Techno followers, clear your weekend playlists: Drumcode simply dropped the second quantity of its new DC4 compilation collection, and it’s stacked with recent hearth 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 venture 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 workforce up with Tharat on ‘Cloud‘ a twisted, mind-bending observe 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 complete 2025 output to this point.
Rising German producer Kos:mo enters the fold with ‘Samsara‘, a gritty, acid-laced techno curler with cinematic aptitude, a observe that would 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 Tradition‘, a fusion of techno, home, and electro. It’s all angle and low-end swagger, with a commanding rap vocal threading it collectively, gritty and memorable in all the correct 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 remains 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 contemporary techno.
For longtime Drumcode followers, there’s sufficient acquainted weight right here to really feel proper at residence. Nevertheless it’s the left-field twists, particularly from Thoughts Towards, that trace at the place the label is likely to be headed subsequent.
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