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Dancing Astronaut presents the nigh-anticipated IDs of 2022

Words by Ross Goldenberg and Zach Salafia

It'south that time of year again—time to start tracking some of our favorite unreleased productions that take a semi-realistic adventure of officially ending up in our libraries by Dec 31.

Virtual streams hosted throughout the pandemic supplied more than plenty IDs to continue tabs on, but the return of in-person shows blew the ID floodgates wide open up, endlessly inviting cuts from artists on every corner of the dance music spectrum that we're hoping to see make the vault from live-but rips to official releases this yr. Equally a warm-up to the agenda year ahead and the impending onset of festival season, hither'due south merely a scattering of IDs—ranging from questionable to confirmed in terms of release odds—that everyone should keep an eye on in 2022.

This list volition be regularly updated with new data throughout the year.

Alesso –"Rave All Night"

Premiere location: Alesso'southward Together Again set up in July 2021

Chance of release: Probable

Listen to a unmarried live rip of "Rave All Night," and you'll be subconsciously humming the melody and lyrics to yourself at all hours of the day. When Alesso flipped his Ultra Taiwan tagline of "Together Again" into back-to-back evenings in Downtown Los Angeles, he didn't come empty handed. I of the several standout IDs that he introduced in July 2021 was "Rave All Dark," a archetype-sounding production that farther bridges the gap—exactly equally "Somebody To Apply" did—betwixt his new-age PROGRESSO audio and the nostalgic heart of his early on-2010's work. And while nosotros're not in any position to first the hype railroad train for PROGRESSO, VOL. 3 just yet, Alesso has more than enough IDs in his back pocket to brand that a reality if he and then chooses in 2022.

Lane viii and Channy Leaneagh – "Survive"

Premiere location: Lane viii's "Wintertime 2021 Mixtape"

Released: January 21, 2022

Wintertime doesn't formally start until we become Lane 8'due south signature seasonal mix, and in 2022, the date was deemed to be January iv. Coming into 2022, Lane eight had already disclosed back in October that his fourth anthology, Reviver, would follow the same path as Brightest Lights and kick the year off by arriving in January (on the 21, to be verbal). The cold-weather mixtape's ID-laden tracklist included a euphoric opener by none other than Lane 8 himself—quickly identified equally "Survive" with Channy Leaneagh—and considering how much we loved it from the start, nosotros figured we'd include it on here to knock an ID off the board early.

Seven Lions and REZZ – ID

Premiere location:  Vii Lions' EDC Las Vegas 2021 fix

Take a chance of release: Very Likely

A collaboration betwixt Seven Lions and REZZ certainly seemed far-fetched at the showtime of the by year, but however, the two officially have a collaboration on the way. After connecting based on a fan's Twitter request, it didn't take too long for us to hear what they had put together. The collaboration—aptly dubbed "REZZ Lions"—has been a live-show fixture for them in the fourth dimension since and could not exist more than evenly carve up product-wise. Although no questions remain almost what the rails actually sounds like, the well-nigh glaring question has still nevertheless to be answered: when volition it get an official release? We're predicting that a release isn't too far off into the futurity considering how oftentimes it's existence played, only we'll have to merely wait and see when information technology finds a home on Ophelia Records.

The Chainsmokers and Ship Wrek –"Emotion"

Premiere location: The Chainsmokers' EDC Las Vegas 2021 set up

Chance of release: Very likely

The Chainsmokers went backside the musical curtain only a scattering of weeks following 2019's World War Joy to enact an indefinite hiatus in support of their fourth LP. Drew Taggart and Alex Mantle had remained nigh silent on the new music front upwards until EDC Las Vegas' 25th anniversary in October, where they debuted a fan-dubbed ID known as "Emotion." At present confirmed to a collaboration with Ship Wrek, "Emotion" signals a movement away from the time to come-bass, popular-angled direction that The Chainsmokers embodied earlier their break, aiming a dip into melodic-firm—their start time touching a four-on-the-floor foundation since their indie remix days of the 2010'due south—for their adjacent creative expedition, which they formally confirmed with their surprise rework of Bon Iver.

