Chase & Status Lead a D&B Breakout

Drum & Bass delivers the cleanest wipe of the week: every DJ chart entry is new, with Chase & Status landing at No. 1 ahead of Sub Focus, Wilkinson, Dimension and Hedex. That kind of all-new top ten usually means one of two things: either the scene is fragmenting, or its main-room wing has suddenly become the consensus. This week it is the latter. The trending list is stacked with vocal hooks, MC pressure and festival-ready drops rather than specialist rollers.

The most important record is still "Baddadan" by Chase & Status, Flowdan, Irah, Trigga and Takura. It sits at No. 1 because it works like a scene password: recognizable, aggressive and instantly reloadable. Pair it late in a D&B set after a two-deck tease, or use it as the first true escalation after a warmer liquid or dancefloor run. "Heavy" and "Ready To Fly" from Sub Focus and Dimension are cleaner melodic weapons, better suited to the midpoint where you want lift without losing polish.

The movement also says the dancefloor D&B audience is asking for personality again. Wilkinson's "Disconnect" gives DJs a singalong anchor, K Motionz and Emily Makis' "All The Time" brings emotional propulsion, while Bou and Hedex's "Turn Up" is a hard switch into jump-up chaos. If you are building a mixed-genre festival set, keep "Turn Up" for the last third; if you are playing a club room, "Future Funk" by Shy FX and Stamina MC or "Original Nutta" by UK Apache and Shy FX can reconnect newer crowds to the lineage without sounding like a history lesson.

Dubstep is less volatile than D&B at the summit. GRiZ, Excision, Space Laces and HOL! all hold position from No. 1 to No. 4, which tells us the heavy end of the scene is still anchored by names that convert reliably in large rooms. The real movement is Skrillex climbing to No. 5 while Borgore slips to No. 6, with John Summit, Kaskade, Crankdat and SampliFire all entering below them.

Skrillex's rise alongside "Soma" with Nitepunk matters because it reinforces the appetite for hybrid sound design rather than pure brute-force drops. It is a smart record for the transition out of bass house or broken-beat material: bring it in after a syncopated groove and let the texture, not just the impact, announce the Dubstep turn. By contrast, Excision and Space Laces' "True Killers Original Mix" and Space Laces' "Computah" are direct peak-time tools for when the room already wants pressure.

John Summit's arrival in the Dubstep DJ chart is also a useful signal, especially with Absolutely and John Summit's "DON'T BELIEVE IT (GRiZ Remix)" topping the trending tracks. It suggests the boundary between festival house programming and bass-stage programming keeps thinning. DJs who normally play house-heavy open formats can use that remix as a safer bridge than jumping straight into HOL!'s "SHE LISTENS TO RIDDIM" or SampliFire and MAD DUBZ's "Riddim N Dabs", which should be reserved for the point where the floor has clearly chosen rail energy over groove.

House is broadening rather than flipping. Chris Lorenzo and Mau P hold No. 1 and No. 2, but Franky Rizardo moving up to No. 3 is the key detail. It shows the chart is not only rewarding big, clipped tech-house hooks; it is also making room for percussive, warmer club records like "Marido Dansa". ANOTR, Mr. Belt & Wezol, Cloonee, Bonobo, HoneyLuv, Joseph Capriati and Jeff Mills all entering the DJ chart makes the top ten feel unusually cross-generational.

For set-building, Chris Lorenzo's "Fancy Footwork" is your confident first energy lift: playable early if the room is already moving, or mid-set if you need to make the groove more physical. Mau P's "Just A Little Bit More" remains a pressure tool, best held until the crowd is locked into repetition. Mr. Belt & Wezol's "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is the obvious vocal recognition moment, while Prospa, Cloonee and Sybil's "Free Your Mind" is the better choice for a euphoric handoff into bigger-room house.

Progressive is almost a full rebuild: D-Nox, Dave Seaman, Quivver, Hernan Cattaneo, Sébastien Léger, Ewan Rill, Benja Molina, Grisel Esquivel and BOg all appear as new entries, with Guy J the lone chart veteran slipping to No. 4. That says the progressive audience is digging for narrative momentum again. Gorge's "Osane", Paul Thomas' "Celeste" and Josh Wink's "Metro / Grey Area" are not obvious instant-drop records; they are architecture. Use them in the first hour, during terrace sets, or after a house section when you want the room to breathe without dropping intensity.

The practical pick is D-Nox and Elan Myles' "Open Your Eyes", because D-Nox's new No. 1 DJ position gives the track extra programming weight. Dave Seaman's "Under The Mirrorball" is another useful add: it belongs late in a warm-up or early in a deeper main-room stretch, especially if you need to move from melodic house into a more progressive hypnosis without shocking the floor.

