29 Jun to5 Jul 2026

'Scorpion' is Balance Music's eighth release of 2026, one of eight so far this year on the label. The single, filed as Progressive House, arrived on Balance Music on 3 Jul 2026. Volen Sentir placed it sixth of 10 on the Tirana Collective chart on 5 Jul.

The drums carry 'Scorpion' throughout, with plenty happening across them from start to finish. The mix sits high in level and flat under its own peaks, and an airy top end keeps the whole thing feeling open rather than heavy.

Beside it on Volen Sentir's own Tirana Collective chart sits Volen Sentir and Krasa Rosa's 'Mist' on Thunderlab Collective, at eighth, a record covered on 30 Apr. Balance Music was last covered on 19 September, with Mercurio and Hernan Cattaneo's 'Bay Drive', and 'Scorpion' lands as Berlin moves through early summer.

Yulia Niko placed Alison Degbe, Sam Sparacio, Marco & Dov's 'I Like You' first of 14 on the Melodig Week 20 chart on 3 Jul. The single, filed as Melodic House and Techno, arrived on Sunclock on 3 Jul 2026, at 126 BPM, in D major, Camelot 10B.

Tone leads over rhythm on 'I Like You', moving through an airy hit pattern throughout. The mix sits loud and tight against its own peaks, and a muted top end keeps the whole thing feeling close rather than bright.

Alison Degbe has made six releases since 24 February 2020, all on Chill 'N Chill Records, and the most recent before this was a compilation on Chill 'N Chill Records, on 19 October 2023. 'I Like You' lands as Berlin moves through early summer, a first-place finish to open the month.

There's a particular kind of magic in a track that doesn't need to shout to be felt, and Addie Manson's 'Residual Motion' is exactly that. Placed fourth of 14 in Yulia Niko's Melodig chart for Week 20 on 3 July, the Extended Mix on VIERVIERTEL has been quietly working its way through the discerning end of the scene, carried by its chords, which do most of the heavy lifting, over a regular, held percussion figure. The sound is up in level, the peaks never quite breaking the surface, and a treble that carries the whole thing with a lightness that is hard to put a finger on, but easy to feel in a room.

The track comes from Addie Manson, who has been building a steady catalogue since February 2025, with three releases so far, mostly on the DAYS like NIGHTS label. The most recent before 'Residual Motion' was 'Right Back' on Headonism Noir in February of this year. At 126 BPM and in F major, it sits neatly in the melodic house and techno pocket, the kind of record that rewards attentive listening on headphones as much as it does late in a set, when the floor has loosened up and the details start to surface. As the Ibiza season settles in, it is exactly the sort of understated tool that gets picked up by the right DJs and carried into the right rooms.