someone tell the guy next to you to stop talking
the dance floor has a talking problem, and two of our guys finally said it out loud.
more on that below. also this week: four top picks, a contraband pick that's a free download, iii points set times, and five sets we tagged line by line. two minutes to read, all weekend to listen. got thoughts on anything in here? hit reply. we read all of it.
groovesMAXXING top picks this week 🔥
15+ survived the skip test this week. these four are the ones we kept running back.
Møsard
Konstantin Kobra
Anton Voldaev
Franca, Iorie
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the full new house releases crate, 100+ deep ▶
the talk of the floor 🗣️
on sept 27 John Summit posted: "idc what genre u listen to the only thing that is killing the dance floor is the constant yapping."
a day later Max Styler backed him up with the cleanest rule we've seen: "do the drugs, do the alcohol, do the dancing, let your freak flag fly but don't open your trap."
some clubs got there first. Nowadays in new york asks people to keep floor convos short and take the long ones somewhere else.
our take: the dance floor is not the line for the bathroom. need to catch up, the patio exists. need a track ID, that's literally our job, just ask us.
so are we a no-yap household now? hit reply and tell us. the best answer goes in next week's issue. (the full story)
iii points: set times are out 📅
miami, oct 16 and 17, mana wynwood. two nights, 13 stages, and the last two hours of both nights are a problem in the best way.
friday, 2 to 4am, pick one: Vintage Culture b2b Max Styler (isotropic, 2:00), PAWSA (mind melt, 2:30) or Honey Dijon (s3quenc3, 2:30). good luck. we're not helping.
the rest of friday we'd plan around:
· Miguelle & Tons b2b Saraga, isotropic 9:30pm
· Brunello b2b Rafael, isotropic 11:00pm
· Cloonee, mind melt 11:30pm
· Ahmed Spins b2b OMRI., isotropic 12:30am
· Beltran b2b Ben Sterling, mind melt 1:00am
saturday does it again. 2:30 to 4am is Marco Carola b2b Franky Rizardo (isotropic), KETTAMA (mind melt, 2:45) or Charlotte de Witte (rc95, 2:45). before that:
· Adam Port, mind melt 10:15pm
· ChaseWest, isotropic 10:30pm (we just tagged his crssd set, it's below)
· Max Dean b2b Luke Dean, isotropic 1:00am
· Four Tet, mind melt 1:30am
· Seth Troxler, four hours on the 444 stage from midnight
GA from $159 at iiipoints.com. the satellite parties run all week, oct 13 to 20. full set times.
sets of the week 🎧
every one of these got the groovesMAXXING treatment this week, timestamps measured, IDs checked. tap a set for the full tracklist.
the terrace, club space miami, 5h sunrise set
audio obscura at the loft, amsterdam
experts only, the gorge 2026
live at norish.fm
crssd festival fall, san diego
also tagged this week: Vinter at la fabrica, córdoba and Yamagucci at pier play by rasa. every set we've tagged lives at groovesmaxxing.com/tracklists.
contraband of the week 💎
the customs officer heard the first drop and waved it through. free download on the page if you're quick.
CamelPhat, Elderbrook
quick hits 📰
📈 dj mag top 100 dropped. CHRIS STASSY, John Summit and Mau P each climbed 22 spots, the biggest jumps in the poll. read
🏆 FISHER got named the world's no. 1 house DJ. read
🚀 Josh Baker was the highest new entry, straight in at no. 40. read
the playlists 🎶
the full new house releases crate is 100+ deep this week. we're not pasting all of it in here. want every single one? it's all right there.
the rest of the family: 💎 contraband · 🚧 bumpy · 🧃 good vibe juice · 🌊 waaavy · 🌴 wen playa · radio sets · dj sets
full issue lives at groovesmaxxing.com/newsletter. send this to your rave bestie, especially the one who talks through the drop 📈