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fknsyd Offers Solace With Raw, Melancholic ‘Moontower’ EP on Heaven Sent!
The celebrated songstress fknsyd is illuminating her painfully authentic artistic vision via a revelatory three-track ‘Moontower’ EP on the ever-growing Heaven Sent imprint.
Since first launching the project back in 2015, Sydney Fisher has found a way to create an intimate connection with listeners through an emotionally charged sound that is driven by brutally honest introspection. Wearing her heart on her sleeve, the experimental singer/songwriter and producer has magnified the inner workings of her personal trials and tribulations via a handful of open-book originals that bleed with cathartic appeal. Along the way, she’s cemented herself as a dance music mainstay by way of a plethora of high-profile vocal features, including SLANDER and Kompany’s brain-shattering ‘Broken’, as well as the effervescent single ‘Stallions’ pulled from the Texas-based trio WAVEDASH’s debut artist album, ‘World Famous Tour.’ While her distinctive voice and penchant for tailoring acutely self-aware lyrics have made her a hot commodity in the electronic space, fknsyd is branching out to embrace her own airy and spacey production on her debut EP, ‘Moontower.’
The self-produced three-track affair features fragrant and experimental beats over Syd‘s signature reverbed and dark vocal melodies. The grim pop-electronic tracks find Syd reaching a massive creative benchmark in her artistic career, finally manifesting the confidence to share her full vision on a project living in both worlds of beautiful and dark simultaneously. The opening number ‘Rain Simulator’ swiftly sets the tone, as her hushed tones fall intently amongst a dewy, downtempo lilt. Her misty-eyed refrain and the lulling melodic drone culminate into the perfect storm of unrequited love. On ‘Benadryl Sleep’, there’s a woozy fragility fighting for air in her seemingly helpless cadence. The sobering percussive knocks and haunting atmospherics make the softly sung plea for help seem almost deafening at times. Lastly, ‘Shallows’ surrenders itself to a panic-stricken delivery, with shiver-inducing staccato phrasing calling to mind feelings of trying to ward off a crippling anxiety attack. The closing offering is the perfect comedown chorus, wrapped up with a hint of withdrawal lingering until the last hit of her somber vocals leaves you yearning for the next fix. From start to finish, fknsyd makes a poignant and powerful statement that’s only hers to tell.
“I hold ‘Moontower’ close to my heart,” says fknsyd. “It has been a safe place and tiny escape for me. I hope others can find solace in it, as well.”
With an impressive number of vocal credits already notched on her fast-growing discography, fknsyd shines a light on both pain and pleasure in a personal and decisively highly relatable fashion. After pulling the figurative skeletons out from her creative closet, she relocated from West Palm Beach, FL to hone her craft in the hotbed music scene thriving in Austin, Texas. The move has clearly worked in her favor, affording her a newfound freedom to immerse herself deeper into the songwriting process, and take bolder yet more refined strokes in the studio. ‘Moontower’ is Syd’s most ambitious and unguarded work thus far, and it should serve as a blinding beacon of what’s to come from the bright and innovative mind that is fknsynd.
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New EDM Friday Oct 9 brings new music from Marlon Hoffstadt, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Funk Tribu, Chase & Status, Dillon Francis, and more.
New EDM Friday Oct 9 brings together new singles, album releases, collaborations, and remixes covering techno, trance, bass music, drum and bass, house, and electronic dance. From Marlon Hoffstadt and David Guetta with Caught Up to Armin van Buuren and Funk Tribu with Nirvana, WÓTIE with Never Let You Go, SKILAH with GOMF BUT LOUDER, Chase & Status with Generic Everything, Dillon Francis and Oaks with Fall, and Effin with Heartbeats, these are the tracks you should not miss on this week’s New EDM Friday.
