This week in dance music: Chase & Status scored their first UK No.1 hit with their recently released Stormzy collaboration ‘Backbone’, the Tim Bergling Foundation announced an auction of clothing, music gear and other memorabilia belonging to the late producer Avicii, the team behind Ibiza’s Hï and Ushuaïa pulled off a pretty extraordinary PR stunt to announce that their new club will open next year, we chatted to Sofi Tukker over croissants to mark the release of her new album, DJ Snake distanced himself from Lil Jon’s widely acclaimed performance of ‘Turn Down For What’ during the 2024 Democratic National Convention, the video for Swedish House Mafia’s ‘Don’t You Worry Child’ hit one billion views on Spotify, Chris Lake and Vintage Culture were announced as headliners for Costa Rica’s Ocasa Festival early next year, we took a deep dive into the business of tour travel logistics (and why DJs are always in want to stay in the quietest hotels) and Outkast sued the electronic band ATLiens for giving themselves the same name as the hip-hop legends’ classic 1996 album.

And as always, it all comes down to the music. These are the best new dance tracks of the week.

Mura Masa, Curve 1

English producer Mura Masa is back with his fourth studio album Curve 1which, with its club focus, its “no-f–ks” attitude and an orange-red version of Charli XCX’s season-defining Chartreuse as a counterpart to brat. Tracks about drug use (“I don’t do drugs, but with you I do,” Daniela Lalita guest stars on previously released single “Drugs”), sex (featuring a female voice purring in French on the otherwise hard-edged “SXC”), and good old making out (“We Are Making Out”) give the project a gleefully chaotic YA feel, though the production throughout is entirely mature, frequently lush, occasionally soaring, and just plain cool. The project is the first release on Mura Masa’s own label, Pond Recordings.

“It feels very different releasing a record this time around. Being independent offers so much more control and connection to the work,” the artist, born Alexander Crossan, wrote on Instagram. “I wanted to make something with no frills, no cynical music industry narrative, no manipulative backstory. Just music that I think is genuinely great and that brings people together. I can’t wait for you to hear it. My love to everyone who worked with me on this and most of all my love to everyone who listens and identifies with it.”

Sofi Tukker, Bread

Sophie Hawley Weld and Tucker Halpern recently told us that the concept of their new album, Breadis both simple—the title is an acronym for “be really energetic and dance”—and profound, as the title represents ideas about uninhibitedly satisfying lust and experiencing nourishing fullness. The visual aesthetic the pair have created around the world reflects these themes, particularly in the video for “Woof,” which sees the duo and special guest Kah-Lo (who takes great delight in her guest verse) ride around New York City on a double-decker bus, enjoying many forms of pleasure, from massages to dancing to making out with a puppy. The entire 10-track album, released on Ultra Records, contains the same kind of exuberance and style, making it one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Bread a must to devour.

Yaeji, “Ouch”

Yaeji says she made her latest effort after a period of deep self-reflection, with the producer realizing – like so many of us – that after a long period of self-reflection, what feels really good is just dancing, and properly. Premiered during her recent Boiler Room performance in New York, “Booboo” is sparse, hard and funky, with the producer slowly turning up the dial on a buzzsaw bassline, adding kick drum hits, then shutting it all down to sample her own 2017 breakthrough hit “Raingurl” before urging everyone to “shake their butts left to right.” The track is out on XL Recordings.

Swedish House Mafia, “Lioness” (Francis Mercier Remix)

Francis Mercier works his magic on Swedish House Mafia’s latest release. The Haitian producer drops the flutes, relaxes the BPM, and lowers the percussion a few notches, making “Lioness” a steamy, dreamy, emotional Afrobeats tale. “This one hits me particularly hard,” Mercier writes of the remix, “because I remember buying tickets to all their shows in New York. Nothing is impossible.” Mercier has been touring a lot this summer, with dates like Burning Man, New York Fashion Week, and shows in Ibiza lined up in the next few weeks.

Mau P & Diplo feat. Gunna, “Recipes”

Mau P further establishes himself as a standout among the new generation of producers with “Receipts,” a hypnotic, club-oriented collaboration with Diplo and Gunna that debuted during the two producers’ four-hour b2b at Coachella last April. “‘Receipts’ came about as Wes and I were preparing for our b2b Coachella set, which was also my debut at the festival,” says Mau P. “We had spent hours talking about music and our various influences, and afterward Wes asked me the obvious question: ‘Should we try to create a song together that we can play at Coachella?’ He had recently done a session with Gunna and gave me an acapella version to play around with. One night during Miami Music Week, I came home from a show pretty psyched, opened up my laptop, and landed on the first version of this track. From there, Wes and I worked back and forth to make it perfect and finally released ‘Receipts’ for the first time at Coachella.”

Seven Lions & Subtronics feat. Skylar Grey, “I’ll Wait for You”

Seven Lions and Subtronics join forces (as “Seventronics,” of course) and have released a track that’s as massive and heavy as you’d expect from the pair. Although both producers specialize in bass, they’re also masters at adding shimmering flourishes that give their work a sense of deep space, even when it hits you over the head. Skyler Grey’s vocals add extra softness and power to “I’ll Wait For You.” The single is out on Seven Lions’ own label, Ophelia Records.