24 to 30Aug 2026

NevadaSYSTEM is a well of ideas. The artist has 32 releases since 20 January 2023, most of them on Vasa Records or Spitfire Music, and 'Diablos', a new collaboration with Qian Qiao, lands on Vasa Records on 31 July 2026. It is a different kind of record from the pair, filed under Progressive House but with a weighted harmonic core that makes it feel more like a slow-burning mood piece than a floor record.

The harmony is where most of the attention sits; a busy percussive surface runs beneath it, but the track's level is pushed up so the peaks barely clear, and there is not much air up top. It is dense and smoky, a late-night record for a city in its last warm week, and it closes out a quiet spell for the project: NevadaSYSTEM and Qian Qiao's first release on Vasa Records since 13 March 2026.

A fresh melodic house single is gathering momentum in the final stretch of the Ibiza season. 'If I Go' from Shahin Shantiaei and vocalist Cassia Begg has landed on AXEPT, and it's already drawing heavyweight support from the likes of Bedouin and Yulia Niko.

Bedouin has placed the track fifth in their My Only Crime Chart, while Yulia Niko included it in her Melodig Week 23 selections. The track's weight sits in the drums, which leave a lot of room and sit high in the mix, flat under the peaks with a lit top end that lets Cassia Begg's vocal cut through.

AXEPT says of the release: "AXEPT welcomes Shahin Shantiaei for his label debut alongside vocalist Cassia Begg with 'If I Go,' an emotive melodic house record that blends cinematic atmospheres with club-ready energy. Built around Shahin's hypnotic production, deep grooves and textured sound design, the track unfolds with a sense of tension and emotion before Cassia Begg's captivating vocal takes center stage. The result is a powerful combination of driving rhythms and heartfelt songwriting, creating a record that feels equally at home on a late-night dancefloor or through headphones."

Shahin Shantiaei makes his label debut here, with Yulia Niko's chart featuring six AXEPT records in total, further cementing the label's presence in the melodic house scene. Bedouin, meanwhile, is set to bring the track to the dancefloor as they present SAGA at Chinois Ibiza this weekend.

Guy J placed Mike Rish's new single sixth of 10 in his 'Music For August' chart on 27 August. The record landed on tornn on 24 July, filed as Progressive House and running at 120 BPM, in the last warm stretch of Berlin's summer.

Drums carry the record, many hits landing to the beat in a middling mix with some give beneath its peaks and a bright top end. Sixth of 10 in a chart spanning an entire month of releases is a fair mid table result.

Mike Rish brings a catalogue of 33 releases since 25 October 2019 to the record, weighted toward Meanwhile, Juicebox Music and Anjunadeep Explorations, and follows 'Anjunadeep Explorations Vol. 2' on Anjunadeep Explorations from 16 July 2026. Mike Rish was last covered on 25 March, with 'Patenz' on UGENIUS.

The last warm week in Berlin was the backdrop for this one. Yulia Niko, charting with Melodig, placed 'So Good' eighth of 17 on 21 August, in the Week 23 chart. The track is by Ale F and Kari Bazzo, released 14 August on Los Cabrones Rec, and is filed in the catalogue under Melodic House & Techno.

It runs at 128 BPM, sits in A major (Camelot 11B), and its audio puts the harmony out in front of the drums. The drums leave a lot of room. The mix is high in level and flat under the peaks; it sits bright at the top. It is the kind of record that works the room without ever forcing the issue, letting the musicality do the heavy lifting.

Ale F's catalogue runs back to late 2019, with eight releases since, mostly across Krafted Underground and Exx Boundless. 'So Good' arrives as his first for Los Cabrones Rec, and sits beside the most recent prior work 'Nexo Sónico (EMA)' from February 2025. With a Yulia Niko chart behind it, and a sound that holds the floor with warmth rather than weight, expect to hear more from this one as the season turns.

'Zero' is Solis Records' seventh release of 2026, the label's full count so far this year. Alex O'Rion's record has been out since 7 August, filed as Progressive House. Guy J placed it fifth of 10 in his 'Music For August' chart on 27 August.

The drums run 'Zero', unhurried percussion sitting forward in level with middling headroom and a top end carrying plenty of air. Fifth of 10 in a chart built around an entire month keeps the record inside solid company.

'Zero' is Alex O'Rion's first release on Solis Records since 'Circled Squares' on 5 June, a gap of about two months. Solis Records was last covered on 13 April, with 'C Moon' by Maze 28.