Month: August 2025

Summer Heat Volume 2: The Summer’s HOTTEST Club Bangers [Updated]

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This episode has been updated: Bass was added to the Ozzy Osbourne tribute “Crazy Train” and the transition for TOMAZO – Turn On The Lights x Dont Stop The Music x The Blaze (Tomazo Mashup) was shortened. 

One thing oddly missing from this year’s summer soundtrack is the elusive “Song of the Summer.” Every year, there’s usually one track—whether pop, hip hop, dance, or even a left-field sleeper—that dominates airwaves and burrows into our brains. This summer? Not so much.

Last year, Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso filled that role perfectly, becoming the go-to anthem from beach parties to TikTok reels. Her label clearly hoped Manchild would repeat the success, but while catchy, it never caught fire in quite the same way. Even with an impressive batch of bootleg remixes (some of them excellent), it didn’t fit the overall mood of this mix and was subsequently dropped.

How We’re Consuming Dance Music in 2025

As I’ve mentioned before, people aren’t just relying on traditional radio anymore. Music discovery is happening everywhere—Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok, and countless other platforms. For the current generation, the club scene feels fractured, with most of the real momentum happening at massive EDM festivals. Having moved to the suburbs and living in a dry county, I’m admittedly far removed from it these days, but even from a distance it’s clear the club culture isn’t what it once was.

Dance music itself isn’t dead—it’s just shifting in how people experience it.

Diversity Defines Summer Heat

One thing that stands out across our Summer Heat 2025 mixes is the sheer variety. Unlike years past when a couple of styles dominated, the sound is now wide open. That diversity raises the difficulty factor when building seamless sets.

Take Afro House, for example. It had its hot minute, but it’s better suited for chill sets than high-energy dance floors. Transitioning from 120 BPM to 128 BPM can feel clunky without chopping tracks, and we’ve never been about jarring cuts just to get from one song to the next. Party Favorz is all about creating a musical journey, where each transition feels intentional. We may not hit perfection every time, but we get pretty damn close.

What You’ll Hear in Volume 2

Volume 2 is packed with the latest summer dance songs, club anthems, and fresh remixes that define the season. Alongside those are perennial dance classics resurrected through mashups and bootlegs—the kind of surprises long-time listeners expect from this series.

I do want to clear something up, though. The opener, Heartbreak Melody by Alan Walker and FAANGS, has been making waves on TikTok, with one viral video calling it an “80s classic.” Let’s get this straight: it’s not from the 80s. The track samples Be My Lover by La Bouche, a massive 90s Eurodance anthem. That song didn’t just dominate clubs—it crossed over to mainstream radio, paving the way for an entire wave of Eurodance acts.

Here at Party Favorz, we even dedicated an entire series to 90s Eurodance, celebrating every bit of its cheesy, hands-in-the-air glory. Walker and FAANGS deserve credit—they’ve reimagined the track with new lyrics while keeping the essence of the original. But mislabeling it as an 80s song? That’s just lazy research.

Looking Ahead

This mix acts as a bit of a reset as we transition into fall—something that seems to be arriving earlier than usual here. Coming up in the next few weeks, Party Favorz will wrap up the final two editions of BackSpin, covering some of the biggest club songs from 2011–2012. After that, we’ll drop our only Chill Out set of the year, plus a few updated entries in the Diva Hall of Fame.

On a personal note, I’ll also keep everyone updated on the saga of my shin infection (yes, looks like that one’s sticking around into next year).

Until the next time…ENJOY!

