Playlist of the Week: AK SPORTS
AK SPORTS
Greetings, AK SPORTS here! This playlist is made bang in the middle of a HOT summer 2025, inspired by some highlight gigs of the year so far around the world. Some standouts include AVA festival Belfast, Terminal V Fest, EDC Korea and Thailand, Radius Chicago, and PICA Warehouse in Naarm/Melbourne for Dangerous Goods.
This playlist showcases some special moments at these gigs. I’ve listed a selection of originals as well as highlighted some up-and-coming producers that have been a blessing to play out. A sprinkle of tried and tested BANGERS of the season.
AK SPORTS' new "HELLRAISER" single drops July 25th via CLUB MADHOUSE. Buy it on Beatport.
This bouncy sort of supercharged electro number both reminds me of modern hard-bounce but also like blog house vibes that I started underage clubbing to at 16. Simian mobile disco, Tiga, Yelle. Very catchy, sample-based music with a bit of punk rock attitude almost. I opened with this at FVDED in the park Vancouver was really fun to play out.
I opened Terminal V Festival in Edinburgh with this one! It’s my take on hard-groove, I guess. All the tracks are very genre-bending, but this is a nice driving one with 90s-style chord stabs and a big, boomy techno kick.
Some classic rave references in this one, but a perfect new-hard-techno banger fits like a glove in my I like to think energetic & diverse hard techno sets. Currently putting it in my Tomorrowland set list ;)
BANGER OF THE MINUTE! Tribal, hard, fun - a hit!
My girl Mija flipped the switch on the states about a year ago and went hard into the current Euro Groove sound and has absolutely smashed it out the park! This was also on the debut VA & we both thoroughly enjoyed playing out. Acid, vibes and Mija VOX... "amen!"
Another psy leaning techno banger with catchy vocals this one out on Sara Landry’s HEKATE records. Big ups to her for releasing a lot of hits on this label and supporting diverse producers.
Happy Hardcore baby! Another genre thriving in my teens. This is produced by an Australian artist (unbeknownst to some I am also an Aussie) so I like to close my sets with it sometimes. No one else knows the lyrics and very unlikely the song but it’s a special one and the drop is sonic ecstasy. Pretty sure it’s like 170 BPM so I try to only play if I’m the closing DJ.
hhunter is one to watch! Chicago hard techno producer with a lot of belters to drop! This one is on my recent VA compilation on CLUB MADHOUSE. The track is a very high-vibration type of hard techno. Feels you’re in the dark church confessing your sins! REPENT!
It’s been a year since I dropped my first VA on Club Madhouse so I thought I’d shout out this featured Irish producer who regularly gets played by big dogs like IHM, Shlomo, Paula Temple and regularly by myself. OliverTwisted is a hit machine this is just another example. Keep an eye on this guy.
Vorteks might be the best producer I play out (aside from Skrillex once or twice). This French WEAPON knows how to mix and master the loudest, cleanest and at times FILTHIEST hard techno. I love the Spanish vocals in this one I opened my Dangerous Goods 5XXL gig in Naarm/Melbourne at PICA with this one. This set will be on YouTube soon actually, if you wanna check it out.
