Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: September 2026

Welcome back to On Our Radar, Beatportal’s monthly roundup of the DJs and producers we can’t get enough of.

Cameron Holbrook

4 min •

Sept 15, 2026

Beave

It’s not often we line someone up for On Our Radar and then, a week later, watch them hit #1 overall on Beatport. That’s what happened with Beave. His latest track “1997” on RUZE’s Staff Only Records went straight to the top and also hit #15 on the official UK singles sales chart. Not bad timing. The Essex producer has been grinding for years, building a house sound around chunky synths, garage swing, and drums with real weight behind them. “Where” on The Cuckoo's Nest gave him his first big push in 2025 after heavy Ibiza support, and “Just Another Love Song” kept the momentum moving online. Now the bookings are stacking up too, with dates alongside Armand van Helden, Paco Osuna, LP Rhythm, and more. He looks properly in motion.

Emo Rugene

Emo Rugene brings Kenyan roots and a Berlin club education into the same room. He works with African rhythm, organic percussion, hypnotic grooves, and electronic production in a way that feels deeply rooted and fresh. Wasi Wasi, his debut release on Afrikan Tales, arrives with a splash. The record uses heritage and history to move your body, with Alai K and Soukou bringing extra depth and refinement to the vocal side of the record. Music is only one part of Rugene’s world. He’s also an actor, runner, and designer, with all of those interests feeding into the same creative identity. There’s a bigger worldview behind the music here, but the tracks still know they have to work on a floor.

IKØN

IKØN makes progressive psy-trance with real melodic pull, big atmosphere, and enough twisted low-end drive to keep the floor fully locked. He closed out last year with “Fly,” his first release on Iboga, a rolling, euphoric cut that marked his arrival on the label and set up what comes next. His debut album, 1000 Different Stories – dropping September 25 via Iboga Records – is rooted in the early-2010s progressive psy-trance that shaped his taste. The record moves through a wide spread of moods and textures, with each track carrying its own character while still tied to the same pummeling, progressive core. His rework of Barbatuques’ “Baianá” is a strong entry point, turning the familiar vocal into something more frantic, surging, and primed for maximum lift.

RN ISMO

The Detroit-rooted DJ/producer RN ISMO specializes in stripped-back minimal tech, rolling basslines, clipped percussion, and late-night grooves that tighten around the floor. His catalog already runs through CUFF, KMS Records, Repopulate Mars, Reecords, and his own ISMOS imprint, with support from Jamie Jones, PAWSA, Richie Hawtin, Mau P, Chris Lake, The Martinez Brothers, and more. But the bigger story now is what he’s building around himself. ISMOS has built its own real momentum too, becoming a steady presence in Beatport’s Hype program with charting releases across minimal / deep tech, house, and tech house. Their inaugural eight-track V/A ABSTRACT VOL. I feels like a deserved next step for a label that has been putting points on the board for a while now, not just for RN ISMO, but for the wider crew of noteworthy emerging acts he’s championing through the label.

Roel

Roel makes house with disco, funk, and soul in the bloodstream. The Italian producer keeps things warm, jacking, and direct, with releases on Soulfuric, Groove Culture Music, MoodFunk, Spacedisco, Phoenix Music, Low Trax Records, and more. That consistency has pulled in support from Louie Vega, Anané, David Penn, Claptone, Hatiras, Bob Sinclar, Fedde Le Grand, and Low Steppa. Now he’s teamed up with the Low Trax boss on “Dreamliner,” a feel-good funky house cut built from disco hooks, wavy bass, and crisp modern production. What started as a solo Roel track struck such a chord with Low Steppa that he jumped on it, turning the record into a proper meeting point between two producers who clearly speak the same house music language.

Selena Faider

Selena Faider has stacked enough wins that “emerging” almost feels too modest. The Paris-born DJ and producer was named one of 1001Tracklists’ Future of Dance 2025 and dubbed “The Future of House” by DJ Mag, with a sound rooted in classic house, big vocals, and peak-time lift. Her latest move, “Slow Down” with Zuzu Silk and Bali, lands September 18 as her debut on Aluna’s Noir Fever, which has grown from an all-Black New Orleans festival celebrating queer people and artists of color into a label, writing camp, and artist-development platform. It’s the kind of move that makes sense for where Selena is headed, putting her sound alongside a community with real ambition behind it.

Strath

Strath's route into club music is anything but conventional. The Melbourne-born, London-based artist originally moved to LA to chase screenwriting, then a friend sent his demos to Godmode, and things swerved hard. That led to production work for Channel Tres and Pawpaw Rod, then his own I Can’t Do This Without You! EP in 2023. Since landing in the UK, his music has become much more euphoric and club-focused. His rollicking and acidic single “Equator” dropped earlier this year on fabric SELECTS VI, he was tapped by SG Lewis’ Forever Days imprint for the piano house riser “Only You” and the proggy drive of his Infinite Soul EP is certainly worth a listen. Job Jobse, Chris Stassy, Alex Kassian, and Chloe Caillet have all backed him. He’s also built his Violet Moss brand into five sold-out London parties and launched his own VMR label. The project is getting bigger, but it still feels utterly personal, which is probably why it’s sticking.

James Harbrecht

3 min

Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: September 2026

Cameron Holbrook

Beave

Emo Rugene

IKØN

RN ISMO

Roel

Selena Faider

Strath

Yasmin Regisford

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