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30 Jul 2026 20:49

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Ninety-four BPM separate the slowest and fastest points of this selection: 'Copenhagen Crooner' by Whodamanny and Boogie Rookie purrs along at 66 out of the Music For Dreams catalogue, while 'Midnight' by Fiorious and Alex Virgo on Permanent Vacation blasts through the ceiling at 160 in just 3:40, the second-shortest cut of the lot. That gulf is no anecdote — it is the thesis. This closing panorama of indie dance reads better from its edges than from its centre, where the bulk settles between 120 and 130.

The muscle and the caress

The raw pole belongs to Nein Records, present with seven cuts, from the acid squelch of 'Acid Web' in Tronik Youth's hands to the dry punch of 'Nemesis Beat'. No coincidence: Tronik Youth himself (Neil Parnell) runs the London label, founded in 2012, and his Resident Advisor biography notes that Nein has ranked among the genre's top ten labels on Beatport. On the opposite side, the gentle pole: Music For Dreams returns with Hess Is More's 'It's Nothing Personal' at 110, and The Blessed Madonna stretches Obongjayar out on 'Not In Surrender', a 68 BPM rework released in early 2026 that works here as an emotional breather amid all those basslines.

Durations offer another telling pair: Silver Dagger's edit of 'Strange Train' makes its point in 2:52, while 'Love At Last' takes 7:58 in the Black Octopus remix. Behind that marathon stands the unlikeliest name on the tracklist: Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting, whose album 'Men In Love' with The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra — the sonic companion to his novel of the same name — smuggles orchestral disco-soul in among club remixes. That a novelist and the boss of Nein share the same bag says more about the state of indie dance than any tag: a genre that no longer chooses between the dancefloor and the sofa, and books both on the same night.

