01the hook
spent most of this week on label pages instead of the algorithm, and it changed what the week looked like. the stores said tech house, same as always. the labels said tel aviv, berlin and a toy tonics album nobody is talking about yet.
eight picks below, a track of the week that has been sitting in a soundcloud upload since the 15th, and the receipts on what it took to find them.
02the drop
back together on maccabi house, tagged indie dance by the label itself, and it does not rush.
a full album, beats and instruments and vocals all him. beatport files it as deep house, which undersells it.
he cites steely dan and vulfpeck on his own bandcamp and puts "feel and arrangement ahead of polish." the vinyl is not until september.
oden & fatzo doing the vocal thing on defected. if you know the good vibe juice list you already know why this is here.
his first record for chris stussy's label. four cuts, one of them a dub, and "Final Round" clocks under three minutes.
shimmering synths over breakbeats, and a DJ Koze remix that goes further into the breaks than the original does.
two extended cuts. the second one, "Guilty Pleasures," is him on his own.
marked because it showed up on one store feed and nowhere else i could reach. good sign, thin paper trail. buyer beware and let me know if you find a second source.
03track of the week
Adam Ten & Rafael · "Beat Goes On" on Maccabi House.
the label put it up on soundcloud on the 15th with "out july 24" in the title, and then it arrived exactly when they said. maccabi house describe it as the chemistry that has become a staple of the label's sound, which is label-speak, but in this case it is also accurate about what the pairing does.
worth knowing that beatport's own adam ten page did not list it at all when i checked. it turned up under rafael instead. the record is real, the metadata is just messy.
04where the grooves are
denver first, always. the full map is on the radar, and every room in town is on the new venues guide.
05the playlists
fresh grooves friday, the curated survivors, is split across three lists.
🧃 good vibe juice for daylight and driving.
🚧 bumpy for 1am.
📈 groovesmaxxing is the highlight reel, so it stays short on purpose.
the full drop is the unfiltered version, everything that came out this week in house, techno and indie dance. no curation, no filter, just the week as it actually was. it lives below and gets replaced every friday.
06one more thing
every pick above carries a ✅ or a ⚠️. ✅ means two independent stores agree, or the label said it themselves. ⚠️ means one source and i could not get a second. release dates in dance music are wrong often enough that somebody should be checking, so we do.
here is what this issue actually cost: 250 releases read across the store feeds, 14 label pages and 25 artist pages checked by hand, and eight survived. we listen to everything. you get the good stuff.
and next friday is already stacked: Solomun lands on Diynamic, a six-track Max Styler album hits Nu Moda, and Lee Foss has one coming on Repopulate Mars. issue 002 will have opinions.
save this one for the drive. that is the whole ask.
the full drop · the week as it actually was · 2026-07-24 to 07-31
250 releases read on the store feeds, plus 14 label pages and 25 artist pages checked by hand. this is the named-label and known-artist subset. no curation, no filter.
🚧 tech house and bass house
- Vintage Culture, rhys from the sticks, Nariman · Think Too Much EP · AFFAIRS · 07-31
- Stryv · Patigo (Extended Mix) · Defected · 07-31
- DumitrEscu · Secrets (Extended Mix) · Solid Grooves Records · 07-31
- Marco Lys, Michael Ekow, Kevcody · Super Hot, plus Us Two and STRIPES remixes · Black Book Records · 07-31
- Misha Klein, ZENØN · Walked Away (Extended Mix) · Headonism Noir · 07-31
