2026 SO FAR: NEW RELEASES, COMPILATION FEATURES & WHAT'S COMING

2026 has been running on two tracks simultaneously. On the plugin side, Torchit launched in April as the first release in the Remi Blaze Plugin Suite — free saturation and drive, out now. On the music side, the year opened with three compilation appearances in the first quarter and a pair of new originals that I'm genuinely excited about.

This is a mid-year accounting of what's happened on the music front, why some of these placements mean more than others, and what's still coming.

Miami Music Week Sampler 2026 — Beachside Limited

Miami Music Week is one of the most concentrated weeks in the electronic music calendar. Every March, artists, labels, and DJs converge on Miami around Ultra Music Festival and the Winter Music Conference, and the compilation releases that drop during that window are deliberate statements — labels selecting the tracks and artists that represent their sound going into the year ahead. It is a curated shortlist, not an open submission.

Being selected for the Miami Music Week Sampler 2026 on Beachside Limited (released March 27) is something I don't take lightly. This marks my second consecutive Miami Music Week sampler appearance — I was on the Beachside Records MMW Sampler 2025 as well. That kind of repeat selection tells me the relationship is real and the output is landing where it needs to.

The track featured is my remix of Tony Side's "Appeal" on Beachside Limited — a minimal/deep tech cut with a rolling, textured groove that sits in a different register from some of my more forward tech house work. That variety in the catalog is something I think about. Not every release needs to hit the same frequency — the range is part of what makes a body of work interesting over time.

Deep Tech: The Ultimate House Experience Vol. 08 — Play This! Records

The second 2026 compilation placement landed February 13 on Play This! Records with Deep Tech: The Ultimate House Experience Vol. 08. Volume-series compilations from established labels carry a specific weight: the label commits to a consistent curatorial identity across multiple releases, and each inclusion means passing the same editorial filter again. Vol. 08 is not a one-off project — it's a running statement of what the label considers worthwhile in the genre.

The track placed here was the extended mix of "Sleep When I'm Dead," my collaboration with Crazy Fluke. It's a track with a longer life than most — first released on Hot Leaf Records, then picked up by RH2 across multiple extended releases, and now landing in a Play This! Records compilation context. Extended mixes are built for exactly this: the compilation environment where listeners and DJs move through a curated body of work at pace, and a track needs to hold its own across a longer arc.

The standalone extended mix of "Sleep When I'm Dead" also dropped on Play This! Records in 2026 as its own release, which means the track is pulling double duty this year — both as a single and as a compilation placement. That kind of multi-context longevity is something I look for when a collaboration is working.

Minimal Movement Vol. 25 — LW Recordings

The first 2026 compilation placement came on January 23 — Minimal Movement Vol. 25 on LW Recordings. LW has been one of my most consistent and long-running label relationships, spanning originals, remixes, extended mixes, and multiple compilation appearances from 2021 through 2026. A series reaching Vol. 25 is a statement of label longevity and consistent editorial vision. Being a part of it at this point in the catalog feels like a natural continuation rather than a new development.

The track placed was "Make Me Work" — an original that leans into the stripped-back, functional end of the minimal/deep tech register. Rolling bassline, minimal top, clean structure. The kind of track that lives best in a compilation context where it's part of a flow rather than standing alone.

2026 Originals: The Sun and Let Me on BBop Music

On the original release side, 2026 has been centered on BBop Music — one of the most consistent creative partnerships in my catalog. The relationship with BBop goes back through "Opia" (remix), "Sientela," "Today," "Vibin," "The Ritual," "What We Do," "Heartbeat," and more. The label understands the kind of work I make and gives it the right context.

Both "The Sun" and "Let Me" are out now as originals and radio edits on BBop. "The Sun" also has a video on YouTube — worth watching if you haven't. These two tracks represent where my production is heading in 2026: more direct, more locked in, built for the floor without over-explaining themselves. The video for "The Sun" captures the energy of the track well — watch it on the videos page.

What the Late 2025 Run Made Possible

It would be incomplete to frame 2026 as a standalone moment without acknowledging what came before it. Late 2025 was a run of significant placements that set up the current momentum:

• Twelve Years Eisenwaren (Eisenwaren, November 2025) — Anniversary compilations are among the most selective releases a label produces. Twelve years of catalog, and a short list of tracks chosen to represent the entire period. Being on that list is a vote of confidence from a label that's been running long enough to have real standards.
• The Gems of 2025 (Hot Leaf Records, December 2025) — A year-end best-of is editorial in the most direct sense: the label goes back through everything released and identifies what defined the year. "Sleep When I'm Dead" made that shortlist.
• Global House Sounds 2026 (RH2, December 2025) — Despite the late 2025 release date, this was a forward-facing compilation designed to represent the direction of house music going into 2026. Being included put the work in that forward-looking context before the calendar turned.
• Platform 7even 11 Year Anniversary (August 2025) — Another anniversary compilation, another curated selection. Platform 7even has been part of the catalog since 2022, and an 11-year anniversary release is a label statement about who they are and who they build with.

The Toolroom Trax Baseline

Before any of the current run, two placements that still define the context: Leaders Of The New School 2022 (Toolroom Trax, January 2022) and Leaders Of The New School 2022 Vol. 2 (Toolroom Trax, September 2022). Two appearances in the same calendar year on the same series at one of the most recognized tech house labels in the world — that's the kind of placement that sets a standard and establishes what's expected of the work going forward.

Toolroom Trax's New School series is specifically curated for artists the label sees as representing the genre's next generation. Getting selected once is meaningful. Getting selected again in the same year, for the second volume of the same series, is a different statement. That pair of placements is the baseline I've been building from since 2022.

What's Coming

More is in the pipeline — new originals being finished, label conversations ongoing. The BBop Music partnership is active and there's more work coming from that collaboration. On the plugin side, the suite is expanding: Torchit is out now, and more tools are in development. The two sides of what I do are intentionally connected — the same sonic philosophy behind the tracks informs the tools, and the tools demonstrate what the production approach sounds like in practice. If you want to hear how those tracks get built, the tech house producer's toolkit article covers the full production signal chain — plugin by plugin, from kick to master bus.

For now: the full discography is catalogued here — 276 release credits, 82+ compilation appearances, 35+ labels. Stream the current catalog on Spotify or Beatport, and follow on Beatport to get notified when new releases drop.

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