Album: Summer Heat 2025 Volume 2
Genre: Future House, Bass House, Tech House, Minimal Tech
Year: 2025
Total Time: 03:01:05
  1. Alan Walker & FAANGS – Heartbreak Melody (Extended Club Mix — Intro)
  2. BLACKPINK – Jump (Kelland x Mike Renza Extended Remix)
  3. Dom Dolla x Walker & Royce feat. Nathan Nicholson – No Room For A Saint (Extended Mix)
  4. Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At (barts. x Kelland Remix)
  5. Black Eyed Peas – Rock That Body (Max Niklas Extended Remix)
  6. BL3SS x Gravagerz – Afters (Extended Mix)
  7. Drake x Central Cee – Which One (BARTS Remix – Extended)
  8. CamelPhat & Elderbrook – Cola (ARTBAT Extended Remix)
  9. Rue Jay – Sweet Sensation (Extended Mix)
  10. Sonny Fodera & Jazzy – All This Time (Extended Mix)
  11. J. Worra – Smylm (Extended Mix)
  12. The Good Men x Milk & Sugar – Give It Up (Extended Mix)
  13. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train (Dave Summer Edit)
  14. Alok, Alta & Robert Falcon feat. Jess Glynne – Love Has Gone (Extended Mix)
  15. Odd Mob – Intro Devotion x Fade (Evoxx MASHUP VIP Mix)
  16. Kolter & Nate Dogg – Liquor Store (Extended Mix)
  17. Chapter & Verse – Rock Your Body (Extended Mix)
  18. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun (Adamusic Club Remix)
  19. Kettama & DJ HEARTSTRING feat. KLP – If U Want My Heart (Extended Mix)
  20. Danimal & Diandra Faye – Into You (Extended Mix)
  21. James Hype feat. Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey – Waterfalls (Extended Mix)
  22. DJ Heartstring & Swim – Air (Extended Mix)
  23. D.O.D & Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing (2025 Edit)
  24. HoneyLuv & Aluna – Waymo (Original Mix)
  25. TOMAZO – Turn On The Lights x Dont Stop The Music x The Blaze (Tomazo Mashup)
  26. Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Celine Dion – A New Day (Extended Mix)
  27. Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone (MPH Extended Remiix)
  28. Icona Pop vs. Alok vs. Alan Fitzpatrick vs. bbyclose – I Love It (Smassh 2025 Rework Dirty)
  29. Morgan Seatree & Abi Flynn – Hold Me (Extended Mix)
  30. MK feat. Chrystal – Dior (Solardo Extended Remix)
  31. Joel Corry & Jem Cooke – Daydream (Original Mix)
  32. Kelis – Milkshake (Luis Torres Flip)
  33. Julian Fijma – Get Stupid (Original Mix)
  34. Chris Brown feat. T-Pain – Kiss Kiss (HayaT, Voxheim & RAMIFY Remix)
  35. Corrupt (UK) – Trippin (Extended Mix)
  36. Fred again.. x Skepta x PlaqueBoyMax – Victory Lap (barts. x shortround)
  37. Roman Rave – Tokyo Drift (Roman Rave Remix)
  38. Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo – 925 (Extended Mix)
  39. Jordan Peak – Front 2 Back (Extended Mix)
  40. Disco Lines & Ship Wrek – I Dont Trust A Soul (Extended Mix Dirty)
  41. Khia vs. Chris Lorenzo vs. FISHER – My Neck, My Back x Appetite (David Michael’s ‘Tech House’ Tool)
  42. Mau P – TESLA (Extended Mix)
  43. Malugi feat. Inez – Chiggy Chiggy (Extended Mix)
  44. Armin van Buuren & Martin Garrix feat. Libby Whitehouse – Sleepless Nights (Extended Mix)
  45. Funk Tribu – Hold On (Extended Mix)
  46. KIKI & Marlon Hoffstadt – Losing Control (Extended Mix)
  47. Sam Alfred – Stimulation (Extended Mix)
  48. Kaskade x Deadmau5 – Move for Me (Bluefox x HUMAN404 Edit)

Beach House 2025 Volume 2: Even More Sun-Kissed Disco House For Your Summer Fun

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Party Favorz is back with Beach House 2025 Volume 2, the late-summer set built for sunblock, salt air, and after-dark glow. We’re still squeezing every ray out of the season, so this mix keeps the tempo warm and the basslines friendly. Think sleek Nu Disco, chunky Disco House, and muscular Funky House that refuses to sit down. It’s breezy on top, heavy underneath. It’s exactly what August asks for.

Why this volume hits different

Beach House 2025 Volume 2 leans into groove, not shock value. You’ll hear shimmering rhythm guitar, rubbery bass, and clap-happy percussion that make everything feel just a little lighter. That’s intentional. Big drops have their place, but this moment favors movement: rolling filters, hand-played keys, and vocals that smile back at you. The result is a set that still bangs at pool level 10, yet works just as well on a twilight drive down the coast.

Old feels, new polish

A thread of nostalgia runs through the mix—updates of familiar hooks, reimagined disco riffs, and fresh vocals that land like a knowing wink. These aren’t carbon copies. They’re respectful rebuilds with modern low-end, tight edits, and just enough sparkle to cut through today’s systems. That balance—vintage charm with 2025 punch—keeps Beach House 2025 Volume 2 replayable long after the last beach chair folds.

Spotlight: Jonas Blue’s “Edge Of Desire”

One name you’ll notice here is Jonas Blue. Widely known for radio-ready pop-dance smashes (“Fast Car,” “Perfect Strangers,” “Rise”), he detours toward classic house with “Edge Of Desire”—a collab with Malive released on Defected. That’s a statement in itself: Defected remains a bellwether for groove-forward house, and this cut slides in with syrupy strings, squelchy bass, and a topline that could have lived in a late-’70s A-room—then got turbo-detailed for modern floors. It’s already circulating on key playlists and DJ sets for good reason. WikipediaDefected RecordsSpotify

Why it matters now

The bigger picture: club music keeps bending back toward disco DNA—hooks, harmony, and human swing. You can draw a line from Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia moment to the surge of feel-good Disco House now powering festivals and day parties. And when artists anchored in the pop-dance lane start delivering records like “Edge Of Desire,” it confirms where the energy is flowing as we wrap 2025’s summer run. VOCAL GIRLS

The sound of the season

Here’s what ties the set together:

  • Nu Disco gloss: satin-smooth synths, octave bass runs, and tucked-in hats that keep the mix gliding.
  • Disco House muscle: loop-driven hooks, stomping kicks, and string stabs that hit like champagne corks.
  • Funky House swagger: talkbox flickers, slap bass accents, and piano riffs that push the floor forward.