- DJ Icon (US) · Same Man (Extended Mix) · Hood Politics Records · 07-31
- FRANCO BA, Blank Sense · Goddamn · Diynamic · 07-31
- Carlo Whale, Un:said · Awake Dreaming · Diynamic · 07-31
- SEBS · Booty Roll · Diynamic · 07-31
- Pessto · That's What My Life's Like · Diynamic · 07-31
- Sergio Mendes, Simon Fava · Magalenha (Extended Mix) · Toolroom · 07-31
- Low Steppa · Sin Pero (Folkness Remix) · Low Trax Records · 07-31
- FOLEY (UK) · Let It Drop · WyldCard · 07-31
- Marco Consonni · Own Me (Extended) · GDB · 07-29
- Josh Butler · On The Dancefloor EP, four cuts · PIV · 07-24
- Ragie Ban · fREAK, Taste · Black Book Records · 07-24
- PEACE MAKER!, Duzy (US), Dot N Life · Jump, Free, Trouble · Hood Politics Records · 07-24
- Dox, DvirNuns · Bad B$tch, Dale Papi, Start Again · Nu Moda · 07-24
- GENESI (ITA), Essentia, Franksy · 94, Just Like That EP · Diynamic · 07-24
- JØRD · In My House · Club Sweat · 07-24
🧃 nu disco, disco and funky house
- Dead Horse Beats · Chilling Effect (album) · Bastard Jazz Recordings · 07-31 digital, vinyl 25 september
- The Lightning Kids, Luke Million · Gone Girl · Aztec Records · 07-31
- Megatronic, JAMIIE, Fawziyya Heart · In Our Soul (JAMIIE Remix) · Razor-N-Tape · 07-31
- Oden & Fatzo, Noa Milee · You Don't Want To Think About It (Extended Mix) · Defected · 07-24
- Kevin McKay, Pressure Rhythm · Together · Glasgow Underground · 07-31
- Travis Emmons, Modgirl · Sing It Back · Glasgow Underground · 07-31
- Kevin McKay · Karma · Glasgow Underground · 07-24
- Hotmood · Funktastic · Funky Revival · 07-31
- Demarkus Lewis · The Floor Is Yours · ArtFunk Records · 07-31
- Kouncilhouse · Alright · Dirty Lemon Recordings · 07-31
- HP Vince, Discotron · Stomp · Tasty Recordings · 07-31
- Tonbe · Detective's Story LP (Remastered) · Fruity Flavor · 07-31
- Babert · Deeper Love · Disco Revenge · 07-31
- Roland Clark · My Life Is A Disco · Delete International Records · 07-31
- Xanadu & Sweet Lady, Clocktower Of Power · Rappers Delight (Dave 'Love' Lee Mixes) · Z Records · 07-31
🧃 indie dance and leftfield
- Cody Currie · Cherry (album, TOYT197) · Toy Tonics · 07-24
- Adam Ten, Rafael · Beat Goes On (Extended Mix) · Maccabi House · 07-24
- Yanki Fès · Sair Lazazel · Disco Halal · 07-31
- Paul Valentin, Liv Lisa Fries · Of Sand EP incl. DJ Koze Remix (FT076) · Feines Tier · 07-31
- PBR Streetgang · Astro Travelling, plus Magari remix · KURTZ Records · 07-31
- Made By Pete and eight collaborators · Rosebank (debut album) · Life In Colour · 07-31
- Fred und Luna · Ich steck den Kopf in die Wand (Prïa Revisions) · Elaste Records · 07-31
- Birds Of Pandæmonium · On Islands · Sprechen · 07-31
- Dash, DJ 80zz · Decadenza Meccanica · Nein Records · 07-31
- Kamikaze (BR) · All I Wanna Do · JEAHMON! Records · 07-31
- Betoko, Valentina Moretti · Acid Lines (Soy Machin Remix) · CyberFetish · 07-31
- Rodrigo Diaz · Never Dead (Random Factor Remix) · Secret Weapon Records · 07-31
- Basti Grub, Dizzy Monroe, HOTDISC · Therapy · Bar 25 Music · 07-31
- Jim Rider, Nhii · The Mixtape · Keep The Party Moving · 07-31
wider dance, in window, adjacent rather than in lane
- PNAU · AHHCade (11-track album) · etcetc records · 07-31
- Swedish House Mafia, Lykke Li · Happiness Is So Sad · DANSA · 30 or 31 july, sources split
- HAAi, Echonomist · Ignition · Mute · out by 28 july, previews the album DIGITiSE on 9 october
- Ninajirachi, Porter Robinson · WannaCry · NLV Records · 28 july
quiet this week, confirmed rather than assumed: Hot Creations (last release 07-17) and Repopulate Mars (last release 07-10), both pages verified current by their august pre-orders.
landing next friday: Solomun & Inéz (DE) on Diynamic, a six-track Max Styler album on Nu Moda, Lee Foss & GS5 on Repopulate Mars.