ILLENIUM and Skylar Grey –"From The Ashes"

Premiere location:  ILLENIUM's Fallen Embers Bout prepare in Orlando on October ii

Chance of release: Very Likely

ILLENIUM—Dancing Astronaut's 2021 Artist of the Year—released no less than 17 original tracks throughout the past yr, including his senior LP, Fallen Embers. And still he's nonetheless sitting on even more unreleased music. Rumor has information technology that ILLENIUM played an entire set'southward worth of never-earlier-heard material during an after-hours gear up at his destination festival, Ember Shores. Of note, the oldest known ILLENIUM ID to appointment is a powerhouse effort alongside Skylar Grey titled "From The Ashes," which debuted among his Fallen Embers Tour set and has been a staple in his sets ever since. Although it didn't make the Fallen Embers Deluxe album cut, we're yet expecting to meet "From The Ashes" get its official release one-time in 2022.

Axwell – Behold

Premiere location: Axwell Λ Ingrosso's Ultra Music Festival 2018 set up

Chance of release: Toss Up

Concluding time around, "It Gets Meliorate" was on our nigh-anticipated IDs list purely as a joke, considering that no one was expecting Swedish House Mafia to tie their name to 2021'southward release lath. Just we all saw how that played out, and we're at present doubling downward by putting "Behold" on this list on the off-chance it actually does cease upwardly as a random Dropbox link, thanks to the Axtone boss.

Introduced during Axwell Λ Ingrosso'due south set up at Ultra Music Festival 2018, "Behold" underwent a handful of changes before entering its final form the following twelvemonth. And when Axwell and Ingrosso departed the stage at Amsterdam Music Festival in October 2019, that would be the last instance that the cinematic masterpiece would come upward in chat, until the latter confirmed during his Discord question-and-answer session that it was actually a solo production from Axwell himself.

RL Grime and Baauer – HÆRNY Hard Summer ID

Premiere location: RL Grime and Baauer's HÆRNY prepare at HARD Summertime

Chance of release: Toss Up

Introduced back in July 2021, RL Grime and Baauer's HÆRNY co-venture marked the duo's starting time collaborative attempt since 2013's "Infinite Daps." "Fallaway" would prelude their back-to-back performance at Insomniac's Difficult Summer, a set that the trap icons capped with an ID played out over the indistinguishable visuals of brightly lit semi-trucks, leading virtually to believe that could only exist another HÆRNY rail. Nosotros heard the track over again as the closer to RL Grime'due south Halloween 10'due south mix at the Hollywood Palladium, and although it'southward been a few months since the last HÆRNY release, we know the next one will be worth the wait.

RL Crud, Hex Cougar, and fknsyd – Halloween X ID

Premiere location: RL Grime's "Halloween X"

Chance of release: Toss Upwardly

This bass-heavy ID was the penultimate track to RL Crud'southward previously mentioned "Halloween X" set, and it might be just as good as the forenamed HÆRNY collaboration. Hex Cougar made his debut on Sable Valley with "Ghost"—his collaboration with Heimanu—that RL Grime had been dropping in most of his sets the past year, and information technology seemed only plumbing equipment the duo would come together on a song, also bringing in fknsyd, who just earned herself a nod as one of Dancing Astronaut's Artists to Watch in 2022 and would ultimately make her Sable Valley debut on this high-profile cutting.

Martin Garrix and Zedd – ID

Premiere location: Confirmed in a Feb 2020 interview

Chance of release: Toss Up

Rumors of Martin Garrix and Zedd getting together have been swirling for years. Back in February of 2020, Garrix confirmed that the two were working on something that they were eyeing for a debut at either Ultra or Tomorrowland, but with festivals postponed indefinitely, it wouldn't be until 2021 that further confirmation would come that a articulation effort was officially underway.

Zedd notably brought out Garrix during his gear up at EDC Las Vegas' 25th anniversary, and they quickly followed that up with non ane but two teases of them together in the studio. The confirmed house runway is right in the 128 BPM sweetness-spot and could potentially be featured on Zedd's highly anticipated third anthology, set for release this coming year. With Ultra's iii-year hiatus set to stop in merely ii months, it could be a potential landing spot for Garrix and Zedd to transition their ID from a former figment of the imagination to a tangible reality.

