r/DnB • u/TELMxWILSON Camo & Krooked • 2h ago

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Picks Of The Week (by u/lefuniname)

1. AZO - Singularity šŸ’Ž [Voidcat Audio]

Recommended if you like: Caster, [BORDERS], V O E

I know, I know, I'm a week late with this. More often than you'd think, it takes my other team members' new releases research for me to complete my picture of what's out there in a given week, and this one was no different. However, for me to forgo the list-review continuum consistency like this, a releases has to truly wow me, preferrably in more ways than just one. Well, here we are! Let's talk about this week's Hidden Gem Of The Weekā„¢ļø.

1.1. AZOidcat

Due to this only being his second-ever release, with, for once, no previous alias to point to, I don't even have that much to say about our protagonist, Vancouver-based, Costa Rican film industry worker slash production talent Sebastian Monge. I could lead you through his IMDb page and talk about he worked as a Key Grip on various movies, did VFX for short film 'Fowl Fate', or even directed Pieces Of Us aka Memory Puzzle, but even though I find that sort of stuff incredibly fascinating and I could try to marry his background in filmmaking with the cinematic worlds his tracks build up so effectly, I do have to admit I am not a licensed officiary and should probably stick to the music to not lose you all.

Outside of his Still Spinnin' EP earlier this year and the fun fact that he's apparently been working on this production thing for more than a decade now, however, I don't even have anything else to talk about on the music side either. Then perhaps I could tell you something about the label he's been working with, Voidcat Audio! Or Voidkat, if you were to run it throug their DnB name generator. Founded by Canadian DJ and producer MAU in 2026... oh goddamnit. We're too early for any backstory to have emerged on that front as well!

Alright then. Without further AZO, let's talk about Singularity!

1.2. Singularity

Ironically enough a two-parter, Singularity Pt. I starts this experience off by transporting us into a world of dreamy floatiness, with a delightfully tiny stream of water dribbling down our paradise house's pipes, but as the haunting vocals enter the game you begin to realise we've got a storm a-brewin'. Slowly but surely introduced in this dramatic setup but only fully unleashed in the following drop in air pressure, a supremely sparkly, preciously pretty 8th-note synth melody takes us on a joyride in the upper echelons, while dirtily distorted rhythmic basslines fight their own fight below. Seems like the machine takeover starts off quite nicely! Once we get the optimistic parts behind us, however, war drums and larger-than-life reese basses signal the change that's about to occur. Entirely new melodies, now twisted into unrecognisability, attempt to keep living as the supercharged basses crunch their way into the foreground and the drums go all-out. It's rare to see a progression this satisfying in a track!

The best part is, the progression isn't even done yet, technically. Pt. II keeps the apocalypse going by not even attempting to paint a happy picture in its opening. Melodies that will haunt you in your sleep, thoroughly distorted basses and brash, broken beats up the stakes another couple of notches, in anticipation of a true world-ender of a drop. Dramatic, Dune-esque melodies on top of a sandstorm of most hectic drums and all-encompassing reeses, battling it out against a response of relentlessly hammering synths and even wilder drums, each hit amplifying the energy piercing into your ears, before things become even more staccato and higher-pitched for the climax. One last time, we start up the machinery in the second half, with a delayed drop packed with analog, almost breakcore sounding beats, before switching right back to our scheduled carnage.

1.3. Conclusion

I'm sure the apocalypse will have plenty of downsides, but if this is what it sounds like then I welcome it with open arms. Humongous!

2. Idle Days, Solid State - Heartbreak [Ridmic]

Recommended if you like: Voicians, Laminar, Jessee

After so much heaviness and drama, how about we take a look at two of modern day dancefloor's most underrated names out there? Let's talk about Idle Days and Solid State!

2.1. Idle Days

Researching Benjamin "Idle Days" Goossenaerts has been one of those rabbit holes that just never seemed to want to end. I already felt knowledgeable and like a real fan for having been there from the very first DnB tune the Belgian lad has put out a few years back, but the story went so much further back I'm afraid my previous superfan card has to be revoked. Born and raised in the Belgian kind of Essen, Benjamin has been putting the work in as a vocalist since at least 2010, when he first uploaded 'Crystal Tears' in memory of his late grandpa. Not much later, he not only started his own band Viva Revival, but also ventured into the wild world of vocal covers. Once the band life wrapped up about 10 years ago now, the covers started increasing in frequency, with especially 2020 seeing anyone from Ed Sheeran to John Legend being regoossified. He even did a little Christmas thing!

