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The tracks you can’t get enough of lately, all in one place. Updated as you listen.

For fans of melodic dance music, no style takes you there quite like trance or progressive house. Consider them flip sides of the same coin: While the former basks in lush, sunlit colour, the latter is darker and more hypnotic, with a heads-down emphasis on the groove. From breaking artists and old favourites alike, these songs harness the high-flying toplines, in-your-feels chord changes and euphoric vibes that are common to both genres. Our editors regularly refresh this playlist. If you like a track, add it to your library.

Since 1998, the UK's Defected label has set the standard for forward-thinking, floor-filling house music. With a catalogue that switches between the flickering disco accents of Bob Sinclar's "I Feel for You", the minimalist tech-house of Amé's era-defining "Rej" and the carefully controlled drama of Dennis Ferrer's "Hey Hey (DF's Attention Vocal Mix)", the only common denominator here is an irresistible groove and scads of soul.

Dance music moves at the speed of light, so here's your telescope: These are the everybody-on-the-floor bangers, crucial IDs and innovative sounds making waves in clubs, warehouses and festivals worldwide. Fresh styles from up-and-coming artists and bold new moves from some of the biggest in the scene: If everyone isn't talking about these songs today, they will be tomorrow. Our editors regularly refresh this playlist. If you like a track, add it to your library.

Throughout all the bass mutations of the 21st century, drum ’n’ bass—the high-BPM, breakbeat-driven style that evolved out of early hardcore rave and dub-influenced jungle in the ’90s—keeps going strong. The UK remains home to a vital scene that stays focused on the future without losing sight of the music’s roots. These songs stem from that tradition: deep, soulful and fluid, they’re as well-suited for listening as they are dancing. Our editors regularly refresh this playlist. If you like a track, add it to your library.

Lesser-known gems and crucial album tracks. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Trends may come and go, but the classics never go out of style. Drawn from house, dance-pop, trance and more, these timeless tracks are the cornerstones of ‘90s and 2000s dance music. They make the perfect playlist for an impromptu party... or gym session... or commute. Our editors regularly update this playlist. If you like a song, add it to your library.

Inside electronic music's myriad scenes and subcultures, bass music occupies a world all its own—it's as much a physical experience as an aural one. Its low-end wobbles draw on some of dance music's most interesting rhythms—grime, dubstep, trap, drum 'n' bass and UK garage are a few—with DJ/producers carving out deeper, more experimental sounds to accent their woofer-flexing drops. This playlist has some of the gnarliest tracks rumbling through social media and dance tents, and it's updated weekly with the latest cuts. If you hear a tune you like, add it to your library.

At heart, contemporary electronic dance music is a euphoric dream set to a 4/4 beat. That vision finds its purest expression in trance, a sleek, streamlined style that centres emotional uplift as its raison d’etre. The genre evolved alongside techno in the late ’80s and early ’90s, with the rigid arpeggios of Belgian new beat guiding its steady groove and glistening synths. Trance largely took shape in Germany, the site of its harder-edged innovations, and Holland, home to superstars like Tiësto and Armin van Buuren, while the trippier subgenre of psytrance took root in Israel and Goa. By the ’00s, aided by the music’s versatility—equally able to absorb pop melodies or get beefed up to main-stage proportions—trance had become a proudly global concern whose soaring melodies and rolling rhythms transcend borders and language. At festivals, trance fans may wear their home countries’ flags flung over their shoulders, but their chief allegiance is to the music and its message of unity.

You don't need to be perched on someone's shoulders to appreciate the Festival Banger—but it helps. These dizzying dance anthems are EDM's energy drinks, with howling trap horns, big-room basslines, midtempo moombahton grooves and mosh-pit breaks designed to turn a grassy field (or your living room) into one huge, sweaty rave. They're just as good in the off-season, too, which is why our editors keep this playlist updated all year long. Add it to your library to keep up with what's hot.