Friday Dance Music Guide: The Week's Best New Tracks From Justice, Hyperbeam, Salute & More

This Week in Dance Music: We Talked to the Current Advertising sign Peggy Gou cover on her rise and upcoming debut album, we spoke to Steve Aoki, learned the value of the global dance music industry in 2023 at IMS Ibiza and saw Dua Lipa make history at Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.

And of course we heard fresh music. These are the best new dance acts of the week.

HYPERBEAM, “Okay fine”

Hyperbeam, the collaborative project from Australian producer Odd Mob and Los Angeles-based artist Omnom, releases its debut EP today via Insomniac Records. The Inexplicable is a four-piece combo of tech house and bass that's infused with a generally rowdy late-night vibe that's sure to work well during the duo's upcoming festival sets like EDC Las Vegas, Hangout Fest, Ubbi Dubbi, The Concourse Project and Electric Forest. Previously released “All Day, All Night” and “Mind Awake, Body Sleep” have become stage hits, with the equally hypnotic “Okay Fine” likely to do the same.

Justice, Hyperdrama

After months of hype, along with the debut of a new live show at Coachella earlier this month and a Advertising sign The cover before that, the fourth studio album from Justice arrived via the duo's longtime label, Ed Banger Records. The French duo's first studio album since 2016 — “Because the album cycle is so big every time, we're both like, 'Okay, is there still going to be someone interested?'” the pair's Augé joked to us — Hyperdrama is an often intense, sometimes slightly psychedelic, and overall satisfying 13-track collection that contains elements of classic Justice while propelling their catalog into a kaleidoscopic future.

The album features high-profile collaborators such as Miguel, Thundercat, Conan Moccasin and Kevin Parker, with the latter artist appearing on the album's lead single 'One Night/All Night' and the just-released 'Neverender' – a sliding, dynamic, slightly. psychedelic melody-forward production in which the Aussie singer-producer's voice takes on the same string quality as the disco stabs from which the track is structured.

greetings & Rina Sawayama, “saving flowers”

Vienna-born, Manchester-based homemaker salute — a 2023 salute Advertising sign artist to watch — sets the stage for their debut album, True Magic, featuring the project's lead single, “Saving Flowers,” a lush jacking house production equipped with silky vocals from Rina Sawayama. Coming in July via Ninja Tune, his upcoming salute album also features Disclosure, Empress Of, Karma Kid, Sam Gellaitry, piri, Léa Sen, LEILAH and Nakamura Minami, with the producer setting up in a house in the English countryside to collaborate with this crew. . “In dance music there always seems to be this focus on doing everything yourself,” they say, “but I wanted to have a team around me to develop the ideas I had. One thing I'm really proud of is how organic working with partners is.”

Chris Lake & Sammy Virji, “Summertime Blues”

It's only April, but Chris Lake, British producer Sammy Virji and The Boxer Rebellion singer Nathan Nicholson already have the summer blues. A subtly poignant ode to the removal of haunting memories, the track makes an interesting key shift in its final phase, like when the summer sun finally burns away everything that angers you. “We wanted a drop that felt like the warmth of the sun, and that's how it makes me feel,” Lake says of the track, which is out via Astralwerks and his own Black Book Records.

Kasbo, “Resenären”

In our hyper-speed age, seven minutes can feel like an eternity. We suggest you stop what you're doing, close your eyes, and spend as much time as possible on the latest from Swedish producer Kasbo, who on “Resenären” delivers a soulful and increasingly rich production that's devoid of vocals but still easily it conveys a message of cerebral bliss.

“The goal of this track was to take the listener on a journey and take time to do so,” says the producer. “The name 'Resenären', which means 'the traveller' in Swedish, kind of speaks to that. With the theme of my album focusing on slowing down in an ever-accelerating world, I wanted to push that idea forward and take my time to the final climax with this song. At 7 minutes, it's the longest I've ever made.” Kasbo's album, The learning of urgencyout June 7 via Odesza's Foreign Family Collective.