ISOxo and FrostTop – Nightrealm ID

Premiere location:  ISOxo'due south Nightrealm testify in Los Angeles in Oct 2021

Hazard of release: Toss Up

There were few bodies of work released in 2021 that were more well-received than ISOxo'south towering freshman EP, Nightrealm, and what meliorate way to celebrate its arrival than by christening the EP with a live premiere in the center of Los Angeles. ISOxo'due south starting time-ever headlining evidence—held on October sixteen, 2021—featured the likes of Flosstradamous and—of course—the trap king himself, RL Grime, who figuratively crowned the budding star by joining him on phase for their articulation effort, "Stinger." Just in a night filled with so many memorable moments, it was mayhap the last that stuck out the most. As the encore to an incredible evening, ISOxo brought out fellow San Diego Waterboy and best friend FrostTop to debut an unreleased pairing that goes absolutely crazy. Although no other data surrounding it currently exists, nosotros certainly hope that the sonic matrimony between our Creative person to Watch in 2021 and our Creative person to Spotter in 2022 sees the light of twenty-four hour period in the coming months.

Seven Lions and Lights – Crimson Rocks ID

Premiere location:  Seven Lions' College Honey set at Red Rocks in July

Chance of release: Probable

It's virtually impossible to whittle downwards the Seven Lions' list of pending IDs, only his unnamed collaboration with Lights only had to be on our record of the nearly-anticipated IDs of 2022. The Ophelia Records boss hasn't rinsed information technology as often equally the REZZ pairing throughout 2021, simply the "Falling Away" sequel is some other euphoric alloy of his staple melodic-dubstep audio and Lights' enchanting vocals, and we cannot wait for its official release.

Blanke and Nurko – ID

Premiere location:  Confirmed during Blanke's Instagram live

Chance of release: Toss Up

This list has plenty of our favorite artists coming together for a bucket-listing meeting, and Blanke and Nurko are yet another pairing that we hopefully accept to expect forward to in 2022. While we'll have to imagine what a cross betwixt them sounds like at the moment, Blanke confirmed that the 2 had something in the works during his Instagram alive back in December 2021.

REZZ – Airplane EDC Las Vegas ID

Premiere location:  REZZ's EDC Las Vegas 2021 set

Gamble of release: Confirmed to be on "A Nightmare on REZZ Street two"

REZZ had planted the ID seed throughout her appearance at EDC Las Vegas' circuitGROUNDS, some of which saw a full delivery through her junior anthology, Spiral, and some of which are still in the release pipeline. What's lovingly known to fans as REZZ'due south "plane ID"—another scintillating mid-tempo product that she really finished on the style to Las Vegas—has since been confirmed to current of air up on the sophomore edition of her Halloween mix series, "A Nightmare on REZZ Street."

ODESZA – Album Teaser ID

Premiere location:Twitter teaser from August 2021

Chance of release: Toss Up

ODESZA's last musical appearance came nether BRONSON, their first full-length collaborative effort in 2020 with Golden Features. But y'all'd take to go all the way back to 2018—when they released the deluxe version of their critically-acclaimed album, A Moment Apart—for their final original release nether the ODESZA name. After retiring that era of music to focus on what's next, we tin can now safely say that the future of ODESZA is hither.

Back in December 2020, the Seattle-based duo put information technology in writing that they were working on new music, and the hype train has just connected to ringlet on in the time since. The most recent testify came at the turn of the new year when they took to their socials with a unproblematic bulletin of "2 ⬡ 2 2." We tin can only assume that the 10-second snippet that ODESZA had shared back in Baronial will terminate up as part of whatever larger effort they're currently plotting.

