#17 Top Releases in Bass / Club

Olof Dreijer (ex-The Knife) returns to Dekmantel with Iris, a new 4-track EP out October 25, just in time for his North America tour. Featuring remixes by Nidia and Verraco, Iris follows his 2024 collab with Diva Cruz, remixes for Bjork ft. Rosalia and Royksopp, plus acclaimed solo EPs on Hessle Audio and AD 93. Think breakdance-era energy, sound-humour, and body-synth mischief. Iris plays like a garden of sonic creaturessynths mimicking bodily sounds, chopped-up vocal textures, and 90s-style chord stabs inspired by Olofs high school b-boy phase. Its playful, raw, and weird in the best way. With over two decades of shapeshifting behind machines and decks, Dreijers been a force in electronic musicfrom festival headliners across Europe to pushing the boundaries with his Oni Ayhun alias. He also co-founded Stockholms Bamba Club, a hub for progressive, percussive sounds. Further recent highlights include co-producing tracks on Fever Rays latest album, producing Houeida Hedfis debut LP, contributing to projects by Planningtorock and Zhala, remixing Nine Inch Nails, Royksopp & Robyn, and Emmanuel Jal.

Olof Dreijer

#23 Top Releases in Bass / Club

Identified Patient returns to Dekmantel for a third time with his Reset EP. The future-facing four tracker is another mutant fusion of bass and techno with low-end power with cerebral sound designs. Job Veerman debuted on the Dekmantel UFO Series in 2019, returned in 2020 and has lit up the festival several times with transportative sets that balance power with precision. Like his productions on the Nerve Collect label, he co-runs with Gamma Intel, they are leftfield explorations of genre and tempo that find strange sensuality in often abstract ideas. Once again here, the Dutchman draws on eclectic influences to craft music that sounds like no one else but remains anchored by magnetic rhythms. Opener Light kicks off with a fuzzy synth line that slithers between syncopated drums. Whispered vocals drift through the mix as lurching basslines swell and collapse beneath them. The groove disassembles and reassembles in waves, propelled forward by bursts of glitchy, off-kilter percussion thats unsteady yet seductive. Scales is a slow, menacing descent into rhythmic darkness. It sounds both ancient and futuristic with ghoulish vocalisations and filtered synths flickering like a badly wired circuit. Theres a rave tension lurking throughout, but always in the shadows. Internal Pace drives on but rides fluid, wobbly bass while tightly looped hits build the pressure. Layers of static and subtle distortion add grit to this unrelenting heads-down roller. Finally, Return is a kinetic, razor-edged ride where jungle breaks collide serpentine melodies. Ethereal female coos drift in and out, brushing against spat-out vocal fragments so that tension crackles throughout this hallucinogenic trip. With Reset, Identified Patient reaffirms his status as a singular voice who twists sound into evocative new worlds.

Identified Patient

#24 Top Releases in Ambient / Experimental

Wata Igarashis first album on Dekmantel is a lightning bolt of immediate, immersive and impactful techno energy that maximises his trademark tunnelling rhythms and psychoactive arpeggios with stunning results. Compared to some of his dreamier releases on labels like Midgar, The Bunker New York and Delsin, here were treated to a more intense, hi-octane dimension to Igarashis sound perfectly demonstrated in the wide-eyed, invigorating rush of Shockwave, Meltzones nagging acid frenzy and Unleasheds delirious, pitch-bent peaks. Precision honed and revelling in the hypnotic abandon of the loop, My Supernova is a techno album through and through, but its also overflowing with the kind of head-melting creativity and nuanced production that Igarashi has made his own. Just lose yourself in the giddy arps of Supernova a joyous whirlpool of synths upon synths upon synths reaching fever pitch without even a hint of brute force.

Wata Igarashi

#28 Top Releases in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Identified Patient returns to Dekmantel for a third time with his Reset EP. The future-facing four tracker is another mutant fusion of bass and techno with low-end power with cerebral sound designs. Job Veerman debuted on the Dekmantel UFO Series in 2019, returned in 2020 and has lit up the festival several times with transportative sets that balance power with precision. Like his productions on the Nerve Collect label, he co-runs with Gamma Intel, they are leftfield explorations of genre and tempo that find strange sensuality in often abstract ideas. Once again here, the Dutchman draws on eclectic influences to craft music that sounds like no one else but remains anchored by magnetic rhythms. Opener Light kicks off with a fuzzy synth line that slithers between syncopated drums. Whispered vocals drift through the mix as lurching basslines swell and collapse beneath them. The groove disassembles and reassembles in waves, propelled forward by bursts of glitchy, off-kilter percussion thats unsteady yet seductive. Scales is a slow, menacing descent into rhythmic darkness. It sounds both ancient and futuristic with ghoulish vocalisations and filtered synths flickering like a badly wired circuit. Theres a rave tension lurking throughout, but always in the shadows. Internal Pace drives on but rides fluid, wobbly bass while tightly looped hits build the pressure. Layers of static and subtle distortion add grit to this unrelenting heads-down roller. Finally, Return is a kinetic, razor-edged ride where jungle breaks collide serpentine melodies. Ethereal female coos drift in and out, brushing against spat-out vocal fragments so that tension crackles throughout this hallucinogenic trip. With Reset, Identified Patient reaffirms his status as a singular voice who twists sound into evocative new worlds.

Identified Patient

#52 Top Releases in Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass

Dekmantel welcomes Theo Kottis back for his second release on the label - three high-impact club tracks plus a remix from rising star Spray. Following Lighthouse - named song of the summer by Resident Advisor - Blue Supermoon carries the same melodic punch, rhythmic drive - and its already lighting up some of the worlds most treasured dancefloors. The title track has been circulating for over a year, with early support from Batu, Call Super, Francesco Del Garda and Ben UFO and plays at Houghton, fabric and beyond. Its a swirling, tension-loaded cut where pads and an arpeggiated topline intertwine over a weighty, driving bassline, underpinned by intricately layered percussion - the kind of track that stays with you. What To Do was inspired by a night out at fabrics 25th birthday party, linking back to Kottis recent release on fabric Records. Hyper aims for big-room euphoria, with a towering build-up and hands-in-the-air release. Spray closes the EP with a shimmering, progressive-leaning take on Hyper, adding his signature slow-burn tension and widescreen energy.

Theo Kottis

#87 Top Releases in Electronica

Wata Igarashis first album on Dekmantel is a lightning bolt of immediate, immersive and impactful techno energy that maximises his trademark tunnelling rhythms and psychoactive arpeggios with stunning results. Compared to some of his dreamier releases on labels like Midgar, The Bunker New York and Delsin, here were treated to a more intense, hi-octane dimension to Igarashis sound perfectly demonstrated in the wide-eyed, invigorating rush of Shockwave, Meltzones nagging acid frenzy and Unleasheds delirious, pitch-bent peaks. Precision honed and revelling in the hypnotic abandon of the loop, My Supernova is a techno album through and through, but its also overflowing with the kind of head-melting creativity and nuanced production that Igarashi has made his own. Just lose yourself in the giddy arps of Supernova a joyous whirlpool of synths upon synths upon synths reaching fever pitch without even a hint of brute force.

Wata Igarashi