Melodic Techno has a sharp leadership change. CamelPhat, ARTBAT and Miss Monique all arrive as new entries at Nos. 1 to 3, while Mind Against, Colyn, Dyzen, Recondite, Brina Knauss and Adriatique all move down. Jan Blomqvist entering at No. 10 softens the fall of the older guard, but the message is clear: the scene is leaning into bigger, more immediate melodic tension at the top.

The trending tracks, however, are more nuanced than the DJ chart. "Back Then EP" by Abaze, Juan Hinrichsen, DEZZOUT and Kiko Schuler leads the list, while "Stay" by Bipolar Sunshine, Hardt Antoine and Nariman and Adriatique's "Palm Of Your Hands" keep the emotional lane open. That split suggests DJs are chasing scale in artist identity but still selecting tracks that can stretch a mood rather than detonate it immediately.

In the booth, treat "Palm Of Your Hands" as a late warm-up or early peak-time emotional hinge, especially before moving into tougher techno. Jan Blomqvist, Elena Pitoulis and Marten Lou's "More - Marten Lou Remix" is a smoother vocal-led bridge, useful when you want to keep melodic character while trimming away excess breakdown drama. "What U Said - Bonafique Remix" by Enamour, SAM SHI and Bonafique is the flexible tool here: it can sit between progressive and melodic techno without forcing a hard genre declaration.

Techno's top line is stability with a harder center. Charlotte de Witte stays No. 1, but Adam Beyer moving up to No. 2 ahead of Amelie Lens is the meaningful shift. Richie Hawtin and Carl Cox also climb, while Deborah De Luca, Nina Kraviz and Sama' Abdulhadi enter the top ten. That mix of established architects and new chart arrivals says the scene is rewarding recognizable authority, but only when it arrives with playable force.

Adam Beyer's "Pressure" is the week's most literal techno instruction: add it when the room is ready for a tighter kick and less melodic release. Charlotte de Witte's "Reflection" can sit slightly earlier as a controlled peak builder, while Reinier Zonneveld's "Gravitational Field" is better for the moment when you want acid pressure to pull the set into darker territory. Sama' Abdulhadi's "Voyager" and Deborah De Luca's "Consciousness" are strong late-set additions, especially for DJs who want intensity without defaulting to only industrial textures.

Trance, meanwhile, is undergoing a generational shuffle beneath Armin van Buuren, who remains No. 1. Markus Schulz rises to No. 2, Paul van Dyk drops to No. 10, and Manuel Le Saux, Kinetica, Simon Gregory, Tai Woffinden, Daniel Sokolovskiy, Darren Emerson and Jeff Mills all enter. The movement points to a crowd that still wants legacy scale but is hungry for extended-mix utility and fresh peak-time sequencing.

Armin van Buuren and Funk Tribu's "Nirvana - Extended Mix" is the obvious hands-up centerpiece, but do not waste it too early. It belongs after the room has already accepted longer builds. Simon Gregory's "Luminosity - Extended Mix" and Kinetica's "Vision X - Extended Mix" are cleaner lift records for the middle of a trance set, while Darren Emerson's "Dark and Long (Dark Train) - 2026 Remake" is the smart crossover pick for DJs moving from techno into trance without breaking the spell.

Phonk's chart is still led by Kordhell and DVRST, both unchanged at No. 1 and No. 2, but the action underneath is loud. Dxrk ダーク enters at No. 3, Ghostface Playa moves up to No. 4, and Shadow Fxrm, HXVRMXN, Freddie Dredd, BONES and Soudiere all arrive as new names. INTERWORLD dropping to No. 6 does not look like collapse; it looks like a scene with a short attention cycle refreshing its edit pool.

The trending list reflects that speed. Crystal Castles' "Kerosene" at No. 1, DVRST's "CLOSE EYES", Dxrk ダーク's "RAVE", Playaphonk's "PHONKY TOWN" and INTERWORLD's "Metamorphosis" all point to Phonk being used as high-impact identity music rather than long-form club progression. DJs should think in 60-to-90-second windows: tease the hook, hit the drop, then cut before the energy flattens.

For open-format and bass-leaning sets, "RAVE" is the most direct add because Dxrk ダーク's new No. 3 chart position matches the track's title-level promise. Kordhell's "Devil's Work" is the tougher late-night choice, best used after trap, hard dance or distorted bass material. "Tokyo Drift" by Teriyaki Boyz is the familiar wildcard: it can work as a quick crowd-recognition pivot, but it needs a fast exit into something heavier if the room is not there for nostalgia.

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