Flume and Damon Albarn – ID

Premiere location:Album teaser from Dec 2021

Chance of release: Confirmed

On April eight, 2021, Flume took to Twitter to discreetly reveal that his Skin follow-upwards was in the works, and the Aussie producer has since cemented that new music is on the fashion in 2022 with the release of a teaser video on New year's Eve that featured a supposed collaboration with Gorillaz frontman, Damon Albarn. The two confirmed that they were working on something all the way back in 2019 when Albarn sat down for an interview with Beats1, and there was fifty-fifty murmurs of the two working together going all the style back to 2017. Finally, information technology seems that we're not only getting a new Flume project former in 2022—potentially before his date with Coachella—but too that this long-awaited pairing will run into the calorie-free of 24-hour interval alongside it.

Honey & Badger and Kohmi – MDL Fauna Intro ID

Premiere location:Malaa'south MDL Beast Soundstorm 2021 set

Chance of release: Likely

Malaa always knows how to brand an entrance and his introduction at MDL Brute Soundstorm was no different. And every bit soon as he shared the video of his opening in Kingdom of saudi arabia to his socials, the comments were immediately overwhelmed with requests of whose ID it exactly belonged to. It only took a calendar month for united states of america to receive confirmation on those names, with Dear & Badger and Kohmi—two of Dancing Astronaut's Artists to Picket in 2022—placing their monikers adjacent to the scorching ID that will at present hopefully come across the green release light in 2022.

Knock2 – Hot

Premiere location:Knock2's set at Academy LA from January 2021

Hazard of release: Probable

Knock2 is currently sitting on a bevy on unreleased IDs that he's been playing out at shows ,including at least four that he teased out while playing in direct support for Flosstradamous at his New year's Day show at University LA. "Hot" is but 1 of those four—the second one featured in the below video—that we hope to see released in the new year and that hope just amplifies because JAWNS fired it off during his fix for Sable Valley'southward BBC Radio i takeover, boding well for its chances of being released.

Rossy – Echostage ID

Premiere location:Rossy'due south Echostage ready during Sable Valley's tour from November 2021

Chance of release: Likely

Rossy is one of Dancing Astronaut's Artists to Sentinel in 2022 for a skillful reason. And information technology's not just what she's done, simply what she's going to do. The amount of quality, unreleased IDs she has in the bank is only condign tough to track, and this selection is merely ane of many we hope to run into released in the future. She confirmed this loftier-free energy ID was her own when she posted on her Instagram page following Sable Valley's Customs Outreach Tour terminate at Echostage in DC. Hopefully, this one ends up on RL Grime's label sometime in 2022.

Jason Ross' remix of High-sounding and Mat Zo'south "Rebound"

Premiere location:In a higher place & Across'southward ABGT450 set

Released: January 26, 2022

ARTY and Mat Zo's 2011 archetype "Rebound" remains one of Anjunabeats' most iconic releases of the past decade. No i was anticipating it to receive a ten-year update, but it did when Higher up & Across placed a forthcoming version from Jason Ross in the middle of their ABGT450 set from London'southward The Drumsheds. Giving the now decade-onetime original a affect of both progressive trance and melodic dubstep, Jason Ross' rework is set up to be on the way much sooner than later, according to a video he shared on his TikTok.

Alesso –ID from Decadence Colorado

Premiere location: Alesso'due south Decadence Colorado set

Risk of release: Toss Up

It couldn't be an ID listing without some dingy waters. To get everyone up to speed, a cursory audio clip of this ID being played in a studio—featuring original lyrics from an unidentified vocalist—leaked back in July 2021, with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello supposedly speaking in the background, expectedly causing everyone to believe that it could be office of Swedish House Mafia's Paradise Again tracklist. Only that thought seemed to exist ruled out when the former confirmed that they'd scrapped 12 follow-ups of "Don't You Worry Child" in the album's process. And that's where this ID's story would cease—or so we idea.

Out of admittedly nowhere, Alesso gave information technology a formal welcome during his gear up at Decadence Colorado at the stop of 2021, subbing the original vocals out for a "Heroes" acapella while giving credence to the idea that he's really involved with the ID's conceptualization, considering he typically doesn't play—let lonely premiere—IDs that aren't his ain. Some believed it could exist a "Live Forever" sequel from Third Party, but that theory was likewise ruled out when they confirmed to us that, although they love the track, it didn't come from them. Where nosotros're left at correct now? Our shot-in-the-dark prediction is that it'due south a "One Concluding Fourth dimension" reunion between Alesso and DubVision, simply only time will tell—hopefully in 2022—to whom the track really belongs.

