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New EDM Friday May 1: Skrillex, Dom Dolla, Hardwell & More

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Skrillex and ISOxo on stage in front of a large festival crowd for New EDM Friday May 1.

New EDM Friday May 1 brings new releases from Skrillex, Dom Dolla, Hardwell, and more.

New EDM Friday May 1 is here with a packed list of releases across different corners of electronic music. Skrillex links with ISOxo, Cristale, and TeeZandos on Smoke, while Dom Dolla and Tiga return with Don’t Worry Baby, alongside new music from Hardwell and others. These are the tracks you should not miss on this week’s New EDM Friday.

Skrillex, ISOxo, Cristale & TeeZandos – Smoke

After more than a year of live rips, remakes, and fan uploads under the unofficial name Killers, Skrillex and ISOxo have finally released the track as Smoke. The finished version keeps the “bring smoke to the dancefloor” hook that made the ID easy to recognize in set clips, but now places Cristale and TeeZandos at the front of the record, giving it a direct UK rap presence instead of leaving it as a producer-only bass ID. That detail matters because Smoke does not feel like a random vocal update. It turns a long-running Skrillex and ISOxo live weapon into a proper single, with the rap verses, short runtime, and blunt drop structure all built around how quickly the track gets to the point

Dom Dolla x Tiga – Don’t Worry Baby

Dom Dolla and Tiga connect for the first time on Don’t Worry Baby, and the pairing makes sense because neither artist treats club music as only a drop-and-release exercise. The track centers on Tiga’s deadpan vocal, which gives the record a slightly strange character without turning it into a novelty track, while Dom Dolla keeps the production clean enough for the hook to stay in front. After the alien-themed rollout around the single, Don’t Worry Baby feels like a club record with a clear visual idea behind it, not just another name-heavy collaboration added to the release calendar.

Hardwell, Dr Phunk & Azteck – Low

Hardwell, Dr Phunk, and Azteck bring Low to Revealed Recordings after Hardwell first played it during his Ultra Miami set. The track takes a 2000s club reference and pushes it into the current Revealed sound, with Dr Phunk’s harder edge sitting next to Hardwell’s mainstage direction and Azteck’s cleaner festival production style. The collaboration also has real label context, since Hardwell and Dr Phunk previously worked together on Here Once Again and Take Us Down (Feeding Our Hunger), while Azteck has become a familiar name in the Revealed Recordings catalog. That makes Low feel connected to the label’s own history while still pointing at where its current sound is going.

Phatwell – Run For Something Better

Phatwell continues his run of message-led dance records with Run For Something Better, following recent releases that have framed his music around persistence, optimism, and personal reflection. The Swedish producer, whose real name is Pär Holmgren, started making EDM and house music under the Phatwell name in 2020 after years as a rock musician, and that background helps explain why his tracks often place the song idea before the drop. Run For Something Better fits that pattern by keeping the title’s message at the center, giving the record a clear emotional direction without turning it into a long motivational speech. It is a straightforward Phatwell release: melodic, clean, and focused on the kind of hopeful writing that has carried through earlier tracks like Keep Those Dreams and When The World Stops.

SPAG – THIS IS SPAG EP

SPAG, formerly known as Spag Heddy, opens a new chapter with THIS IS SPAG, out May 1 via Kannibalen Records. The project marks his rebrand away from the pasta-driven identity of Spag Heddy, while keeping the bass foundation that made his name recognizable in dubstep circles. Across the EP, SPAG moves through trap, dubstep, brostep, drumstep, and more nostalgic bass textures, with tracks like MESSIAH, OLD SKOOL, and TREP showing how the project is not limited to one bass subgenre. The visual direction matters here too, with SPAG pointing to pop punk, skate culture, and a rough black, white, and red collage style as part of the rebrand. For an artist who has seen support from names like Skrillex, Subtronics, NGHTMRE, Excision, Zeds Dead, and Rusko, THIS IS SPAG feels like a reset with history behind it, not a name change for the sake of it.

Honorable mentions:
Alesso & Pendulum – FADE (TOO BIASED Remix)
Armand Van Helden, Christian Rich – Ski Hard#
Armin van Buuren & Skytech – She A Freak
Benny Benassi – Feel The Bass (Album)
Cat Dealers, HRRTZ, Jem Cooke – Ordinary World
Chris Lake x ATRIP – Make You Fight
Chris Lorenzo – HOTS 4 U
Curbi – Shake That
D.O.D., Hayley May – Closure
DIM3NSION, StanV – Lacrimosa
Giuseppe Ottaviani, Andrew Rayel, Alessia Labate – How Do We Know
Goodboys – Arrive
Henry Fong, Fahjah – Shake That
HILOMATIK – A-Sides EP 2
Jackie Hollander – High On You
Jax Jones – Sidewinder
Kapuchon, Miss Monique, GLZ – Hot Sauce
Liva K – Didn’t Miss You
Madeon, Slayyyter – Fire Away
Marnik – We Came We Saw We Conquered
Mathame – Yogen
MC4D – Compass (Album)
Mosimann – Night & Day
NERVO, Nusha – Don’t Run
Nick Havsen, Aki-Hiro – Nostalgia
Nicky Romero, Almero, Grace Barton – Run to You
Notre Dame – No Rules (EP)
Sam WOLFE – In My Heart
San Holo x Big Gigantic – Beautiflul Colors
Sentinel – Let There Be Light
Showtek, The Rocketman – Here We Go
SIDEPIECE – Function
Switch Disco – Voices
WHIPPED CREAM – HOME WAS ALWAYS ME (Album)
Stream all the new music on Spotify and Audiomack to hear the full New EDM Friday May 1 playlist.

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With 13 years in the EDM scene, Preetika has built a strong presence around festivals, club culture, and electronic music. Based in Bangkok, she covers all things EDM in Thailand and beyond, with a focus on both local and international talent. She has attended major festivals including Tomorrowland, Ultra Japan, and Creamfields Hong Kong. Since working as a writer for EDM House Network, she has interviewed artists such as Blasterjaxx, James Hype, W&W, R3HAB, Alok, and many others. Her experience and consistent presence in the scene make her a trusted voice for EDM coverage.