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Chanteuse Aura, Latin Soul and Cinematic Strings Glow Through Princess Luminous’ Dance Forever

Posted on 2 June 2026

Princess Luminous stayed true to her moniker in her latest release, Dance Forever; luxe Latin luminosity glows through the sensual production, bringing cinematic grace to a chanteuse-esque vocal-led performance. Written by Princess Luminous and co-produced with Phillip B, the single moves with the timeless elegance of rumba, sweeping cello, and cinematic strings while carrying the yearning romance of Bésame Mucho into a dance-floor setting.

The way she teases the promise of passion in perpetuity through the complex rhythmic arrangement leaves your senses in flux as you are drawn into her timelessly ensnaring aura. Dance Forever feels like the dancefloor has been transformed into a grand ballroom, where desire is choreographed through each turn of the rhythm as each string phrase glints with old-world glamour.

Inspired by Princess Luminous’ childhood in Mexico, the track carries warm Latin soul through its melodic architecture, keeping the passion refined rather than overplayed. Following her critically praised cover of Moon River, which earned Song of the Day recognition from All About Jazz, Dance Forever shows an artist who can make sophistication feel sensual, theatrical, and deeply alive. A forthcoming London live performance and debut album should only deepen the spell around her cinematic Latin-pop world, with more velvet-footed drama waiting in the wings.

Dance Forever is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

BOOTHED Interview: From Disco Roots to Festival-Facing House and Viral Club Momentum

Posted on 27 May 2026

Across club floors, festival clips, social feeds and international playlists, BOOTHED has been building the kind of momentum that makes industry ears snap towards the speaker. With more than 24 million cumulative streams across DSPs, over 80 million combined short-form video views, releases through Protocol Recordings, Spinnin’ Records, Box of Cats and Another Rhythm, plus support from Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Fedde Le Grand and Don Diablo, the project is moving with serious force. In this interview, BOOTHED reflects on the viral lift around his official Get Down On It sample, the club reach of Body Wanna Rave, Rave Tonight and Sexy Sturdy, the pull of 70s and 80s disco and funk, and the next phase of his modern house and EDM sound.

The last two years have moved at serious speed for you, with your sound, audience, and industry support all expanding fast. When did you first feel things starting to shift?

I think the biggest shift happened when I started seeing the music travel beyond my immediate circle and local environments. At first, you are just making music because you love it, but over time I began noticing more international support, more engagement online, DJs playing the tracks, labels becoming interested, and people connecting with the project in different countries. That was probably the moment where I realised things were starting to evolve into something much bigger and more professional.

Your official sample of Kool & The Gang’s Get Down On It became a massive moment, especially with the original band giving it approval. What did that co-sign mean to you personally?

Honestly, it meant a lot to me. Kool & The Gang are legends, and their music has influenced generations of artists, including myself. Having their approval gave me confidence in the direction I was taking creatively. It also showed me that combining classic influences with modern electronic production can create something that connects across different audiences and generations.

That release went viral, hit international charts, and brought new industry people into your orbit. How did it change the way you saw your own potential as an artist?

It definitely changed my perspective. Before that, I always believed in the project, but seeing the release reach international charts and generate that level of attention made me realise the music could genuinely compete on a much bigger scale. It also opened new conversations with labels, DJs and industry people, which helped me understand that the project was moving into a new phase professionally.

Body Wanna Rave and Rave Tonight have both gained serious momentum in the United States and found their way into festivals, clubs, and raves around the world. What has it felt like seeing those tracks travel so far?

It’s honestly surreal sometimes. Those tracks were created with pure club and rave energy in mind, so seeing people connect with them in completely different countries and environments has been really rewarding. Social media also played a huge role because it allowed the tracks to spread naturally through videos, clubs and festival content. Seeing people use the music in their own moments and experiences is probably one of the best feelings as an artist.

Sexy Sturdy landing on major Spotify editorial playlists, including Tech House Operator, feels like another big marker. How did you react when you saw that support coming through?

