaps in science and technology reshape the boundaries of human possibility—emerges VARIANT, an artist whose music carries the same spirit of innovation as the research environment that surrounds him. His latest single, ‘Hand High’, is a synthesis of orchestral grandeur and mainstage electricity, bridging the cinematic with the visceral pulse of hybrid trap.[…]

The 17 Best Free Future House Sample Packs You Can Download Now

Finding free future house sample packs that deliver real value takes more digging than it should. Too many downloads are thin on content, badly organized, or filled with sounds that never make it into a finished track. The best packs give you drums that hit cleanly, basslines that sit in the mix without extra work,[…]

How It Was Made: Opal Drums – Burning Hammer (Sarsen Cinema + Bass Music)

Opal Drums is the new project from UK turntablist Jon1st and Denver-based producer Mux Mool, and their debut single “Burning Hammer” wastes no time showing how ambitious the collaboration is. Built around a mix of heavy percussion, evolving synths, and cinematic textures, the track sets the tone for a full narrative-driven world they’re creating through[…]