Drumcode returns with A-Sides Vol. 14

If you want a snapshot of techno in any given year, look no further than Drumcode’s annual A-Sides compilation. The release broadly charts the evolution of the genre, while giving a platform to standout demo’s Adam Beyer has received across the course of the year with many emerging artists finding their music on Drumcode for the first time. Case in point – Wehbba, Charles D and Raxon who all debuted on the label via a track on the A-Sides series and have gone on to become regular contributors to Beyer’s influential labels.

This year’s compilation features an exciting mix of established heavy-hitters, alongside a slew of new faces set to make their mark on the genre. ‘We Don’t Say Please’ – is emblematic of Adam Beyer’s sound in 2025 – fresh, experimental and thriving on cross-genre pollinations, as elements of bass music, rap and techno collide, underpinned by a distinctive UK vocal. The results are inspiring.

Elsewhere, the 20-track compilation brims with highlights. HI-LO’s ‘NYC to Amsterdam’ has inflections of New York house fused with driving techno elements. Nicole Moudaber returns to DC in cahoots with the rising ZLATA for the super-charged ‘Report to the Dancefloor’. Oscar L & Charles D mint a new collaborative partnership with the immersive, spacey cut ‘Lift Me Up’. LUSU continue their red-hot run following the recent ‘Move 2 the Groove’ EP, and craft a straight-up mind-mashing single ‘LIKE THIS’. Mark Reeve is in trademark strong form with hypnotic ‘My Mind’, which comes to life via a massive synth led. The fantastic Kaufmann shares her ‘People are Strange’, a nod to a classic vox, re-contextualised for a modern techno audience.

As is tradition, a troupe of ascendant producers land on Drumcode for the first time. They include Uruguay’s Enzo Monza, who delivers the crisp ‘Late Night’ – a favourite of Beyer’s; Mattia Saviola, whose ‘Parallel Dimension’ is a powerful cut with fantastic sound design; Romanian artist Tao Andra, who shares the celestial ‘Unity’; and long-time industry stalwart AdamK, who makes a richly deserved Drumcode debut in partnership with Vikthor feat. MC Stretch on the stunning ‘Silence + The Sound’.

A-Sides Vol.14
Cat no.: DC340
Label: Drumcode
Format: Digital / Vinyl / Streaming

Tracklist:
1. Adam Beyer – We Don’t Say Please
2. HI-LO – NYC to Amsterdam
3. Nicole Moudaber x ZLATA – Report to the Dancefloor 
4. Oscar L x Charles D – Lift Me Up
5. LUSU – LIKE THIS
6. Victor Ruiz x Ignacio Arfeli – Ascend
7. Teenage Mutants x Tocadisco – In the Dark
8. Oliver Huntemann – TrackOnTrack
9. A.D.H.S – KOMANI
10. Mark Reeve – My Mind
11. METODI – 3 Shot Espresso
12. Kaufmann – People Are Strange
13. Mattia Saviolo – Parallel Dimension 
14. Alex Stein – Full Circle
15. HOF – We Won’t Stop
16. AdamK x Vikthor – Silence + The Sound feat. MC Stretch
17. JackRock – Crystalline 
18. Nicolas Taboada – Skyfall 
19. Enzo Monza – Late Night 
20. Tao Andra – Unity 

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by Decoded Magazine

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