Axwell & Years – Bliss

Premiere location:Axwell Λ Ingrosso'southward Ultra Music Festival 2015 set

Chance of release: Toss Upwards

Nosotros had to put "Bliss" on here. The last fourth dimension nosotros wrote almost it, we were nearing the six-year anniversary of Ultra 2015. Now, nosotros're budgeted seven years since its debut, simply there's no reason to surrender hope just yet. Axwell and Years' ID didn't happen as promised in 2020 and was a no-show in 2021, merely with the Axtone boss dorsum in the spotlight and Proximity doing their all-time to free information technology from the vault, 2022 may very well be the year that nosotros finally receive progressive house's holy grail after all.

M adeon – Love You Dorsum

Premiere location:Madeon's Good Faith Live prepare in Seattle from October 2019

Take a chance of release: Toss Up

Madeon showed once before that the Expert Faith tracklist wasn't necessarily restricted to the 10 productions tied to the album on release 24-hour interval. And later he delivered "The Prince" back in Baronial 2020, information technology seems that "Beloved Y'all Back" could see the calorie-free of twenty-four hour period in 2022. "Love You Back" popped upwardly throughout a handful of Good Faith Live shows in 2019, and Madeon revived it—with never-before-heard lyrics—during his appearance at Decadence Arizona on New Twelvemonth'south Eve, leading many to believe it's now fit for release.

Salvatore Ganacci – Let You Practise

Premiere location: Salvatore Ganacci B2B Sebastian Ingrosso's MDL Brute Soundstorm set

Take a chance of release: Toss Upwards

Will 2022 exist the year that Refune finally returns? Close to iii years agone, Sebastian Ingrosso took to his Instagram story to speedily tease a rail that no one had ever heard before. And that was the simply matter anyone knew about it up until this by November. Amidst the numerous other revelations that the label boss gave during his Discord appearance, Ingrosso revealed that "Let Yous Do"—the ID'southward fan-given name—was actually a Salvatore Ganacci-led production that he assisted on with Steve Angello. And Ingrosso and Ganacci decided to give it a formal introduction during their surprise dorsum-to-back fix at MDL Fauna Soundstorm, with the hope that it now sees an official release this year.

SLANDER, NGHTMRE, and Dylan Matthew –"Fall Into Me"

Premiere location:SLANDER'due south Virtual Vibes stream from October 2020

Chance of release: Likely

"Fall Into Me" is one of ii IDs that'due south conveying over from last yr's about-predictable releases list and no farther explanation as to why is really necessary at this point. While SLANDER, NGHTMRE, and Dylan Matthew held it in their dorsum pocket this past year, NGHTMRE had confirmed during his Ubbi Dubbi set back in April 2021 that it would announced on the tracklist of his forthcoming debut anthology, with him recently confirming that multiple "insane projects" are currently in the works.

Moore Kismet and Skrillex – ID

Premiere location: Confirmed on Twitter in Baronial 2021

Chance of release: Toss Up

Moore Kismet and Skrillex'southward names sit at the forefront of the list of unimaginable crossovers. Afterwards existence constantly bombarded with Twitter requests for it to happen, Dancing Astronaut'due south Breakout Artist of 2020 revealed that a meeting with the OWSLA boss was actually in its early stages, but that any further details surrounding it would have to wait considering it wasn't entirely washed. And just in case information technology winds up on either Kismet'due south UNIVERSE tracklist or every bit a role of Skrillex'south elusive sophomore LP, it was only correct that we included it on this listing.

Swedish Business firm Mafia and A$AP Rocky – Frankenstein

Premiere location:Swedish House Mafia'south Ultra Europe 2019 gear up

Adventure of release: Toss Up

"Frankenstein" seemed to be a one-and-done type of rail considering Swedish House Mafia debuted it during their Ultra Europe gear up in 2019 and we hadn't heard anything nigh it since. Just in late 2021, Sebastian Ingrosso shared photos with A$AP Rocky along with a Frankenstein cartoon to his Instagram story—likewise teasing it in Discord—leading many to believe it could very well end up on the Paradise Again tracklist when the time comes. And just similar "Behold," we figured we may equally well take it on here because annihilation goes with the trio.

