Music · 13 July 2025
Producer, songwriter, and composer Raz Ohara recently unveiled his ninth studio album, ‘Memories Of Tomorrow’, with the focus track ‘Vessel Of Love’, on House Of Frequency. The first single off the album, ‘Beyond And Deep Down’, premiered on Electronic Groove and received support from German radio station Radio Eins.
Music · 12 July 2025
Rony Seikaly returns to Nervous Records a decade later with his brand-new single, ‘The Party’, which was released yesterday. The track fuses his groove with Nervous’ energy, uniting NYC house roots with underground heat. He recently dropped the single right in the middle of his nine-date residency at Circoloco, DC10 Ibiza.
Ibiza · 11 July 2025
Glitterbox recently added more names to its line-up for the 2025 summer season in Ibiza, which is taking place every Sunday from 4 May until 5 October. Canadian producer Kaytranada is playing in Ibiza for the first time ever, heading to Hï Ibiza on Sunday 13th July. Also making their debut is Germany’s Loco Dice, who will play a surprise date.
Music · 10 July 2025
Toolroom welcomes Hatiras back to the label with his latest production ‘Hypnotized’. Originally rooted in the early North American rave scene, he shot to fame with his track ‘Spaced Invader’, released on Defected at the turn of the millennium.
Music · 09 July 2025
After years of crafting rave music, French producer Pawlowski steps into the frame this month with the ‘Get Me High’ EP. Pawlowski is apparently a rising force in the acid techno and neorave underground, having built a following with a sound that fuses the emotional scale of ‘90s trance with the grit of modern hard groove, filtered through a visual language steeped in anime, horror scores, and post-rave cyberpunk.
Music · 08 July 2025
DJ/producer duo Noir & Haze return with their reimagining of Defected record, ‘Around’, following Italian trio MEDUZA’s 2025 version. Initially released in the 2010s, a golden era for house music, the track would see extended success over the years thanks to various club support and artist interpretations, including the Solomun Vox edit of 2011.
Music · 07 July 2025
Through tracks like ‘Higher State’ and, more recently, ‘Never Leave U’ and ‘Homelands’, Deep State label boss Grum has been making a return to his musical roots lately. Following that natural progression, the DJ/producer has revisited one of the tracks that drew him into the electronic music space in the first instance. To round out a truly flaming June last month, the Scot has given BT’s ‘Godspeed’ a layered reimagining.
Music · 06 July 2025
Eddie Fowlkes returns for with the sixth release in his new monthly track series. The dark tech house groove of ‘MD 2’, follows previous singles ‘I’m The DJ That You Know’, ‘Where U Think I'm From’, ‘I Like Tea’, ‘Get Out Of My Life’ and ‘All Day Vibes’.
Music · 05 July 2025
René LaVice and Inja have joined forces on ‘Go Nuts’, which is out now via René’s own label, Device. The instrumental had been brewing for over a year, full of sound design and basslines, and what came back was one of the most electrifying vocal takes René’s ever received.
Lifestyle · 04 July 2025
Defected is once again partnering with football fashion brand MEYBA to create a limited-edition shirt that showcases the Defected Worldwide globe icon and ’25 festival colour gradient throughout to create a collard v-neck shirt that aims to be both festival and football-ready in equal measure.