I was genuinely very happy because editorial playlist support is something that can really help push a record into new audiences. Tech House Operator is a respected playlist within the electronic music space, so being included there felt like another important step forward for the project. It also confirmed to me that the direction I’m currently exploring creatively is resonating within the scene.

Your sound pulls from 70s and 80s disco and funk, then drives that energy into modern house and EDM. What first drew you towards that mix of old-school groove and current club pressure?

I grew up listening to a lot of disco, funk and classic dance music through artists like Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool & The Gang. At the same time, I was also heavily inspired by modern electronic artists and festival culture. Over time, blending those two worlds started to feel very natural to me. I love groove and musicality, but I also love strong club energy, so combining those elements became a way of expressing both sides of my influences.

With multiple new tracks coming through international labels, how are you choosing what to release next, and what kind of energy are you trying to build across this year?

At the moment, I’m trying to focus on records that feel authentic to where I am creatively rather than simply chasing trends. I want the releases to feel connected whilst still exploring different energies, from more crossover disco-influenced tracks to darker and more club-focused records. This year is really about building consistency, strengthening the identity of the project, and continuing to grow both artistically and professionally.

Between the new collaborations, summer gigs, global traction, and fresh releases, what feels most exciting about where Boothed is heading right now?

I think the most exciting part is that the project still feels like it’s growing naturally. There are a lot of new opportunities opening up, more collaborations, more music, more live activity, but at the same time I still feel creatively motivated and inspired to push things further. It feels like I’m entering a very important phase where the foundations built over the years are starting to connect together in a much bigger way.

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Find your favourite way to stream Boothed’s discography via this link.

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Interview by Amelia Vandergast

Get Your Sticky-Sweet Filter House Fix Through the EDM Euphoria in ØSUBJECT’s Latest Floor-Filler, ‘I NEED YOU’

Posted on 26 March 2026

The powerhouse of an enigma, ØSUBJECT, has launched the anthem that has the potential to necessitate his anonymity; the lead single, I NEED YOU, from the upcoming Filter House LP SYNTHBREAKER, carries the commercial potential to go stratospheric in the EDM scene and beyond. The South West producer, who has spent six years developing his sound through Ableton and music production study, now steps into this new phase with a clear sonic identity and a debut album set for release in May.

By taking the spark of lust and allowing it to burn against the friction of his filter house progressions, which consistently push you towards euphoria or carry you through the rush of it, ØSUBJECT delivered an anthem that carries an A-class potency. The way he fully leans into the sticky-sweet highs, choosing to bypass pretence through his low-pass filters in his fusion of disco, techno and house, ensures there is no sense of artifice within the production, just the satisfaction of being subjugated by an unadulterated, kinetic floor filler.

With SYNTHBREAKER on the horizon and I NEED YOU leading the charge, ØSUBJECT sets the tone for a project built for dancefloors, late-night neon and that collective rush only EDM can provide.

I NEED YOU is now available on all major streaming platforms, including SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Swap Fairylights for Strobe Lights with Rick Holden’s Latest Mix, Hardstyle Christmas

Posted on 16 December 2025

Manchester producer Rick Holden wished his followers a very Hardstyle Christmas with a high-octane seasonal riot that tears away from polite festive playlists. Across this hardstyle mash-up of tongue-in-cheek house and techno, he lines up kicks and synths to get your heart thudding in sync with explosively energetic beats. Forget archetypal Christmas singles; who genuinely needs another saccharine sleigh bell-heavy track that reeks of desperation to claw its way to Christmas number one?

Hardstyle Christmas exemplifies Holden’s ethos as a producer who lives, breathes and bleeds hardstyle, yet still has time for a cheeky wink at the sillier side of the season. If you are the kind of raver who would happily switch fairylights for strobe lights and the King’s speech for filthy bursts of bass, Hardstyle Christmas digs deep under the skin, especially when the drops tumble in like a rave siren call for the misfits who treat Boxing Day as recovery day. It is the sound of tinsel getting ripped down in favour of laser beams and fog machines.