Marlon Hoffstadt & David Guetta – Caught Up
Marlon Hoffstadt and David Guetta link up on Caught Up, a new collaboration through Capitol Records. Marlon Hoffstadt said he grew up listening to David Guetta and called the collaboration “absolutely mental.” He also said they made the track earlier this year, just before Ultra Miami. Meanwhile, the single connects Marlon Hoffstadt’s trance-heavy style with David Guetta’s global dance reach. With Caught Up, the pair bring one of the week’s biggest collaborations into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
Armin van Buuren & Funk Tribu – Nirvana
Armin van Buuren and Funk Tribu team up on Nirvana, a new Armada Music single. The track connects Armin van Buuren’s trance roots with Funk Tribu’s faster club style. It also follows Armin van Buuren’s recent A State of Trance Ibiza 2026 mix album. For Funk Tribu, Nirvana places him beside one of trance music’s most established names. With Nirvana, both artists bring a direct trance entry into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
WÓTIE – Never Let You Go
WÓTIE turns a deeply personal story into Never Let You Go, a melodic dance and progressive house single. The song reflects his years-long separation from his daughter and the hope he held onto through that period. He wrote it in 2019 during a difficult time in Brazil, with lyrics drawn from loss, distance, and love. Musically, the track pairs warm male vocals, emotional piano, organic elements, and a euphoric drop. With Never Let You Go, WÓTIE brings one of the week’s most personal tracks into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
SKILAH – GOMF BUT LOUDER
SKILAH returns with GOMF BUT LOUDER, a tech house rework of her September single GOMF. The new version takes the original into faster and harder territory, with dark production, heavy bass, and her own vocals still at the center. It follows major festival appearances at Lost Lands, Coachella, EDC Las Vegas, Breakaway Music Festival, Foam Wonderland, and Ubbi Dubbi. At 23, the Minnesota-born, Los Angeles-based artist has also passed 3 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. With GOMF BUT LOUDER, SKILAH brings a harder tech house cut into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
Chase & Status – Generic Everything (album)
Chase & Status release Generic Everything, a 10-track album through 2RUFF Records and Warner Music UK. The album pushes against algorithm-led creative sameness, while drawing from drum and bass, rave, rap, and soundsystem culture. It features J Hus, Little Simz, Skrillex, Giggs, D Double E, Blanco, IRAH, Col3trane, and more. One of its biggest moments is Essa Ta Quente, a Brazilian funk-leaning track with Skrillex. With Generic Everything, Chase & Status bring a full album into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
Dillon Francis, Oaks – Fall
Dillon Francis and Oaks release Fall, a melodic single out via Monstercat and Broke Records. The track centers on an expressive vocal topline, soaring melodies, and the feeling of finally letting go. Dillon Francis said the song was written for their significant others and came from a studio session where everyone was writing from the same place. It follows a major 2026 for Dillon Francis, including Stagecoach, the Impact Award at the EDM Awards, and the Dillstradamus co-headline tour with Flosstradamus. With Fall, Dillon Francis and Oaks add a more emotional dance release to New EDM Friday Oct 9.
Effin – Heartbeats (Album)
Effin presents Heartbeats, a 12-track album centered on love, memory, nostalgia, and detailed sampling. Across the project, the Nashville producer uses 1950s film dialogue, forgotten live recordings, jazz flutes, vocal manipulation, and vintage-inspired textures. The album follows his earlier singles What’s In Your Heart, Forever & Always, and Plus One, each giving a different part of the project’s emotional world. It also follows his biggest touring year so far, with appearances at Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Lost Lands, Breakaway, VELD, and more. With Heartbeats, Effin brings a conceptual bass album into New EDM Friday Oct 9.