In 2021, it was finally time for the name I have come to love him under - Idle Days - to emerge, with more electronic inspired pop like 'Better Days', 'CHANGING REALITY' and 'Lying to me' seeing him belt out on future bass beats, melodic techno house vibes and more that my mostly dnb brain cannot put names to. Real goossenerds will know there was a big difference though: He wasn't just using his voice, he was actually producing these tracks as well! While still prolific as a vocalist, with us DnB people probably recognising him from Buunshin's 'I'm Okay', he got better and better at putting the beats together himself, and by 2023, he made the jump that would define the rest of his career - he released 'Over It', his first-ever DnB tune! On imprints like Martin Garrix' STMPD, NoCopyrightSounds and its off-shoot Arcade, Radar, Wobbles & Waffles, and most prominently, absrd, Benjamin has been jamming out one anthem for the ages after the other, while also becoming the voice of huge tunes of fellow Belgiants Used and Andromedik. Nowadays, you can catch him playing at places like Tomorrowland, Rampage's shows inside Sportpaleis and at Lommel's Kristal Park, and many more.

Speaking of Lommel...

2.2. Solid State

The second half of this tune's particular equation comes in the form of Sam Jensen, aka Solid State - and was born and raised in said Limburgian city! While in a way even newer to the scene than his compardre in misdaad here, Sam's history in music is also more expansive than you might expect. I don't have as many sources for this decade of his journey, but his antics as DJ Antum supposedly reach as far back as 2012! Jumping forward eleven years, Sam was in need of a new name for the production career he was about to launch, so the Mesopotamian goddess was ditched in favour of his most favourite way of storing files: Solid State was born. After his 2023 debut on DeVice, 'Take You Up', it would take him up to 2025 for new goodness to emerge, but my god, did it ever wash over us in that year. Not only did we see his official DeVice follow-up, we also got to enjoy his excellent High Tea debut 'Let You Go', his Riot debut with similarly underrated newcomer LICIA, several remixes of it, and one more Riot anthem to close it all off.

During all of this, he also won the Andromedik Invites DJ Contest to play at Antwerp Expo in front of me and a couple thousands others, won the Black Out TD contest, and topped this marathon of musical goodness off by running an actual one. After regularly smashing it up for the Lokale Helden nights in Lommel, he also started venturing outside his home town, with the most notable event so far having been his debut at Cologne's legendary Bootshaus, but there was still one ultimate dream left: Playing at Rampage Open Air. Guess where he was announced to play at this year?

So what have these two Belgian supertalents cooked up together then?

2.3. Heartbreak

An electric guitar softly raising the anticipation with constantly looping two-note playing, a faint 8th rhythm coming ever closer, and a bass laying down its notes all do their part in setting the tone for Heartbreak, the duo's first-ever outing on Liquicity-offshoot Ridmic. In this bubble of loveliness, Benjamin hey there delilah's into frame with a somber tone, as the rest of the arrangement is expanded to include gentle whomping and smoothly rolling drums. More and more our vocalist in charge gets into it and by the 45 seconds mark he truly starts owning his Taio Cruz inspired relationship behaviour in full-chested voice, while the beats make way for hype-inducing 4x4 claps, until it all comes to a head in the drop. Whompy whomps fighting it out against the already teased, brassy synth melody in most earwormy fashion, as a now thoroughly powerful 8th-note guitar strumming bassline, with Benjamin chiming in every now and then. Incredibly delightful as that already is, it's the things that follow this formula, like the full return of our microphone commandeur, the in my ways absolutely dreamy breakdown, and the short burst of 4x4 hype before the eventual return to syncopation in the second drop, that not only bring me endless joy, but show just how pro these two are.

2.4. Conclusion

A fantastical vocal performance, an incredibly catchy lead, a production that just hits all the right notes - an anthem through and through.

 

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u/TELMxWILSON Camo & Krooked 1h ago

This weeks highlight is 100% thys, Samurai Breaks, DJ Fuckoff - Freaky Freaky šŸ˜ƒ

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u/DJGibbon 1h ago edited 1h ago

UPDATE: Subgenre playlists now include Tidal! Tidal links will in general update overnight so won't be ready until midnight, but I've run them manually today to get feedback.

The subgenre playlists have now been updated! This is using a NEW METHOD so please ping me if anything looks weird

General DnB / Mixed (Spotify) (Tidal)

Dancefloor (Spotify) (Tidal)

Liquid (Spotify) (Tidal)

Neuro (Spotify) (Tidal)

Deep/Tech/Minimal (Spotify) (Tidal)

Jump Up (Spotify) (Tidal)

Jungle / Halftime / Experimental (Spotify) (Tidal)

There's a handy linktree if you want permanent links:Ā https://linktr.ee/newmusicmonday

These areĀ auto generatedĀ andĀ not official,Ā so if you notice anything weird please contact me directly rather than the main guys! Thanks as always toĀ u/TELMxWILSON,Ā u/lefuniname,Ā andĀ u/jandogearmyĀ for all the hard work!