house, techno & indie dance, curated like a friend texting you bangers. new releases every friday, live sets worth your hour, and hidden gems you can't stream anywhere else.
699 artists followed. 1,000+ tracks curated. zero skips. no ads, no sponsors, no corporate playlist politics. just taste, maxxed.
every friday
fresh grooves friday
the week's best house, techno and indie dance, in your inbox every friday morning. the releases that survived the week, one artist worth knowing, and where they're playing next. zero skips.
dropping soon 👀
fri 9 octChris Avantgarde, Benni Ola, Linska, DEPARTAMENTO, Franksy · Movement EP · Diynamicpre-order →
groovesmaxxing started the way every good obsession does: one person sending way too many songs to the group chat. the playlists got long. the follows got longer. eventually "you have to hear this" needed a bigger room than a text thread. so here we are.
the rules are simple. fun first. this page exists because sharing music you love is one of life's genuinely great feelings, and for no other reason. zero budget. everything here runs on free tools and stubbornness. no pay-to-play. no ads, no sponsors, nobody sliding into the inbox to buy a slot. if a track is here, it's because it slaps. lowercase forever. corporate never.
what that adds up to: new releases filtered down every friday so you don't have to dig, live sets that actually earn their runtime, artist deep-dives on the people who define the sound, and the contraband: edits, bootlegs and unreleased heat that never touches a streaming service. consider this your friend with permanent aux privileges.
the sound
three lanes, one groove
vibes ☀️
sunny, funky, disco-leaning house. the daytime groove. french touch energy, rooftop approved.
AYYBO runs GDB out of anaheim, and the bench runs deep: JATO, Millero, N2N, IVRISH. when your most-played artist is also signing your next favorite, the algorithm didn't find them. you did. label > algorithm.
it reads uk on paper, then the passports come out. Chris Stassy and Toman out of amsterdam, M-High doing a&r for PIV, Kolter in cologne, Sidney Charles gone hamburg to lisbon, Beltran flying the flag for southern brazil, Josh Baker and Max Dean holding it down for manchester and london. rolling basslines, boutique labels, zero big-room nonsense.
Mau P, Dom Dolla, FISHER, John Summit, Chris Lake. the tech house that clawed out of the sweaty club and onto the festival main stage without losing the bounce. proof the big room can still have taste.
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the playlists
crate rule: grooves added weekly. the freshest adds live at the bottom of each crate ↓
weekly, every tuesday, since 2015. he sits down with artists and producers and gets past the press answers. recent guests include Chris Lake and Rossi.
the imprints whose tracks keep surviving the skip test. 95 of them, ranked by how many of their tracks made our crates in the last twelve months. hover any name to see the count. click to go to them.
every friday: the releases that survived the week, an artist worth knowing, and where they're playing next. free, no spam, leave whenever. zero skips 🧃