bibi and kettama on circoloco, AYYBO flips chris lake
fresh grooves friday · issue 003 · 14 august 2026
late one this week, friday's nearly done. better late than never, so let's get into it.
last week i told you mishell and toni b had "get messy" coming on maccabi house. it's here friday, same crate that handed you the mita gami contraband edit. it made my rotation this week too, so it's below.
a lot landed. the full week lives on the site like always. what's below is the on-repeat list, the ones i actually kept going back to, plus a track of the week that isn't even a new one, and that's the whole point.
denver closes it out. a saturday that makes you choose, a rooftop or the rocks.
on repeat
what stayed on this week. links straight to spotify, and each one carries its own verification mark.
Mystery of Raw (Extended Mix) · Michael Bibi, KETTAMA · CircoLoco Records CLR024E · ✅
bibi and kettama on circoloco. the title tips its cap to wu-tang's "da mystery of chessboxin'," so read it as a sample nod, not a guest verse. big room either way.
Party Time (feat. Aatig) - AYYBO Remix · Tiga, Chris Lake, AYYBO · Black Book Records · ✅ AYYBO flipping a tiga and chris lake record. three names we follow on one release.
Percolate · San Pacho, TOBEHONEST · Trick TRICK130 · ✅ · ep, grab both
second san pacho x TOBEHONEST record, two years after "horny." we've been tracking this one since the profile build.
OUT OF MY HEAD · DONT BLINK · Low Ceiling LOWC339 · ✅ · 2-track ep, whole thing
two on his own low ceiling. the tech house he does in his sleep and it still knocks.
Synth Lines · STAY GOLDEN, Alexey Union, Broken Hill, David LeSal · All Day I Dream ADID128 · ✅
four deep on all day i dream, that lee burridge sunset-melodic thing. the one that slows the room down without losing it.
Pussy · Heartless House · Radiate Records RAD024 · ✅ · 2-track ep, whole thing
heartless house on radiate. cheeky title, the groove is not joking around.
Talk (Extended Mix) · J. Worra · Toolroom TOOL1442 · ✅
j. worra on toolroom. peak-time tech house that knows exactly what it is.
Get Messy (Extended Mix) · Mishell, Toni B · Maccabi House MH76BP · ✅ · ep, grab both
the payoff to last week's tease. two roster names on the maccabi flagship, same crate as the contraband.
bass-heavy week up there. if you want one for the daylight, Flotando from Sinego and Tripolism is the 124 afro-house one, sunny without going soft.
track of the week
Slide Back · Miguel Campbell · Outcross Records
wasn't following miguel campbell until today. heard slide back, went down the rabbit hole, and now i am. that's this whole section in one track. the kind of record that makes you pull up everything else a guy has done and wonder how you missed him. not the newest thing on the list. the best thing i heard all week.
contraband of the week
customs was quiet this week. nothing cleared, and we don't force one when the crate's dry. back next friday with something that shouldn't be legal.
where the grooves are
denver first, as always. and this saturday the city makes you pick a side.
- aug 15 · NO STATIC · no static: rooftop takeover, courtyard by marriott denver downtown west (1800 federal) · a roster name up top of the bill, sunset set, 5 to 11. Austin Feldman and Shares support.
- aug 15-16 · LCD Soundsystem · red rocks · two nights of indie dance church, Feist opening.
- sep 11-12 · Global Dance Festival · national western complex · chris lake headlining, ten minutes from home.
- oct 16-17 · III Points · mana wynwood, miami · Vintage Culture and Max Styler both on the bill, and yes we're going.
the playlists
fresh grooves friday, the curated survivors, split across three lists.
🧃 good vibe juice for daylight and driving. 🚧 bumpy for 1am. 📈 groovesmaxxing is the highlight reel, short on purpose.
the full drop, the unfiltered week in house, techno and indie dance. north of forty cleared verification this week, the full list lives on friday.html and refreshes every friday.
one more thing
every pick above carries a ✅ or a ⚠️. ✅ means the store or the label said it. ⚠️ means one source and no second.
this week the on-repeat list is all ✅, catalog numbers and all. the one thing i'm keeping out of public copy is a wu-tang feature on "mystery of raw," the credit reads like a sample and not a guest verse, so it waits until the track confirms it.
send this to the friend who still argues new music fridays aren't what they used to be.
that's the ask.
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