Calvin Harris & Kasabian, \u201cRelease the Pressure\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tCalvin Harris drops his first release of the year today with \u201cRelease The Pressure,\u201d a collab with British rock act Kasabian. Together they make something hypnotic, as Harris adds loads of glowing synths to a production that\u2019s both as big as an anthem and as vibey as the afters. <\/p>\n
\n\tCharlotte de Witte,\u00a0\u201cA Prayer For The Dancefloor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tAfter releasing her excellent debut album last fall, the Belgian techno leader digs into the roots of the genre with a driving track that doubles as a soliloquy about the power and meaning of the scene, with collaborator Conduit urging listeners to \u201clook around you, the space you hold is sacred, it has been passed down through generations\u2026dance, dance, dance it\u2019s all we have.\u201d \u201cA Prayer for the Dancefloor\u201d is out on de Witte\u2019s own label, KNTXT.<\/p>\n
\n\tSofi Tukker & J Balvin,\u00a0\u201cCook\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tThe duo\u2019s first release on Republic Records is a hot-out-the-gates collab with Latin titan J Balvin, whose flow is a perfect match for the punchy, groovy, kind of deliciously raunchy production cooked up by Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern.<\/p>\n
\n\tDaphni, Butterfly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tA new Daphni album is always cause for celebration, and today the producer releases his first since 2022 with Butterfly.<\/em> The Caribou alter-ego has always been an outlet for Dan Snaith\u2019s more dancefloor-focused work, and that stays happily the same across the sprawling LP, which includes the brassy, punchy \u201cHang,\u201d which moves along at a frantic pace and includes flourishes that sound a lot like the video game Space Invaders<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\tFisher\u00a0\u201cRain\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tFisher hasn\u2019t necessarily been known for big vocal hooks, but with his latest, he finds a softer and super anthemic side with the pretty and ultimately soaring melody building into a big synth chorus that feels like ascending through the rain clouds and into the sunshine. \u201cRain\u201d is out on his own Catch & Release label. <\/p>\n
\n\tCloonee, \u201cXTC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tCloonee is quite obviously one of the essential producers of the moment, a reputation he firms up with his latest, \u201cXTC.\u201d A take on Jocelyn Enriquez\u2019 1997 rave classic, Cloonee speeds up the production and makes the acid track a full on trip, adding loads of squelchy flourishes and a fat kick drum, all to ass-shaking effect. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n