Transitions stay fluid. Vocals get space. The low end stays disciplined—enough weight to satisfy the subs without smothering the highs. You’ll catch a few clever throwbacks, too—motifs from the ’70s and ’80s rebuilt with modern arrangement and headroom. The goal is simple: fun first, fidelity close behind.

Where this fits in your day

Beach coolers at noon. Rooftop golden hour. After-hours on the balcony when the ocean sounds like a sleeping cat. Beach House 2025 Volume 2 was programmed for all three. Let it ride in sequence for the intended arc, or drop-in favorites as quick mood boosts. It’s versatile by design. It’s also loaded with hooks, so don’t be surprised when the “one more play” loop kicks in. It will. Twice.

The larger trend (and why we love it)

Disco’s return isn’t a gimmick; it’s a reset. In the last few years, house producers and pop stars alike rediscovered the magic of melody-led dance music. Purple Disco Machine’s Grammy win in 2023 helped codify that shift for the mainstream, and the wave hasn’t crested. The appetite for groove-rich, vocally memorable club records is still growing, and this volume taps directly into that lane.

What to expect next

We’ll unpack the broader movement—and where EDM intersects with House and Disco House—in next week’s Summer Heat 2025 Volume 2 drop. Expect harder edges, festival lift, and a few surprises you won’t see coming. Same attention to mix detail. Same love for songs that last.

Final word

Summer isn’t over. Not by a long shot. Beach House 2025 Volume 2 keeps the season bright with Nu Disco, Disco House, and Funky House that feel timeless and brand-new all at once. Press play by the pool. Press play on the way out. Better yet, press play and leave it there.

If this set hits the spot, consider supporting Party Favorz—your help keeps these mixes coming, ad-free and lovingly crafted for real-world listening.

Until the next time…ENJOY!

Album: Beach House 2025 Volume 2
Genre: Disco House, Nu Disco, House Music
Year: 2025
Total Time: 02:53:22
  1. DE SOFFER – L’obsession (Extended Mix)
  2. Z Factor & Dave Lee ZR – (You Gotta) Give It Up (Dave Lee’s Extended Club Mix)
  3. Risk Assessment – Get Up (Original Mix)
  4. Art Of Tones – Gold (Original Mix)
  5. Sean Finn – Fired Up (Extended Mix)
  6. Steve Tosi – Let The Music Play (Original Mix)
  7. Low Steppa – Sin Pero (Extended Mix)
  8. Us Two & Franksy – Simulation (Original Mix)
  9. Marshall Jefferson, Jaded & Miggy Dela Rosa – Freak (Extended Mix)
  10. Hatiras – Hypnotized (Extended Mix)
  11. Jhonsson – Breathe (Original Mix)
  12. Les Bisous – Same Man (Extended Mix)
  13. Yulia Niko – So In Love With You (Extended Mix)
  14. Samm (BE) – Body Language (Extended Mix)
  15. Jo Paciello – The Big Sun (Larss Disco Rework)
  16. Jazzy M – Jazzin’ The Way You Know (Roog Reconstruction Extended Remix)
  17. Chicks Luv Us & Paul Trent – Give It All (Original Mix)
  18. Kerri Chandler & Dennis Quin feat. Troy Denari – You Are In My System (Philip George Extended Mix)
  19. Sugarstarr – Hey Sunshine (Alexa Perl Mix)
  20. Gershon Jackson – C’Mon & Sing-A-Long (Mike Dunn Blackball MixX)
  21. Ejeca – All I Need (Original Mix)
  22. Ketiov & Edvvin – Extravaganza (Original Mix)
  23. Piem & CASSIMM – Don’t Let Me Go (Main Mix)
  24. Ivan Pica – Music Is Our Guide (Extended Mix)
  25. Emanuel Satie, Maga, Sean Doron & Tim Engelhardt – Touch Of Love (Original Mix)
  26. Dickie Clare – The Music (Original Mix)
  27. Demi Riquísimo & Luke Alessi – Yes Bby (Original Mix)
  28. Supernova – Electric Boogie (Extended Mix)
  29. Luccio B + Federfunk – Disco Dynasty (Extended Mix)
  30. Dave Lee feat. Shawn Christopher & Black Widow – People Of All Nationz (Extended Mix)
  31. Girls Of The Internet & Anelisa Lamola – Affirmations (Dennis Ferrer Extended Remix)
  32. Thando & Kristofson – Ladies (Extended Mix)
  33. Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg – Bus Stop Please (Sally C Remix)
  34. DJ Ibanez & Sebb Junior – On Blast (Extended Mix)
  35. Jonas Blue & Malive – Edge Of Desire (Extended Mix)
  36. Baccus – Just Be Good To Me (Extended Mix)
  37. Harry Romero, Jose Nunez, Alex Alicea & Shawnee Taylor – I Wanna Thank You (Extended Mix)
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