The world’s hottest dance music tracks

Our roundup of the dance music bangers currently setting speakers ablaze

Electronic dance music is having a moment, with formerly niche sub-genres like jump up drum ‘n’ bass gaining a foothold in the mainstream and an onslaught of new records hitting the airwaves at breakneck speed. While this is great news for ravers, it also makes it more than a little difficult to keep up. That’s why we’ve put together this regularly updated guide, meaning you’ll never again have to worry about missing out on the biggest, baddest bangers of the moment.

Barry Can’t Swim – ‘Still Riding’

The most recent single from Barry Can’t Swim’s hotly anticipated upcoming album Loner, ‘Still Riding’ builds steadily, chopped vocal samples and shuffling drums soon joined by an insistent bassline that grooves throughout the track, with increasingly emotive melodies added in a series of crescendos that keep the track swelling to its euphoric conclusion. JS

Gorgon City – ‘Run It Back (feat. Caroline Byrne)’

‘Run It Back (feat. Caroline Byrne)’ sees Gorgon City continuing their recent flirtations with higher-tempo fare, with the production duo cranking up the BPM to great effect while crafting an unrelenting instrumental that revolves around tight drums and a stuttering, rapid-fire bassline, while Caroline Byrne lays down a lush, reverb-drenched vocal performance. JS

Kapote – ‘Selfish Gods’

This thumping nu-disco belter from the head honcho of Berlin label Toy Tonics is a hypnotic slow burner from his latest album, Para Mytho Disco. Guided by an understated but catchy vocal line, its pulsing intro soon veers into a shimmering, glamorous vibe. JB

Marie Davidson – ‘Y.A.A.M (Soulwax Version)

The Belgian brothers have given a hard-hitting electro twist on this dark and sassy track from Marie Davidson’s latest full-length album, City of Clowns, amping up the industrial vibe with a four-on-the-floor hammering and a breakbeat of a middle eight to give the last two minutes even more tension and snarl. JB

4K – ‘cold wall’

The latest offering from drum ‘n’ bass newcomer 4K, ‘cold wall’ is an exercise in contrast, layering delicate, ethereal vocal cuts over synth work that is equal parts minimalistic and savage, creating a monster of a track that is discordant in the all the right ways. JS

TOKiMONSTA, Cakes da Killa – ‘Switch It (feat. Gawd)’

Boasting a breezy jackin’ house beat, silky R&B vocals and a Cakes da Killa verse that’s bursting with attitude, ‘Switch It (feat, GAWD)’ is the perfect soundtrack for the transition to warmer weather, although TOKiMONSTA’s latest album also features plenty of more subdued fare for the inevitable return to dingier days. JS

Rudimental, Khalid – ‘All I Know’

Nobody does emotional drum ‘n’ bass quite like Rudimental, a fact the London-based trio have just proved once again with ‘All I Know,’ a soulful collaboration with R&B outsider Khalid which is driven by the warm Reese basses, yearning organs and thunderous drums that they’ve been perfecting for years. JS

Redlight – ‘Busy’

It takes Redlight all of 14 seconds to get into it on ‘Busy’ – the latest track released on his LOBSTER BOY imprint – with the producer spending the rest of the record pulling off the improbable feat of conjuring a memorably ferocious banger out of little more than some skippy drums, a few gritty bass stabs and a sparsely deployed vocal sample. JS

Riva Starr – I Was Lost (And I Found You) [feat. Chromeo]

Riva Starr has earned his place on the Mount Rushmore of house, but on I Was Lost (And I Found You) the Italian-born superstar finds his talent for disco, with the uplifting record – a highlight from Starr’s recent album Keep Me On the Dancefloor – bearing the funky fingerprints of French electro eccentrics Chromeo.

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