Beatportal Weekly - 13th December
This week on Beatportal: Confession rounds off a huge year with its Best of 2025 compilation, ADRIANNA makes a fierce debut on Kuukou Records with the Demon Mind EP, we explore how 2025 became the year breaks took over dancefloors worldwide, Detroit icon DJ Bone delivers sharp-edged techno on The Soapbox EP, and Shlømo and Sara Landry strike again with the dark, sensual rave cut Control Your Body.
CONFESSION Drop Best of 2025
Confession, the influential bass-house imprint from Tchami, has capped off a massive year with its Best of 2025 compilation — a definitive roundup of the label’s most devastating, dance floor-ready cuts. The chart boasts 20 selections that encapsulate Confession’s hard-hitting sound, from nasty basslines to infectious hooks, underlining the imprint’s escalating presence across underground floors and festival stages alike.
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ADRIANNA Breaks Through on Kuukou Records
London-based techno producer ADRIANNA has unleashed her fiery Demon Mind EP on Kuukou Records, marking a bold debut on Simina Grigoriu’s renowned imprint. The two-tracker explores tension, resilience and kinetic intensity — from the pressure-cooked aggression of the title cut to the melodic propulsion of “Jack,” a collaboration with Reaktive. This release reinforces ADRIANNA’s ascent as a compelling voice in modern techno.
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Breaks in 2025: A Global Floor Movement
2025 has been a landmark year for breakbeat innovation, with cuts from artists like Yo Speed and his track “Muita” reshaping how DJs program their sets. From Electro and UKG-inspired basslines to vocal hooks that grab crowds from the first bar, breakbeat has crossed genre lines and found traction in Techno, House, and beyond — even earning #1 traction on the Beatport Breaks chart.
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Detroit Techno Roots Remixed — DJ Bone’s The Soapbox
Detroit legend DJ Bone closes out 2025 with The Soapbox EP, a six-track mission-driven collection on his FURTHER imprint. From the vocal rhythms of “Shook Ones” to deep machine-funk grooves and tense techno futurism, Bone doubles down on the raw, purposeful sound that’s influenced generations.
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Shlømo & Sara Landry: Control Your Body
The powerhouse duo Shlømo & Sara Landry return with “Control Your Body”, a dark, sensual rave weapon — and the first taste of Shlømo’s upcoming HEARTCORE album. Crafted in Paris in a single creative session, the track blends instinctive vocal energy with heavy, pulse-driven techno designed to grip dance floors from the opening hit
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