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// Track list

56 songs to enjoy

#	Track	BPM	Dur.	Key	Genre	Label
1	Gunfactor (Dina Summer Remix) apaull	127	5:36	Ab Minor	Indie Dance	Furnace Room Records
2	E-ternal (Extended Mix) Curses, Mala Ika, Tutto Vetro	135	5:20	C Minor	Indie Dance	Eskimo Recordings
3	Get A Grip (Asa Tate Remix) Fundido, Emma Dufaux	128	5:41	D Minor	Indie Dance	DFA Records SC Distribution
4	3Oh3 Emergency (Original Mix) Andrew Red Hand	130	5:11	Ab Minor	Indie Dance	Klasse Wrecks
5	Acid Web (Tronik Youth Remix) Stash Magnetic	125	4:56	A Minor	Indie Dance	Nein Records
6	Trolley Coin (Dyslexia Mix) Autumns	117	4:10	Eb Major	Indie Dance	Ran$om Note
7	Hammer Town (Original Mix) Josh Ludlow	122	5:39	E Major	Indie Dance	Eskimo Recordings
8	The Protagonist (Original Mix) Tin God	122	5:48	Ab Major	Indie Dance	Nein Records
9	Corsa di Notte (Original Mix) Fango	130	6:26	C Minor	Indie Dance	Cocoon Recordings
10	City Girl (Original Mix) Matteo Galetto	124	6:14	G Major	Indie Dance	ITALO DEVIANCE
11	Voodoo (Extended Version) Kalipo, Local Suicide, Dina Summer	126	5:10	Ab Major	Indie Dance	Iptamenos Discos
12	Altered Nuke (Original Mix) Mr. Ho	128	5:30	Eb Major	Indie Dance	Klasse Wrecks
13	My Head (Original Mix) Lexy & K-Paul, Helius	132	6:14	A Minor	Indie Dance	Ritter Butzke Records
14	Jupiter Hymn (Original Mix) Max Lessig	124	5:56	D Minor	Indie Dance	Frank Music
15	Silencio (Original Mix) Colossio	124	6:29	F Major	Indie Dance	Engrave LTD
16	Ghost Boys (Lauer Remix) Tendts	123	6:15	C Minor	Indie Dance	Bordello A Parigi
17	Black Flower (Original Mix) Polygamy Boys	125	6:30	G Major	Indie Dance	Love International Recordings
18	L.A Gangbangers (KMBN Remix) L.A. DYSTO	122	6:47	C Major	Indie Dance	Nein Records
19	Love At Last (Black Octopus Remix) Irvine Welsh, Louise Marshall, The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra	128	7:58	Eb Minor	Indie Dance	Port Sunshine Recordings Ltd
20	Regular Movement (Italo Deviance Remix) Matteo Galetto	126	6:40	A Minor	Indie Dance	ITALO DEVIANCE
21	I Know My Name (Original Mix) Fat Cosmoe, Luca Luper	128	5:01	F Major	Tech House	Diynamic
22	After Tomorrow (Instrumental Mix) Gameboyz, Mønölitio	128	5:17	G Major	Indie Dance	Sincopat
23	Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) The Blessed Madonna, Obongjayar	68	5:57	E Major	Indie Dance	September Recordings
24	Cracks In The Glass (Original Mix) Dynarec, Captain Mustache	125	5:30	C Minor	Indie Dance	Iptamenos Discos
25	Psychotically Friendly (Original Mix) Thomass Jackson	121	5:48	B Minor	Indie Dance	Feines Tier
26	Copenhagen Crooner (Original Mix) Whodamanny, Boogie Rookie	66	6:14	A Minor	Indie Dance	Music For Dreams
27	Strange Train (Silver Dagger Edit) Silver Dagger, Rebecca U	121	2:52	D Minor	Indie Dance	Nein Records
28	Nemesis Beat (Original Mix) KMBN	120	5:11	Ab Major	Indie Dance	Nein Records
29	So Am I (Instrumental) Volkoder	122	4:43	D Minor	Indie Dance	Diynamic
30	The Gospel of Rust (Original Mix) Amirali	124	5:58	Db Major	Indie Dance	Sincopat
31	Something About You (Extended Mix) Kevin McKay, Hotswing	126	4:57	G Minor	Indie Dance	Glasgow Underground
32	Neverland (Original Mix) Also Playable Mono	126	6:27	Bb Minor	Indie Dance	Bordello A Parigi
33	Fly With Dumbo (Ian Vale Remix) Roglar	130	6:04	G Major	Indie Dance	Nein Records
34	Half Noir (Original Mix) Fall Forward	127	5:06	Eb Minor	Indie Dance	Fallin' Trax
35	Royal Lake (Original Mix) Dnl Mike	92	6:21	A Major	Indie Dance	Buttress
36	Und Tanzen (Extended Mix) Ben Sterling	125	5:24	Db Major	Indie Dance	PlanetX
37	Don´t Sweat (Original Mix) SOUNDQ	124	5:11	F Major	Indie Dance	Moodmusic
38	Time Comes (Original Mix) Zeynep Erbay	127	5:36	E Minor	Indie Dance	Exploited
39	Verloren (Son of Son Edit) De Ambassade, Son of Son	126	5:56	Gb Minor	Indie Dance	Diynamic
40	Midnight (Original Mix) Fiorious, Alex Virgo	160	3:40	C Minor	Indie Dance	Permanent Vacation
41	You Are My High (Extended Mix) Nico de Andrea, MAXI MERAKI	120	5:40	B Minor	Dance / Pop	Insomniac Records
42	Part Time Shed (Original Mix) Gzardin	130	6:16	Eb Minor	Indie Dance	R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings
43	It Feels (Ryan Davis Rethink) Imbermind	126	4:31	Ab Major	Electronica	Remind
44	Sundrenched Sorrow (Original Mix) Empath	130	5:14	Gb Minor	Indie Dance	Moodmusic
45	Freedom (Original Mix) Weiss (UK)	129	6:01	D Major	Indie Dance	Consequence Of Society Recordings
46	It's Nothing Personal (Original Mix) Hess Is More, Oilly Wallace, Angela Watson	110	5:51	G Major	Indie Dance	Music For Dreams
47	When I'm Gone (Original Mix) TH3OS	127	5:07	Db Major	Indie Dance	Obscura Music
48	Flashback (Original Mix) Parvale	130	5:28	B Major	Indie Dance	Nein Records
49	Bounce (Original Mix) SHMQ	125	5:09	Ab Major	Indie Dance	Quarter Music
50	Get Down (feat. Traxman) (Gabss Remix) Yolanda Be Cool, Traxman	127	5:47	C Major	Indie Dance	Sweat It Out
51	Rotorhead (Calystarr Remix) Cosmosolar	123	7:52	A Major	Indie Dance	Espacio CIELO
52	Run (Local Suicide & Mike Sacchetti Remix - Extended Version) Local Suicide, Deckert, Mike Sacchetti, Andy's Echo	125	5:06	A Major	Indie Dance	3000 Grad Records
53	Give a Little Love (Original mix) SHKAPOV	124	6:44	G Major	Indie Dance	Natura Viva
54	Rituel (Extended Mix) Amour Propre, Victor Flash	125	5:07	E Minor	Indie Dance	Unreleased Records
55	Up and Down (Extended Mix) Max Freegrant, Slow Fish	124	6:15	C Major	Indie Dance	Freegrant Music
56	Pentru Tine feat. BICHI (Extended Mix) CHASKE	124	5:17	A Major	Indie Dance	Somatique Music