Tom here. I hope you're all well-rested from the festivities of the long Easter weekend. Whether you've been at the club having a dance until the small hours under the strobe lights, gigging as a working DJ, or just kicking back at home with some favourite grooves on your sound system, I'm here with another week of dance & electronic music record picks for you: the discerning dance music lover.
We had some amazing underground events this weekend, for those local to Manchester, Red Laser at the White Hotel and Supernature on Sunday at Joshua Brooks were particular highlights. A good shindig always provides a suitable afterglow that opens our ears up for new music recommendations. So let's do that now.
This week we kick off with a real variety, from disco edits on Razor n Tape to some sci-fi breakbeat from DJ Trax to pick it up a notch - the warmer weather is here and the club cuts are rushing out in all flavours.
Pete Blaker - Pete Blaker Edits 2
Brooklyn disco cutters Razor n Tape never disappoint with their releases. From the minute you see that white label and iconic stamp, you know you’re in business.
Skilful editor Pete Blaker steps up for this release, with two funk-drenched tracks. ‘Miami Sax’ is all glistening keys and a rustic, popping bass riff - it’ll transport you straight into the middle of a sun-kissed terrace boogie.
‘Must Be Love’ on the flip side takes a similar vibe, more strings make this cut cinematic and whimsical, while the chugging bass line keeps it thick, groovy, and body-movin’.
Support from Harvey and Hunee!
Soul brothers and sister unite for this sleek, summery, soulful double whammy.
This soulful little 7-inch is taken from an in-demand, long sold out release on the ‘I Travel to You label’. ‘Honey Dub’ channels Otis Redding/Tyrone Davis-esque vocals - soul heads can message in with the source material ID!. On the flip, ‘Got to Find a Way’ treats us to a subtle re-work of Gaye’s What’s Goin’ On that feels fresh and alive in 2026.
Darkstyle Breakbeat, D n B & Jungle for the real heads from DJ Trax in this sleek, metallic-toned, crispy release.
‘Collision’ takes up the entire A side - and deservedly so. With its beefy, late 90’s feeling breakbeats merged with euphoric rave pads, it feels fresh, new and yet aligned with the authenticity of those early ambient D n B records. Like a meeting of all the best bits of jungle and D n B in the 90’s.
‘Those Days’ drops the tempo and energy for a big exhale of a track - it’s all Detroit synth lines over suspended jazz chords, underpinned by double bass and organic breaks. Roni Size Represent era sound.
There B2 ‘Soul & Science’ picks up the tempo again but keeps a strictly chilled-out energy, with reverb drenched female vocal chops, funky keys, and razor sharp, agile beat work.
One for the breakbeat crew.
Strictly vinyl, no repress edits of hidden dusty dance floor gems from Klubb Global Groove in their third instalment of world-fusion club tracks.
‘Okej Daddy’ is all rave piano and Afro vocals for peak time. ‘Kojo Neva Stopp’ relies in its bass groove and dubbed-out horns to carry the groove. ‘Tå Dans’ is a heavy boogie cut that feels like a long-forgotten underground hit we never got to hear. ‘Bäbä Groove’ is Euro House at it’s finest: euphoric keys, early 90’s rolling bass, and shuffling Roland 909 drum grooves.
N.Y. House'n Authority / The Sound Vandals / DJ Steaw / Steve Mac - Nu Groove Edits, Vol. 8
Iconic underground NYC label Nu Groove launches a new EP featuring cutting-edge new edits of their classic, stripped-back house tracks.
Frank and Karen Mendez’s legendary label has been on the discerning house DJ’s radar since 1988, and today it’s iconic status is enough for it to warrant this re-work EP - volume 8 no less.
DJ Steaw takes NY House’n Authority’s ‘Window Guards’ and flips it into a spaced-out, grooving house number fit for any warm-up set.
Steve Mac edits ‘Tonight’s The Night’ by The Sound Vandals, keeping its authentic 90’s sound in the process. Super-classic cuts ‘APT. 3B’ and ‘File #1’ get fresh updates from Dazzle Drums and Seamus Haji respectively on the B-side.
Serious house tackle.
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Take care all - Tom.