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Toy Tonics - Berlin outlier to global dance floor institution — Toy Tonics (@toytonics) turns ten. Inside the label, the Jams, and the philosophy keeping bodies moving sideways

Music Spotlight - Leor's (itsleordj) picks this month span jungle-infused DnB, Afro/Latin edits and UK Garage — Vektah, DJ Gangster and the Y U QT x Jem Cooke collab all earning their place in the bag. From Symmetry's techy rollers to a Bad Bunny flip built for dancefloors and a Hard-House-leaning weapon already doing rounds at Warehouse Project and Boiler Room, Leor's radar is locked in.

Did someone say…Vinyl? - Benebe (@benebe.wax) heads to Taiwan and finds a grassroots electronic music scene quietly building something real — vinyl nights, record shops and community spaces all opening faster than the UK can keep up. From Ku Bar and Rabbithole in Taipei to Chaobar's cultural hub and Tomar Cafe's DIY nights in Taichung, the scene is community-first and the heavy lifting is already done.

Earl The Kid - Meggie (@writtenbymeggie) uncovers London-based producer and DJ Earl The Kid (@earlthekid) keeps his face hidden and his sound unboxable — moving fluidly between dubstep, trap, tribal and Afro house with a philosophy rooted in gratitude, momentum and protecting his inner kid. The mask is deliberate, the genre-hopping is intentional, and beneath it all is an artist who measures success not by arrival but by keeping the work honest.

Where are they now - Positive Con (@positive_conuk) catches up with Back2Back DJ Battle alumni Billy J, Nouchkat, Sadiq Bello and Wezaari all left the battle with something to prove — and each of them has been quietly building since. From Billy J balancing F1 travel with international sets, to Nouchkat locking in her sound and launching Be My Guest, Sadiq Bello growing Caviar Radio via vending machines, and Wezaari going open format and landing his first festival slot, the glow-up is real across the board.

Faded Archives - Tom Shanx (@tomshanxmusic from @radiaterecordings) spotlights Revival House Project — a collective built to put vocalists front and centre — and their latest release with Mousse T and Kathy Brown, a piano-house anthem rooted in survival, joy and house music's spiritual core.

Past of Pulse-8 - Meow Meow (@dj.meowmeow) reminisces with founder Matt Moore taking us back to the early 2000s Essex free party scene — illegal warehouse raves, police convoys, stolen billboard space and a monster truck leading 500 cars down the A12. Twenty years on, the text number is back and so is the spirit, with Matt reviving Pulse-8 not as nostalgia but as proof that a movement built on feeling doesn't need a content strategy to survive.

Under the Radar - Written by Yasmin (@__yasm.i) — Auckland-born singer and actress Mitchie Edgecombe moved to London on a 24-hour decision and hasn't looked back, training at the London School of Musical Theatre before directing her own cabaret debut shining a light on overlooked musical theatre gems. With a growing curiosity for electronic music and a confidence that's still catching up with her talent, Mitchie's goal is simple: keep performing, keep going.

Unplug the night - Three London Interdisciplinary School students — Sam, Rosie and Zhahla — launched Unplug The Night after getting tired of watching dance floors turn into content farms, and they're now pushing venues across the city to explore phone-free policies. Not a ban, not a moral panic — just a campaign for the kind of night where you're actually in the music rather than someone else's story feed.

IMS Ibiza 2026 - The reflections: Faded Society (@fadedsocietyofficial) was sent to Ibiza to report back. International Music Summit 2026 brought four days of honest conversation about what dance music is becoming, with a K-shaped economy, rising ticket prices and TikTok A&R sitting alongside voices like DJ Paulette, Laila McKenzie, Sama' Abdulhadi and Emmanuel Jal asking who the industry is actually being built for. The underground kept showing up in the room with the most expensive bar tab in the world, and left with the same answer it always brings home: the givers are the ones who hold it together, and they're not stopping.