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Friday Dance Music Guide: The Best New Tracks From Fred again.., Lil Yachty & Overmono, Gessafelstein & More
The week's best dance songs from Fred again.. with Overmono and Lil Yachy, Diplo with Sharam and Pony, Gessafelstein, SG Lewis with Chloe Calleit and LP Giobbi.
His latest, “stayinit” falls into the territory of these latter moods, with Lil Yachty delivering the pleading and/or encouraging lyrics “you’ve got a life, stay in it,” over a siren synth tuned to a minor key and increasingly pummeling percussion that altogether builds to a sort of hypnotically spooky place. Diplo delivers one of his best in a minute with the hella ravey “Anthem.” Securely in the pocket of the underground vibe that his house label Higher Ground has been championing since its 2019 launch, the track is a collaboration with Iranian producer Sharam (of Deep Dish fame) and Canadian rapper Pony, whose breezy flow and soulful melodies about the straightforward joy of being, as he says, “hiiiiiigh,” are the secret sauce here. SG Lewis launches his new label Forever Days — positioned in a statement as a home for “club-focused productions made strictly for the dancefloor and a place to champion music by artists that he loves” — with a song that is… exactly one of those.
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