2025 Summer

Amsterdam natives Maarten Smeets and Lars Dales, aka Dam Swindle, unveil their third long-player with the release of a new track, the first to be shared from the upcoming album, ‘Open’ - out on 30 May 2025 via Heist Recordings.

The new album sees the acclaimed duo dive far beyond the deep sonic waters they’re most known for, exploring lower tempos, synthwave, hip-house, and ambient across fourteen tracks. With a gestation period that traces back several years, ‘Open’ is their most intimate and personal body of work thus far, birthed during a time of self-reflection away from touring and personal transformation as individuals.

“We felt the need to tell a very personal story through our music as a translation of our personal development in the past years. We also wanted to make music without a specific goal in mind; We simply wanted to create. By taking away the grid of dance music and any expectations of what a Dam Swindle song should sound like, the creativity started to flow naturally with songs in many different styles and tempos. The result is an album that feels refreshing and uplifting and still very much true to the heart and soul of our sound.” - Dam Swindle, January 2025.

While the trademark Dam Swindle four-to-the-floor beats are still ever-present on tracks like ‘The Present Is Always Perfect’, ‘I Need You’, and ‘Is This Love?’, it’s the gentle waves of synths on opener ‘Home’, the contemplative piano chords of ‘Bloom’ featuring Joep Beving, and the lo-fi ambience of ‘It’s Okay, I Can Wait’ that showcase a melancholic, ethereal sensibility previously uncharted by the duo. Collaborations with vocalists such as NYC’s Haile Supreme on ‘Not Enough’ and Neo-soul singer Faye Meana on ‘Girl’ expertly find room in between the dancefloor and home listening sessions, and a clear standout on the LP is the title cut where message-heavy rapped vocals from UK artist Samson ebb and flow amongst iridescent grooves.

Under the helm of Maarten and Lars’ adept A&R, their Heist imprint has become a beloved home for house heads of both schools old and new, platforming some of dance music’s biggest names from Cinthie to DJ Sneak as well as the musical dawnings of artists such as Kassian and Makèz. The Dam Swindle alias has achieved house music royalty-like status across a storied 15-year career that includes two critically lauded full-lengths, collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch and Kerri Chandler, and a globetrotting touring schedule. This album stands as their most profoundly personal work of art to date, and they can’t wait to share it with you.


Open

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Run, run, run

The present is always perfect

Kiki feat. LYMA

I need you

Flowers

Flower Moon

After the success of his last release “Turntable Truth”—which earned spins on BBC Radio 1 and support from Slam FM and Radio 538—Funkerman returns with the SXTRCK EP, a powerful two-track journey through the realms of house and minimal.

Featuring "SXTRCK" and "Classic in the Making", this EP blends crisp minimal grooves with rich live elements and that unmistakable organic feel Funkerman is known for.

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SXTRCK EP

Classic In The Making

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SXTRCK (feat. Kevin Alexander)

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Intr0beats returns to Stay True Sounds with New EP: Fragments of the Night

Iceland’s Intr0beatz returns with Fragments of the Night, the producer and DJ’s fourth EP on Stay True Sounds. A two-tracker packed with deep, jazzy, soulful house beats - sample-driven and swing-heavy. Featuring “738 Nights” and “Silent Echos,” this one's a smooth ride for heads who like their house high-quality, deep, and timeless. Another standout release from a producer who continues to refine and redefine the genre.


738 Nights

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Artist: Knuckle G 
Track: Biggest Of The City 
Release Title: Entrée sur Liste, Vol.+1
Label: De La Groove 
Release Date: 27-Jun-25
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A fresh compilation crafted like a DJ set, blending house in all its shades. From deep grooves to peak-time energy, every selector finds their moment. Eight years of dancefloor mastery, distilled into one release.

For nearly a decade, De La Groove has championed house music in its purest, most vibrant forms. Now, the label unveils its latest compilation—an expertly curated selection of tracks that capture the essence of their dancefloor-driven philosophy.

Built like a DJ set, this collection is designed for selectors who understand the power of mood and momentum. Featuring a diverse lineup of European and French artists, the compilation offers a full spectrum of house—from deep, hypnotic grooves to peak-time energy that electrifies the crowd. Each track is a tool, a moment, an invitation to elevate the mix. Whether setting the tone with a laid-back opener or firing up the room with a driving rhythm, DJs will find their ideal cut within this release.

This isn’t just another compilation—it’s a statement. A celebration of the underground, shaped by the vision De La Groove has honed over eight years of unforgettable nights. The next chapter is here. Get ready to press play.

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PREMIERE: Knuckle G - Biggest Of The City [De La Groove]

Artist ➤ Inkswel & Erin Buku
Title ➤ Find Your Way feat Leonard Charles
Label ➤ Apparel Music

Release Date ➤ 2025-08-15

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From Australia with love: Inkswel, Erin Buku, and Leonard Charles come together for Find Your Way, a house symphony built on love, craftsmanship, and soulful expression. Erins voice glides effortlessly over Inkswels lush, organic production, while Leonard Charles adds his magic touch. Its rich, warm, and deeply musical, a perfect testament to the idea that great tracks are, first and foremost, great encounters.

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Artist: Lexiton Deep SA, Khubos 
Track: Room to Breath 
Release title:   Take Me Back To House 2 [Now & Then]
Label: Deep Clicks
Release date: 23-Jul-25
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Lexiton Deep SA leads this 8-track album, delivering high-quality Deep House for all tastes. Featuring standout collaborations with Khubos, Melonboy, Kidplugg, and Patric Cele, each track brings its own unique vibe while staying true to the deep, soulful essence of the genre. Whether you're into smooth grooves or late-night rhythms, this release offers something for every Deep House lover. Dive in and feel the sound.

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PREMIERE: Lexiton Deep SA, Khubos - Room to Breath [Deep Clicks]

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DJ Eef - Coucher De Soleil (DOR Projects)

This EP presents the original composition alongside three alternative versions — each one a parallel reality, reshaping familiar melodies and rhythms in unexpected ways.

Tracks:
1. Virus (Main Mix)
2. Virus (Parallel Mix I)
3. Virus (Parallel Mix II)
4. Virus (Parallel Mix III)

Each version invites listeners to step into a slightly different world, uncovering nuances and hidden textures that reveal themselves with every listen.

Virus (Parallel Mix II)

Attack & Release

Psychotic Girl

Heist Recordings was founded by Dam Swindle as a means to gain full control over their own releases, and to create a stage for likeminded musicians to showcase their music. From the first release on, Dam Swindle’s “Break up to make up” EP in summer 2013, Heist has been a go to label for proper underground house and electronic music. Now, nearly 40 releases and 5 compilations in, Heist has brought forward artists like Frits Wentink, Nebraska, Adesse Versions, Fouk, Kassian, Nachtbraker and Alma Negra and continues to search for new talent, with Lars & Maarten fully focused on the A&R side of the label. 

Up till 2016, remixes on the label have been solely done by other original Heist artists on the yearly “Round up EP”, where the remixer and remixee get connected by the luck of the draw and a limited edition double pack is put out. After that, Maarten and Lars decided it was time to add remixers to the EP’s as well, which saw interesting collaboration, expanded the label family with names like Matthew Herbert, Tom Noble, Pépé Bradock, Ge-ology and Byron the Aquarius. 

In 2023 we've celebrated 10 years of Heist Recordings. The year showed a whole batch of releases by new artists like Byron the Aquarius, Amy Dabbs and Cinthie and by Dam Swindle themselves.

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