Honorable Mentions:
22Bullets – My Motto
999999999, LYNSY – TRIP ON ACID
Aluna & Jengi – Moaning
Andrew Rayel & Daijo – On Fire
Angerfist, The Obsessed – Five Day Bender
Bhaskar, Mojjo – Keep You Warm
Coone – Soldier
Dave Clarke – Wisdom To The Wise (Joris Voorn Remix)
DJ Isaac – My House
DJ Kuba & Neitan – Tokyo Drift
DJ Sammy, C-Ro, Don Bnnr – Love Me Again
EDX feat. Orem – Echoes
Eli Brown & Dimension – Frequency
Ferreck Dawn – Need
Ferry Corsten & Eddo Brandwijk – Oh How I Miss You
Genesi, Djammin & Flowdan – Red Button
Hel:sløwed, Nina De Koning – Give It To Me
Innellea – Reckless 69
ISOxo – Hardcore Diva (Album)
Joey London Style, Pheelo – Never Stop
Justė, Jaxstyle, Jon – Turn The Lights Off (Piano & Strings)
KAAZE – Feel The Beat
Katy B, Jax Jones – Last Day of Summer (Kilimanjaro Remix)
Kevin de Vries, Juan Elvadin – Feel Me
Kyle Walker, Benni Ola, Nate Katz – 10%
Linska – Movement (EP)
Marten Horger – Unf*ck Your Mind
Mind Against, Tharat, Shel·ly – Sorry Mom
Noizu – Hot Girls Party For Free
Ran-D & Brennan Heart Ft. Floor Jansen – Heart Of A Dragon
Rebuke – Mind Games
Route 94 – 4Get The Girl (GUDFELLA & Jackie Hollander Remix)
Sam Divine – Paradise
SMACK – Back Once Again
Watermat, James Mac – Rhyme Design
Stream all the new music on Spotify and Audiomack to hear the full New EDM Friday playlist.
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Scottish producer BETH returns on The Cross Records with new single Wait, following a breakout 2026 of festival slots, Ibiza dates and Radio 1 support.
In the space of a year, BETH has gone from respected up and comer to a genuine festival act. Her debut on The Cross Records, “Keep It Movin’,” is closing in on 1 million streams, and she’s kept up a steady run of releases on labels like TSHA’s Jackfruit, Eats Everything’s Edible, and Melon Bomb Records, along with a well received remix of Karen Harding’s “Island.” That output has earned her support on BBC Radio 1, with plays from Sarah Story and Arielle Free.
Her live schedule has kept pace too. This year she’s played TRNSMT Festival, Sub Club, Cabaret Voltaire, and SWG3 in Scotland, Mas Que Nada in London, and Lakota in Bristol, plus Ibiza dates at Hï, Cova Santa, and Pikes.
“Wait” marks a step forward in her production. Where “Keep It Movin'” leaned into sultry, harmonic melodies, “Wait” goes bigger and brighter, built around euphoric piano chords, a driving 90s inspired break, and deep reese bass. It’s a feel good summer record from an artist whose rise shows no signs of slowing down.
Listen to “Wait” here: https://thecrossrecords.lnk.to/wait
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The ever-evolving Deadlynoiz is back with another new single ‘Rock The House’ adding to his stacked 2026 repertoire.
Stepping into the world of bass house for this track, Deadlynoiz has produced a hugely impactful hit brimmed with his hallmark strengths. ‘Rock The House’ is a fantastic showcase of his ability to design and blend together a myriad of creative synths to deliver powerful soundscapes. The track keeps pumping from start to finish but is dynamic in its energy shifting from the more melodic verses to the aggressive, bass face inducing choruses. Deadlynoiz is consistently looking to evolve his productions and has leaned into more experimental territories here with emphatic results.
His development as an artist is evident from both his productions and his accolades as he’s attracted the attention of LVLD Music. He’s dropped a slew of hits with them and is continuing to develop their relationship with the release of ‘Rock The House’ on their label. Since it’s release the track has already raked in thousands of streams and he’s pushed onto releasing even more music in ‘Magic’ and ‘Block.’ Now bringing in over 20,000 streams a month on Spotify it’s clear that Deadlynoiz’s hard work is paying off as his fanbase continues to grow.
‘Rock The House’ is another step forward in Deadlynoiz’s evolution in sound and development as an artist. With every release he’s proving his abilities in the studio and with the rate he’s working at, there’s plenty more to come.
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