The Peach Discs almost-annual compilation is back for Vol. 5 in its traditional middle-of-the-year slot, bringing 9 rays of summer heat for the summer heat, once again sourced by Shanti and Gramrcy from an international crew of new names and familiar faces. 2026's edition casts a wider stylistic net than last year's, but it's no less potent for it. We just like what we like and this is what we like. Things kick off with returning favourite ISAbella, last seen around these parts on Peach Pals Vol. 2, whose relentlessly grooving "Rodeo" is all galloping bass and head-spinning FX. Label-head (and fellow Vol. 2 contributor) Gramrcy follows with "Pluq", which shares some sonic DNA with the optimistic breaks and sky-scanning pads of "Groove It" from k2k. "Labda" from Fort Romeau finds the UK house legend in a deliciously bouncy mood, and rides nicely alongside "Love Love" from newcomer Scon, who bolts on a bumping UKG-bassline and ear-tickling vocal cuts. Man o' the moment Will Hofbauer blesses us with a tougher twist on his uniquely playful sound (aka it bangs) while Kid Simius and Ischia both pivot around Latinate grooves - the former on a cut-and-paste tip that refuses to quit, the latter proof that the echoes of UK funky continue to reverberate. We finish up with the speed-agnostic rhythmic complexities of Yunjin's "Cooking Up Percs" b2b "Aetheric (Life Mix)," a dreamy post-prog comedown (and her first original release) from Sasha Milani. A joyful, playful pair to close on we hope sum up this year's compilation :)

Peach Discs continues into 2026 with a deeply jacking record from the king of the live house jam Demuja. If you've seen him on the 'gram you'll know just how incredibly prolific he is - the tracks that make up this EP were whittled down, tweaked and finessed from close to 100 demos, and we're thrilled with what we've put together, together. In his own words, the EP is "a little love letter to the dancefloor that lives within the idea of a long, sweaty night out. All the tracks were made at very different stages - some produced a while ago, others more recently - and I hope that's part of what makes the EP interesting as well." The "title.txt" EP embodies a pure distillation of Demuja's sound- rooted in classic house techniques with a dubbed-out sensibility and, the record's five tracks all stem from live-jams bashed out with focused intention in his Austrian studio on a plethora of drum machines, synths and effects units. Things kick off with probably the wiggliest of the lot, as "Stop Asking Me" worms a long-range bassline around snappy, stripped-back drums before leaning towards techno (can you hear a snare on the 2 and the 4 cos i can't) on "Oldhead," as its dusty samples drag it back towards house, with a sprinkling of dubstep flavour tucked away in the breakdown. The A-side wraps up in a dubbed-out mode with "Say No More's" deep, modulating textures wrapping themselves around skippy, insistent percussion. Those dub sounds carry over onto the B-side's "Tool 6," as classically filtered chords peek through the mix (though that bassline is definitely talking tech-house), and Pulse brings it home with strutting drums, disembodied vox and arcing synthlines. We've also thrown in two bonus tracks you won't find on the 12" but will be available to those that pick up a copy of the record through the Peach Discs Bandcamp. Tasked with picking one fave each, Gramrcy went for "Almost Cherry," a barreling ride across an insistent Reese bassline reminiscent of Samuel L Sessions' best bombs, while Shanti chose the wiggling, diva-wailing "Art of Failing."