Holden has roots in Droylsden on the Manchester map, where he first started sketching out tunes on home computers in the early 90s before graduating to a Roland XP50 and Cubase, then on to DAWs stacked with modern plugins. Across his catalogue, he toys with dance, trance and hardstyle, folding them into uplifting, melodic, high-energy cuts that carry a proper cinematic streak.

You can hear a sideways nod to the Euro-dance titans he grew up on, from Cappella and Sash! to Scooter and Harris & Ford, though Hardstyle Christmas feels wired to his own instinct for euphoria. The track works as a seasonal in-joke and as a peak-time weapon, perfect for anyone who wants their December soundtracked by kicks and synths instead of crooners and choirs.

Hardstyle Christmas is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

JSTEF stirred vibrato tempered soul into the emotively magnetic pull of ‘Luxury’

Posted on 16 November 2025

Luxury, the latest single from JSTEF, makes it immediately clear why reducing him to a dance artist would be selling the full scale of his craft short. The NYC-based producer has spent close to a decade shaping club rooms with his instinct for emotional weight through electronica, and that lived experience hums through Luxury with a steady, soul-rich current.

The track hits every conceivable emotive mark with the deep reverberant soul running through the vibrato-tempered contemporary RnB harmonies that quiver over the transcendence of the soul-sating instrumentals. The way the synth pop aesthetics rise alongside the gentle touch of house gives the piece a glow that wraps around you with quiet insistence.

Luxury may sit under the three-minute mark, yet the progression leaves you wanting nothing. Within that short and sweet span, JSTEF guides you through an elemental passage of luxe desire that settles into the senses like it’s coming home. The production is a culmination of all the atmospheres he has cultivated across New York’s venues, from Soho to Montauk to Mykonos, all rechannelled into a track shaped for listeners who crave feeling woven into kinetic rhythm.

After its release on November fourteenth, Luxury adds another mark to the legacy JSTEF continues to build as one of the most affecting beat makers and soul conduits on the airwaves in 2025. His work through labels such as Black Hole Recordings and Rundbn Records set the foundation, yet Luxury feels like a crystallisation of everything he has been sharpening.

Luxury is now available on all major streaming platforms via this link.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Tommy Nietz infused faith into an EDM floor-filler with ‘Spirit of God’

Posted on 15 November 2025
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Tommy Nietz brought gospel to the dancefloor with Spirit of God, the new EDM release that lets spiritual intensity and club power rise together without either one losing force. From the moment the first swell rushes through the mix, the German artist and producer sets up a current that feeds mind, body, and whatever part of you wakes up when the bass starts climbing.

His instinct for four to the floor momentum gives the track a steady heartbeat, the kind that pushes dancers forward while the tension of each build tightens around the promise of the drop waiting on the other side. He knows how house euphoria gathers in waves, and he steers those waves with the same conviction that shapes his faith-driven work.

Spirit of God shows how piety can sit comfortably inside modern electronica structures. The devotional focus never dulls the kinetic energy, and the euphoria never limits the reach of the message. Instead, both parts run in tandem, pulling more heat from each other. The vocal lifts feel wired into the circuitry of the mix rather than floating above it, giving the track a coherence that hits on every conceivable level.

Drawing from a background shaped by Christian Music and contemporary Dance movements, Tommy Nietz wrote Spirit of God for spaces where uplift is craved. It fits worship nights, club sets, late evening radio slots, and any environment where bodies and spirits need something bright enough to hold onto. By the final drop, the track shows its purpose clearly by nudging the listener toward something larger than themselves.

Spirit of God is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Nafsi’s anthem, Higher, pushes EDM euphoria to its limit of transcendence

Posted on 28 October 2025

Nafsi reached the peak of EDM transcendence with Higher, his latest floor-filling single that drags you straight into the kind of rapture only a body in motion can understand. With elements of progressive house pop written into the mix, there are as many hooks as there are drops, yet this isn’t an even-keel ride through euphoria. Nafsi knows exactly how to toy with your rhythmic expectations, throwing frenetic constellations of stabbing and strobing synths into the fray until you’re caught between chaos and bliss, unable to decide which state you’d rather stay in.

