With Zkrrt’s previous albums, there was something of a new-starter vibe to many of the pop-like arrangements and songwriting transitions. In my view, this latest project has completely overcome that, showcasing a defiant attention to detail and mood that’s intoxicating from one track to the next. The original style and inspiration remains, the reasons for making music stand tall, but the focus, the understanding, and the willingness to move an audience, have only let the style and sound grow stronger and more alluring.
Dance Pop
Songwriting and substance first, creativity intertwined – an electronic-pop nostalgia elevated by personal and poetic reflections on modern love. Kath Moskvina delivers an anthemic and addictively catchy new single, for Baby You Are Mine.
Clean contemporary production with catchy hooks and programmed vocals – a familiar sound with a brightness and story-central progression that meanders from genre to genre. Lawyer and family-man Beatzler has been producing music for over 15 years, and this year, he delivers a boldly eclectic album of high-quality original songs, as the aptly-titled new project FutureBreaker.
Happy hardcore tones, progressive house with EDM vocals akin to the dawn of the genre – a euphoric rise and drop, with heartfelt, evocative lyrics and vocals, inspiring and motivational alongside. Producer ROQ1N captures the essence and power of true contrast, with the immense escapism and energy of Demons.
Brand new music of an instantly uplifting, inspiring intention – lifelong producer and artist IurisEkero blends a huge arrangement and hopeful sentiments, with modern tools and energetic vibrancy, to really help bring this celebratory anthem to life.
Heavy atmospheric production, evolving from the simple and intimate, to the full-throttle and bass heavy. From the artist who brought us Zombie Hours and Night Lapse, Without You is a genre-blending ode to love at first sight, and it’s one of Ry’s most creative releases yet.
Fearlessly embracing the future of artificially intelligent music creation, FunkTheAI launches an album committed to the cause and concept, with the original creative theme presenting ten alternative takes of a single lyrical journey.
Multi-instrumental creative Tony Carlucci notes a background as creatively eclectic as this single. The keyboardist, producer, composer, actor and saxophonist has been making music since his toddler years, and the esteemed songwriter showcases the best of his diverse ability, with the high-energy euro-dance remix of Love and Desire.
Euphoric sunset dance vibes captured with a strong riff and evocative vocal adlibs. AYVON intertwines organic flutes and retro synths, for the four-to-the-floor escapism of the immersive EDM single Light Me Up.
The idea was to pay tribute to the legendary astronomer Carl Sagan, and in the process highlight the creative freedom and versatility of music as play. It’s a job well done, and a project that’s impressively eclectic and accessible, for fans of multiple genres.
Great production, ambient and soulful, hard-hitting – a crisp representation of classic dance-pop and EDM, but with something ethereal and modern to toy with at the forefront. tori bell delivers a catchy low-key anthem, with bad good.
Indie producer and EDM troubadour Deltiimo, reignites the soulful and infectious energy and melodic appeal of his unreleased 2023 single Always Running Back To You, with an iconic melodic techno take, on the timeless Jaki Nelson collab.