Techno followers, clear your weekend playlists: Drumcode simply dropped the second quantity of its new DC4 compilation collection, and it’s stacked with contemporary fireplace from each acquainted faces and first-time contributors, together with a headline-making label debut from Italian heavyweights Thoughts Towards.
Launched as a contemporary counterpart to Drumcode’s iconic A-Sides collection, the DC4 mission provides founder Adam Beyer a platform to highlight standout one-off tracks that don’t fairly match the mildew of full EPs, however are too good to not launch.
The Lineup: Newcomers Meet Core Expertise
Kicking off the four-track package deal is ‘Crystal Sky‘ by Heerhorst & PETER PAHN, a follow-up to their 2023 smash ‘Darkish Sky’ (with Teenage Mutants) that topped Beatport and turned heads throughout world dancefloors. The brand new reduce leans into the identical celestial techno DNA — dreamy melodies, chanting vocal layers, and high-impact drive, prepared for peak-time units.
Subsequent up: the extremely anticipated Drumcode debut from Thoughts Towards, who staff up with Tharat on ‘Cloud‘ a twisted, mind-bending monitor that performs with stuttered distortion and a rolling, hypnotic groove. It’s a standout launch not only for this quantity, however for the label’s whole 2025 output thus far.
Rising German producer Kos:mo enters the fold with ‘Samsara‘, a gritty, acid-laced techno curler with cinematic aptitude, a monitor that might simply as simply rating a thriller because it may shake up Berghain’s foremost room.
Closing issues out, Turkish duo OZBEK & Zafer Atabey make their Drumcode debut with ‘My Culture‘, a fusion of techno, home, and electro. It’s all perspective and low-end swagger, with a commanding rap vocal threading it collectively, gritty and memorable in all the fitting methods.
Full Tracklist – DC4 Vol.2
- Heerhorst & PETER PAHN – Crystal Sky
- Thoughts Towards & Tharat – Cloud
- Kos:mo – Samsara
- OZBEK & Zafer Atabey – My Tradition
Drumcode Stays Forward of the Curve
DC4 Vol.2 proves that Drumcode continues to be evolving, not simply counting on its legacy roster however actively tapping into new expertise and sounds. With world artists pushing boundaries from Berlin to Istanbul, this launch displays the more and more numerous form of recent techno.
For longtime Drumcode followers, there’s sufficient acquainted weight right here to really feel proper at house. However it’s the left-field twists, particularly from Thoughts Towards, that trace at the place the label could be headed subsequent.
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