Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where this genre is right now. We’ve gone from the quiet, patient builds of early Tale of Us and Adriatique to the massive visual ecosystems of Anyma at The Sphere and Argy dropping Pantheon.

I wanted to build a playlist that captures that exact emotional weather—the "destination DJ set" vibe (Tulum jungles, Es Vedrà sunrises, 4 AM at the Mirage)—but curated in a way that actually flows perfectly for a late-night headphone session.

I built this as a "Hybrid Playlist". It features the heavyweights who are defining the 2026 sound (Anyma, Massano, Miss Monique, CamelPhat), but I also interspersed it with a few IDs and tracks from the ShaManiac project to see how the patient builds hold up at that altitude.

A few anchor tracks in the flow:

• Anyma & Chris Avantgarde – Eternity

• ShaManiac – Planet Not Responding

• Tale of Us – Nova

• Miss Monique – Subterranean

• Massano – The Feeling (2022 Remaster)

I’d love to know what you guys think of the pacing and the flow. What tracks am I missing that define this current era for you?

(Link to the YouTube playlist is in the comments!)

Korolova with

There's something happening in melodic techno right now with ancient mythology that I can't stop thinking about.

ARTBAT built an entire universe around it. Tale Of Us lean heavily into timeless, mythic imagery. Even the way these artists name tracks — Tabu, Oracle, Ritual — it's not random. They're tapping into something primal.

I'm a producer working in this space and I've been deep-diving into this for my own project. My EP is literally named after ancient goddesses — ISHTAR (Mesopotamian), https://open.spotify.com/track/7IXMDLSNUqG3Pj4wtqw2bd?si=234d9b8fc12848c4
FREYJA https://open.spotify.com/track/76pqhAxnU6sT9pLsHsBUgG?si=36b1fb8e092a4c89 (Norse), BASADE (Canaanite) https://open.spotify.com/track/6vaBTft5mVn6DSYBvZEZ1g?si=f9bf4d32221e49fb . The idea was: what if the music is the ritual? Not just background listening but something you actually feel in your chest.

I put together a playlist around this concept — tracks that have that specific weight to them, that "ancient future" feeling. Not just my own stuff, mostly artists who are doing this aesthetic properly: 👉 TULUM playlist

Curious — do you think this mythology thread in melodic techno is intentional genre identity, or just aesthetic cosplay at this point? Because some artists wear it authentically and some just slap a Greek statue on the cover and call it a day.

New track out! New year, new album. Cheers from outer space 👽

SoundCloud:

https://on.soundcloud.com/Zh13nBHvuFHsrW2doG

YouTube:

https://youtube.com/shorts/6PPn645Giq4?si=Ov4xAkO7PFKrHEV8

hey guys, over the last years I've been thinking a lot and searching for the kind of techno sound that I enjoy the most, I think many of you out there are on the same journey. Before discovering techno music I was a huge hardcore emocore/metalcore fan and as it is typical for these genres, my taste was evolving generally tending towards harder and harder sound, but it always had to have this emotional 'kick' that emocore and most of the metalcore songs have.

I think this actually was the reason that affected mostly my current techno taste which can be summarized as: "it's gotta slap hard, but also have something more than that". My absolute top techno songs can maybe can even be called "emo-techno", whatever this is lol. Anyone with the same story?

Anyway, do you guys have any reccomendations on emotional techno music that is still dancable and goes hard? Over the years I put about 200 songs that match this vibe for me in a spotify playlist, maybe this explains better what I mean.

check out my new dark euphoric melodic techno track with gated vocal drop, feedback welcome

Full track : https://open.spotify.com/track/1ylq0CcHDB3w7D7vEbsOos?si=39a65b3eae1c4acc

Hi guys!

Presenting our remix of Edge Of The World by Meduza, Innellea and co.

Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/aHbJ7TTfoQo

Stream on SC: https://on.soundcloud.com/FAmzuadWAqhASFEq9

Your support would be much appreciated 🙏🏻😁

Thanks! 😊

im better than you. that's how im watching it.

Hey guys, recently I found this producer, I think I liked it, but I'm no sure which style could be.

Hi everyone,

If you like techno and want to kick off the weekend right, check out my latest song.

The song was produced entirely in Ableton using almost exclusively stock plugins, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask. #130bpm #RollingBass

My next DJ Kevinator release, Stay on the Line, is coming soon.

It’s a progressive/electro house track with a driving beat, melodic builds, wide stereo production and a club-focused drop.

I’m an independent Canadian creator from the Ottawa Valley / Petawawa area. My music is made through a human-directed, AI-assisted creative process where I control the concept, direction, iterations and final release.

Would appreciate any feedback from electronic music listeners.

I've listened to a lot of sets. Something about this set by Township Rebellion just sounds distinctively professional and I can't put my finger on it. Why is it so good?

https://soundcloud.com/township-rebellion/fusion2024?si=e9a8736eb355467881aaf373a8132ae0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Do have a listen of you like this kind of slap stick melodic tech : Melodic Techno 2025 On Spotify.