Higher captures that pulse-quickening moment on the dancefloor when tension turns kinetic, when the crowd moves as one, and you forget your body has limits. There’s a sensory thrill running through the production that’s impossible to fake. You can hear every ounce of control, every heartbeat behind the build-ups, and the restraint that keeps the track from tipping into indulgence.

The Canadian-born, South Asian electronic artist and producer has built a signature sound around fusing bouncy basslines with moody textures and emotional depth. Drawing inspiration from John Summit, D.O.D., and Fred again.., Nafsi shaped Higher with both underground finger on the pulse grit and the global appeal of an Ibiza anthem in the making. At this point, the only way is up.

Higher is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

‘Unity’ Turned Bubz’s Production Desk into a Global Temple of Rhythm

Posted on 2 October 2025

London-based artist and producer Bubz geographically unchained his sonic signature for the release of his three-track single, Creation. The standout mix, Unity, pulls pigment from across the world music spectrum, fusing Afro-house beats with Latin rhythms inside a meticulously stylised synthesis that proves culture’s capacity to be reshaped under the will of a producer who knows exactly how to set a mood. With duskily muted hues, feverish breakbeats, and reverberant pads that oscillate euphoria through his distinct sonic palette, Bubz turned this track into something that feels like a ritual for the dance floor.

With its devotional and heady parameters, Unity exists in its own liminal space, where you can feel the weight of intention in every percussive rise and melodic dip. There’s no getting locked into the chase of the high, it hypnotically draws you in until it moves you beyond your own will.

Across Creation, Bubz has shown that his ear isn’t fixed to one corner of the globe but attuned to the pulse of rhythm itself. With over 15,000 monthly listeners on Spotify already finding sanctuary in his sound, his reach is only stretching further as he continues to syncopate new worlds through his beats. For fans of house, electronica, and anything that wants to move both the body and the psyche, Unity is a must.

Unity is now available on all major streaming platforms via this link.
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Review by Amelia Vandergast

Rick Holden Wired Y2K Ibiza Energy into Hardstyle Euphoria with Rave Forever

Posted on 1 September 2025

With his latest single, Rave Forever, Rick Holden turned the voltage all the way up; it’s an intravenous shot of pure rave euphoria that pushes harder than a sweat-soaked crowd under strobing lights. Written over a year and fine-tuned until the very last pulse landed exactly where it should, the track is a defiant answer to the myth that you can have too much of a good thing.

The Y2K Ibiza atmosphere collides with the ferocity of hardstyle kicks, stomping through a mix laced with neon phasers and trance-leaning synths. Each drop feels engineered to snap inhibitions clean off. At its climax, the build-up lands with the precision of a producer who knows his way around rave architecture inside out, ensuring the track floods through the synapses like light through a cracked strobelight.

Holden’s reputation as one of the most meticulous beat architects is bolstered by his instinct for the perfect conduit of vocal delivery. The topline soars over the instrumental with a rawness that steers clear of the plasticised, instead running alongside the rhythm like adrenaline-charged veins. For an artist who wanted to capture the unity and intensity of rave culture, Holden has triumphed by stitching together a work that encapsulates the feral joy of being lost in sound.

Rave Forever is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.


Review by Amelia Vandergast

Resistance resonates in THE MAINSTREAM OFFICIAL’s harbingering electro-anthem, Part of the Problem

Posted on 30 November 2022

Harbingering signs of the times rarely resound in trancey house mixes, but here to bring consciousness under the club music umbrella is THE MAINSTREAM OFFICIAL with their debut single, Part of the Problem.

Part of the Problem is the first single to drop in a series of resistance-themed singles that the duo has crafted to unshackle us on the dancefloor and awaken our minds to the issues we partake in if we go about our daily lives with blinkers on.

Sobering and liberating in the same glossy produced breath, THE MAINSTREAM OFFICIAL is doing more than just breaking ground; they are fighting for the world we are all respectively attempting to save, destroying, and living in ambivalently. The vocals perfectly gel with the rhythmically arresting, tension-fuelled progressions as they project the myriad of global issues before compelling you to take a stand.

Part of the Problem is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast