This week in dance music: We met Lenny Pearce, the Australian DJ who’s making techno for toddlers and throwing baby raves around the world and also caught up with French favorite Folamour who shared that while he at one point felt “dead inside” while playing clubs, his new house album helped revive his sound and spirit.
Meanwhile, Serbia’s Exit Festival announced that it may leave the country after losing government funding after supporting student protestors. Sophie’s collaborators are celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the late producer’s 2015 compilation album Product with an expanded anniversary edition that will feature a pair of previously unreleased singles — “Ooh” and “Get Higher” — along with “Unisil,” a Product-era track that was released in 2021.
Also this week: Fred again.. threw a pop-up show in Brooklyn with special guests Skepta and PlaqueBoyMix (more on that below), Billboard Dance celebrated ten years since its launch, with the vertical’s founder Matt Medved penning a piece on the process that brought it all together. SG Lewis announced that he’s releasing a new album this fall, The Chainsmokers remixed Charli xcx’s “party 4 u,” Irish rock group Inhaler covered Kavinsky’s classic “Nightcall,” Billboard Italy did a deep dive on the country’s Adriatic Sound festival and its aims to become a techno destination and Marhsmello launched a pop-punk band, Underbrook, under his given name Chris Comstock. The group released its debut single “Head’s Up” today.
And last but never least, amid one of those moments when a fleet of producers all drop new music at the same time, these are the best new tracks of the week.
