HW25: Blood On the Dancefloor

After skipping last year, Party Favorz brings back the HW series — and this one hits hard. Featuring the latest Future House, Tech House, Techno, Bass House, and NuDisco tracks tearing up dancefloors right now, HW25 isn’t just another Halloween mix — it’s a full-on experience.

We’ve always resisted overloading our Halloween sets with gimmicky effects, but this year we decided to throw the rulebook out the window. While we didn’t saturate the mix with cheesy sound effects that distract from the music, we did craft a sinister custom intro that slides straight into the Bingo Players’ mashup of “Rattle” and the “Halloween” movie theme. From there, it’s a dark, pulsating ride through modern reworks of classic horror themes and songs tied to the ghoulish festivities that define the season — all perfectly blended to keep the music front and center where it belongs.

This set leans into the darker, heavier edge of the night — because let’s face it, Halloween calls for a little menace. But it’s not all shadows and chills. We threw in some brighter, high-energy moments too, like a bootleg remix of Lady Gaga’s “The Dead Dance,” which stays true to the original while dialing up the heat.

Other standouts include:

• SIDEPIECE’s fresh take on the millennial classic “Cry for You” by September.
• “Diamonds, Baby” by DancingFaraz, a hidden gem flying under just about everyone’s radar.
• “Yes Baby” by Madison Beer, because no Party Favorz mix is complete without a pop-driven punch.
• “My Gusta” by Eli Brown & GreeLy, another underrated cut that deserves serious club play.
• Don Diablo’s shimmering rework of Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies,” which is doing well on dance radio but criminally underappreciated elsewhere.
• And the hauntingly beautiful “Ishq Hai (This Is Love)” by Anurag Saikia, Armin van Buuren & Craig David, blending East-meets-West rhythms that should be charting — but inexplicably aren’t.

Then there’s the mysterious one: “Deep End” by BKAYE — a track that showed up in my promos with no info, no sender, and no clue where it came from. After scouring my Gmail, Beatport, and ZipDJ accounts, I finally traced a hint of it back to a SoundCloud promo email — long since deleted from their platform. When I reached out to BKAYE, he confirmed it was his track but admitted he didn’t send it. Still, he gave me his blessing to use it. The vocalist remains a mystery, but one thing’s for sure: this track is absolute fire. I’ve had it on repeat in my car and headphones for weeks. Do yourself a favor — follow BKAYE on Spotify and Apple Music. When “Deep End” officially drops, it should go straight to your playlists.

To round out the set, we threw in several bootlegs and mashups to keep things unpredictable. A particular favorite is the BARTS remix of “Which One” by Drake and Central Cee. It’s addictive — the kind of track that burrows into your brain and refuses to leave.

We’re already deep into production on our next Funky House Sessions, and it’s shaping up to be pure Funktastical Disco Heaven for all you House and Disco heads out there.

Until the next time…ENJOY!

Album: HW25
Genre: Future House, Bass House, Tech House, Techno, NuDisco
Year: 2025
Total Time: 02:51:07

1. Halloween Intro
2. Bingo Players – Rattle (Halloween Theme Edit)
3. CID x Taylr Renee – Fancy $hit (Extended Mix)
4. BKAYE – Deep End (Extended Mix)
5. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (BLONDISH Extended Remix)
6. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Holderz 2016 Remix)
7. John Summit feat. Inéz – crystallized Extended Mix)
8. Juos feat. Techno Tupac – Side Man (Extended Mix)
9. DIEGO SAN DIEGO x Alec Monopoly – Tequila (Extended Mix)
10. bradeazy feat. TyriqueOrDIe – Up Down (Extended Mix)
11. Pickle – Tipsy (Extended Mix)
12. The Prodigy – Breathe (HUMAN404 Remix)
13. David Guetta, Kiko & Olivier Giacomotto feat. FAANGS – After You (Extended Mix)
14. Swedish House Mafia – Wait So Long (Agents Of Time Remix)
15. Raffi Habel – Somebody’s Watching Me (Extended Mix)
16. Chris Lake & Skrillex feat. ANITA B QUEEN – La Noche (Extended Mix)
17. Luciana x James Hurr – Queen I’m In Charge (Extended Mix)
18. bradeazy – Need Your Body (Beatport Exclusive)
19. Bullet Tooth – A Place You Wanna Go (Good Life) (Extended Mix)
20. Don Diablo – Lose Control (Extended Mix)
21. SIDEPIECE – Cry For You (Extended Mix)
22. DancingFaraZ – Diamonds, Baby (Extended Mix)
23. Moby – Lift Me Up (DE SOFFER Edit)
24. IDEMI & Lustral – Everytime (Extended Mix)
25. Madison Beer – Yes Baby (Intro Edit Clean)
26. Eli Brown x GeezLy – Me Gusta (Dub Mix)
27. HALFSTEP – Sandstorm x What The Fuck (HALFSTEP Edit)
28. Far East movement, Ryan Teder, Ruff Loaderz x Thomas Gold – Rocketeer vs. Set Me Free (Gin & Sonic Mashup)
29. Calvin Harris & Jessie Reye – Ocean (Original Mix)
30. Odd Mob, OMNOM & Hyperbeam – System (Extended Mix)
31. Hills – Cry (Just A Little) (Extended Mix)
32. Don Diablo – Little Lies (Extended Mix)
33. Jerome Price – Disturbia (Extended Mix)
34. Nari – The Hanging Tree (Original Mix)
35. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells [The Exorcist Theme] (GORSKi Remix)
36. Anurag Saikia, Armin van Buuren & Craig David – Ishq Hai (This is Love) (Extended Mix)
37. Younotus x Cascada – Beautiful Odyssey (Extended Mix)
38. Mathame – Koko (Extended Mix)
39. Drake x Central Cee – Which One (BARTS Remix – Extended)
40. IDRIS + HoneyLuv – Euro Flow (Extended Mix)
41. Lady Gaga – The Dead Dance (Effendisco Remix)
42. Camille Jones – The Creeps (Brent Anthony x Act On Extended Remix)
43. Cassian, Yotto & Da Hool – Love Parade (Extended Mix)
44. The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize (Chris Lake Extended Mix)
45. Th;En & Pavel Petrov – Move (Original Mix)
46. Michael Jackson – Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Extended Remix)