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The Techno Mystic, Tiger Fist Ocular, Struck Again and Hit Hard with Her Latest Single, ‘Illumination’

Posted on 23 April 2026

The aesthetics of fairycore fused into the adrenaline of an Ibiza club classic-esque anthem with the latest mind and rhythmic pulse bender by Tiger Fist Ocular. Illumination is what you’d expect if an impish pixie went on a hell-bent mission to manifest a hard-hitting floor filler, in the best possible way. Tiger Fist Ocular is one of the rare architects of EDM who you can hear for the first time and instantly know you could never mistake her sound as an assimilation of someone else’s.

There’s an infectiousness to the way she takes her sound beyond the ethereal trend by augmenting the more transcendent tones with a whimsical aura; around the scintillating motifs, the basslines slam your speakers into submission, exhibiting how Tiger Fist Ocular has what it takes to break into the mainstream with the same visceral force as Deadmau5.

In her biggest production to date, layered techno synths collide with ethereal orchestral strings in a way that gives Illumination both ferocity and enchantment, while the sassy, confident energy keeps the track lit from within.

Tiger Fist Ocular describes herself as a sonic seductress and musical mystic, using sound to inspire authenticity, confidence, joy, and personal expression. With Illumination and its nature-set visual companion arriving alongside the release, she is pushing experimental EDM up to a more enchanted, high-impact plateau.

Illumination is now available to stream on all major platforms. Watch the official music video on YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Nadine Hurley Conjured a Spellbound Storm of Dark Techno with ‘Dreamer’

Posted on 19 April 2026

Through spectral waves of reverb that quiescently find a way to oscillate under your skin, Witch House electronica artist and producer Nadine Hurley reaches the epitome of spellbinding in her latest conjuring, Dreamer.

After a disquietly cold, hauntingly mesmeric intro, Dreamer demands full lucidity as it seamlessly transitions into a lacerating blast of mechanised techno, synthesised with happy hardcore momentum that sends the phasers, basslines, and synth strobes haywire, proving its mettle as a heavyweight hard-hitter, which could easily punch down the early industrial pioneers. By juxtaposing the cavernously eerie echoes of witch house with the frenetic pulse-pounding intensity of happy hardcore-leaning techno, Hurley went harder and darker than most producers dare to, and it was deliciously filthy euphoria at its finest.

There is a feral precision in the way the Newcastle upon Tyne-based underground artist structured Dreamer, with every rupture in the arrangement tightening the vice around the senses. The witch house atmosphere seeps in with a narcotic chill before the track tears into the club with brute force, turning tension into release with relentless conviction. It’s the ultimate alt club floorfiller; Berghain would be lucky to have her.

Dreamer is now available to stream on all major platforms via this link. 

Review 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

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

Portnova Spilled Hedonism into the Shadows of Desire in Their Dark Techno Siren Song, ‘Snipe’

Posted on 8 June 2025

With Snipe, taken from their newly released debut LP Fossa, Portnova channelled the heat of lust into a sonic pressure system forged between the isolated stillness of Rivington’s forests and the harsh mechanical pulse of a North Manchester industrial estate. That friction shaped the track into a visceral juxtaposition of sultry and savage.

The UK duo, Matt Hindley and Ben Parsons, held nothing back as they laced seductive French vocals through dark techno hooks and electro-pop momentum. The vocals lick lust right through the rhythmic pulses, making sensuality feel both imminent and inaccessible.

Portnova prove they have a precise instinct for merging the dirty with the demure. There’s a discernible elegance woven into the throbbing basslines, yet it never dilutes the release’s chemical potency. Transcendence temporally oscillates throughout the production, hitting hard with hyper-pulsative beats that blur the line between dissociation and euphoric clarity.

While many producers attempt to alchemise tension and release, few do it with this much physicality. Snipe doesn’t passively play through headphones, it leaves its imprint on your mind, body and breath. This is sound design that hits harder than the afterglow of the hedonistic haze it emits.

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

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Dizzy Panda blasted into space with their bass house hit, Astronaut ft Major Orbit

Posted on 31 January 2025

In an industry-quaking collaboration, Dizzy Panda teamed up with Major Orbit to drop an interstellar track that allows the bass to hit hard enough to knock the bass house scene off its axis. The juggernautical dub-heavy drops match the intensity of the ensnaring vocals as they run through reprises until the track reaches a frenetically broadsiding middle eight that allows chaos to reign.

The beauty in Astronaut lies within how Dizzy Panda use their grit and high-octane ferocity with their devil-may-care charisma, giving the track a tongue-in-cheek feel which is matched by the official music video that proves there are few better purveyors of vibe-driven, bass-drenched euphoria.

Dizzy Panda, an unsigned DJ and producer duo from Haarlem, The Netherlands, refuse to stick to one genre by synthesising Old-School House, Tech House, Techno, and Bass House influences. Like all pandas, they have a dark side too. Astronaut, their first single from the new album, dives back onto the dancefloor with an interstellar groove that was, by their own admission, a surprise discovery while they were working on something else. Bassheads will naturally treat this track as a product of divine intervention.

