20 to 26Jul 2026

Black Hole Recordings itself was last heard from on 27 September this same year, with PARAFRAME and PUROFY's own 'By Your Side'. This remix follows Christian Burns' own original 'Strangers', also on Black Hole Recordings, released back in late April of this same year, a fairly recent original release for such a remix to already follow it directly.

Strangers itself leans on its own chords, running full and bright throughout its entire length without ever letting up. It is a chord-led progressive house remix, reworked here in full by Krismi, out via Black Hole Recordings entirely, credited to both names together.

Amonita placed 'Colors' 15th of 15 in the Scorpion Chart on 7 July, a modest finish for the newest release from Xander.Black. The track is filed as Progressive House on Chrome and came out on 17 July.

At 128 BPM in G major, it sits toward the steadier, more understated end of the genre's tempo range. Closing out a chart of 15 is no small feat in itself, and its placement here says as much about a crowded week as about the record itself. It's a quiet entry, content to hold the back of the field rather than push its way toward the front of the pack.

Yulia Niko placed Oppaacha's 'False Escape' second of 18 on her 'Melodig Week 21' on 17 July. The track, in the Extended Mix on Bar 25 Music, is filed as Melodic House & Techno and carries a release date of 17 July, as Lisbon and Berlin moved through high summer. It returns Oppaacha to Bar 25 Music about seven months after 19 December 2025's 'Bar 25 Music: Selektion 2025'.

Oppaacha was last covered on 26 March, with 'My Soul', on Mobilee Records. Bar 25 Music introduced the release in its own words: "Written during a period of emotional rebuilding and reassessing values, these tracks try to catch subtle things that are not always easy to explain with words."

Percussion does more of the work than harmony here, over few hits to the beat, quiet in level with the peaks well clear, and a muted top end that keeps the whole mix soft. It is a reflective, patient piece of Melodic House & Techno, built on restraint rather than push, and a second place finish among 18 on that chart is a strong result for a return to a label this familiar.

An Ibiza high-season key cut for Yulia Niko, appearing sixth in her Melodig chart (Week 21, July 17), and it is easy to hear why. 'Rockin' Beats' falls into that rare class of track which is both proudly simple and devastatingly effective. It is not a track about new ideas so much as it is about a perfect combination of old ones. CENKK has left equal room for the drums and the melody to speak, building a foundation on a steady, unhurried four-four pulse and then letting a soft but confident sequence of chords carry the emotional weight above it.

Listeners have been reacting well to the track, and it continues CENKK's quiet but impressive rise. He signed his first record with Simulate Recordings for this one, following an earlier appearance on Urge To Dance (May 2026, the Seiryuu Remixes). With plenty of headroom in the master, this track has already become a tool for DJs to layer and blend; expect to hear it moving through peak-time sets as the summer rolls on.

"Phat Dope Shit" is the kind of track that does exactly what it says on the tin. It doesn't beg for attention, it just holds it, with a groove so weighted and sure of itself that everything else feels like noise. The drums are the whole story here: sparse, deliberate, and impossibly tight, with a low-end that doesn't thump so much as it settles, pressing down on the room like a patient hand. The top end stays dark, almost smoky, letting the percussion glint through rather than shine, and the peaks are left to breathe with plenty of room around them. It's a record that rewards close listening as much as it does a locked-in floor.

Out on Trippin Tigers on 17 July, it marks Just Emma's first release on the label since the 'You Dont Know Me' remixes in late September 2025. A gap of nearly ten months, and it arrives just in time for the heat of Lisbon and Berlin high summer, where this one will no doubt be doing its damage. The track also tops Just Emma's own chart this week, which features three other Trippin Tigers records alongside selections that share a similar sense of restraint and weight. It's a confident return, the sound of an artist stepping back in with something that feels less like a statement and more like a quiet fact.

A new collaboration has emerged in the shape of "Darkest Nights," and it finds Clemente and Yamil joined in a melting pot of rich melodic house. Wrapped in a soulful atmosphere that tips over into the dancefloor, it comes with a remix from andhim that takes the energy in the opposite direction, pulling on dubby echoes and a stripped-back pulse. The release arrives on Essential Part and carries the heat of the high season with it, as summer nights stretch out across the islands.

"Every time Yamil and Clemente work together, a chemistry emerges that is difficult to manufacture. Darkest Nights proves it once again. Difficult to categorize and even harder to compare, the track finds its identity in a very particular combination of sensuality, warmth and precision. For Essential Part, this release marks Clemente's debut on the label and the return of Yamil, who already left his mark with his previous appearance."

The drums run through the original like a current, with crowded percussion and a groove that keeps its head down while the atmosphere does the heavy lifting. It is modest in level, the peaks a long way clear, plenty of light up top. Andhim's remix digs into a different kind of headspace, letting the vocals drift over a spacious bed of sound as the groove tightens up and the bass holds the floor down.

'Facing The Sun' is Unreleased Records' 19th release of 2026, matching the label's full tally for the year so far. The Extended Mix, from Solique, Arodes and ALSO ASTIR, is filed as Melodic House & Techno and came out on 24 July.

Tim Engelhardt placed it fourth of nine in his own chart on 21 July, a list that also carried his 'My Joy', on HABITAT Records, at fifth. Drums and chords weigh the same in the mix, moving through a spare drum figure, up in level and moderately free beneath the peaks, with an airy top end.

Unreleased Records' catalogue also includes Deco (BE) and Florist (BE)'s 'SHHH', another entry from a label keeping a steady pace this year.