The official music video for Astronaut will premiere on January 31st; catch it on YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Bitvert reigns supreme in the pantheon of IDM with ‘Neverzone’

Posted on 27 January 2025

Enter the ‘Neverzone’ with Bitvert’s experimental dark techno single, which thrums with the pulse of trip-hop, bass-heavy beats and the scintillating aura of mechanised darkwave industrial.

Visceral enough to take your rhythmic pulses to another dimension, the instrumental score demands surrender to its intensity as the brainchild and producer behind Bitvert ensures there is enough control to the chaos that you’re not completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of the deep bass progressions. Instead, you fade into the monochromatic depiction of a sonic dystopia, where autonomy gives way to automation, losing yourself within the layers of the forebodingly electrifying single.

The kinetically chill-inducing reverberations within Neverzone are yet another attestation to Bitvert’s disparately magnetising command as a producer and a live artist. His ability to sink Avant Garde elements into commercial potential-swathed electronica scores is second to none, allowing the London-based luminary to reign supreme in the pantheon of IDM.

Neverzone will hit the airwaves on January 27th via We Are Not Content. Stream the single on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

NI-RAVE earned a PhD in rhythmic anatomy with his techno anthem ‘Play Right’

Posted on 16 January 2025

With ‘Play Right’, NI-RAVE proves himself as a sonic architect capable of building euphoric tension and releasing it in ways that defy expectation. Hailing from Mumbai, NI-RAVE (Nirav Advani) has crafted a reputation for his versatility and profound understanding of techno’s rhythmic anatomy, synthesising electronic textures with an innate sense of pacing.

After cutting his teeth as an electronica artist at just 14, NI-RAVE has evolved from small, intimate events to prestigious international stages, with global releases on labels like YHV Records and Trippy Code Records.

‘Play Right’, a standout from his 3-track EP, Karma, featuring collaborations with techno heavyweight Datlow, pulses with kinetic energy. NI-RAVE’s meticulous progressions lead the listener into a sense-seducing frenzy of anticipation for the drops which he teases with tantalising precision, ensuring the build is just as exhilarating. His ability to subvert rhythmic expectations pushes the boundaries of the genre without losing its intrinsic dancefloor appeal.

The track’s hypnotic and subtly transformative textures echo NI-RAVE’s philosophy that techno offers a healing escape.  Having shared stages with artists like Stereo Express and Almost Human, NI-RAVE is shaping the rave scene’s future with his innovative touch.

Play Right was officially released on January 3rd and is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify, as part of NI-RAVE’s 3-track EP, Karma.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Rafał Przewłocki & Dr Gin summoned a sonic djinn to the dancefloor with their dark techno anthem, Sila

Posted on 21 September 2024

Rafał Przewłocki and Dr Gin conjured a sonic storm with their dark techno anthem, Sila. Like the mythical djinn from which the track takes its name, the single possesses an otherworldly magnetism that commands every moment it occupies.

The deep pulsations and nuanced shifts in momentum drive listeners beyond the edge of euphoria, an experience fuelled by the high-octane energy manifested by the experimentally luminary producer. Yet, don’t mistake experimentalism for a lack of precision; Sila is a carefully orchestrated ride through a meticulously constructed soundscape.

The Middle Eastern influence permeates the production, as ethereal Eastern vocal lines and the melancholic hum of the duduk breeze through the relentless beats. These elements open a vast expanse within the track, creating a sense of depth that leaves plenty of room to sink into its electrifying power. While the rhythmic intensity of Sila will undoubtedly flood your senses through your home speakers, it’s on the dancefloor where the full weight of the track will possess and devour your senses.

There’s a seamless interplay between the feminine and the sinister in the single which submerges listeners into its darkly atmospheric world. And with every drop, every subtle shift in rhythm, Sila teeters on the edge of chaos, while retaining a scintillating sense of control.

The official music video for Sila premiered on August 31; join the 7.4k watchers who have already caught the hype by heading over to YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Descend into the sonic shadows with Voidform’s seminal score, Wonder

Posted on 19 August 2024

Voidform’s single, Wonder, from the debut album Void Incarnate, is a haunting foray into an innovator’s mind. As the dark, reverberant, industrial techno-adjacent bass rolls through your speakers, they’re met with luminous synths that shimmer through striking juxtaposition, creating an avant-garde production that ensnares from the very first beat.

With the Eastern-esque synthetic rhythms weaving a thread of mysticism through the track, Voidform adds an unpredictably addictive twist to the mix which transcends unsettling sound with its cinematic scope, which lends enough eerie tension to rival a John Carpenter horror soundtrack. Prepare to be propelled into a hypnotic stupor when you hit play; the pulse of the beat becomes inescapable in the immersive soundscape of sonic shadow.

Voidform may be a fresh name on the scene, but this project is clearly one to watch. There’s a calculated precision in the chaos, a deliberate artistry in the dissonance that suggests this is just the beginning of what Voidform has to offer. Immerse yourself in the Void—if you dare.

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

Review by Amelia Vandergast