Blanke and RUNN – ID

Premiere location:Blanke's Lake Havasu fix from August 2021

Chance of release: Very Likely

Blanke and RUNN'south names together feel like a lucifer made in melodic sky, and that'south exactly what their collaboration resolves as. The Aussie talent is currently preparing a 7-rail EP on Ophelia Records, and while the tracklist aside from its lead single is still yet to be revealed, information technology seems that his pairing with the Dancing Astronaut Supernova—which was unveiled during Blanke's set at Brownies & Lemonade'southward Lake Havasu issue—could very well discover a spot amid the remaining six places come March four.

D gorging Guetta, MORTEN, and Raye – You Can't Modify Me

Premiere location:David Guetta'southward Burj Al Arab stream from Dubai

Chance of release: Toss Upwardly

There's too many unreleased Future Rave pairings to go along track of at this point, but 1 that we've had our optics on since early 2021 has been David Guetta and MORTEN'south crossover with RAYE, "You lot Can't Alter Me." While we included "Impossible" with John Martin on our IDs list last time around, we figured that another Future Rave release deserved to be on here for 2022. Premiered during Guetta's United At Home stream from Dubai's iconic Burj Al Arab, "You Can't Alter Me" has flown under the radar, merely making a handful of tracklist appearances in the time since—most notably during MORTEN's Creamfields set—and with the two-twelvemonth await for "Permanence" now over, we're hoping that this is the next pending release from the Time to come Rave tandem.

ZAXX – Creamfields ID

Premiere location:Tiësto's Creamfields 2021 gear up

Run a risk of release: Likely

The golden touch of progressive house is back like it never left. In between ZAXX'south push button to retake the bigroom crown, he was revealed to exist the proper name behind a glorious ID that none other than Tiësto introduced to a global audition at Creamfields. ZAXX reconfirmed that he's doing everything in his power to go information technology released and it'd make for a warm welcome back to the label that he found a home with during the mid-2010s: Musical Freedom.

Brooks – EDC Las Vegas ID

Premiere location:Martin Garrix's EDC Las Vegas 2021 set

Chance of release: Likely

It's been almost ii years since Brooks' terminal unaccompanied original, but 2022 seems primed to be the year where that status changes. Martin Garrix introduced an ID towards the get-go of his EDC Las Vegas set that'southward been attributed to the future house connoisseur and Brooks had previously posed the question on his Instagram most what his upcoming releases should wait like following a trio of reworks. With Brooks now likewise teasing a long-awaited reunion with the STMPD RCRDS dominate, he'll hopefully become a familiar label face again in 2022.

ACRAZE – Brooklyn

Premiere location:DJ Snake and Malaa'south Secret Room ii stream from Feb 2021

Take a chance of release: Toss Up

We all know "Do It To Information technology" is at the front and heart of ACRAZE's release record at the moment, only there's an ID from him that we'd been tracking long before the Cherish-sampled heater became inescapable. "Brooklyn" set the phase for DJ Ophidian and Malaa'due south Hush-hush Room follow-up stream and we knew nosotros'd be tracking information technology from the moment it began playing every bit the French duo entered the dimmed locale. It'south still remained a fixture of ACRAZE's sets over the last year and we tin can but hope that as he looks to turn the page from "Do It To It" this twelvemonth, he lets the New York-titled ID complimentary from its release bondage.

Desembra – Juicy

Premiere location: Axwell's MDL Beast Soundstorm 2021 set

Chance of release: Toss Upwardly

At that place weren't a whole lot of videos publicly shared from Axwell's solo set up at MDL Animal Soundstorm, merely one prune that was came from Sebastian Ingrosso that showed his Swedish House Mafia counterpart dropping a ID from Desembra—the musical alias of Carl Nordström—known as "Juicy," which was originally included in a SoundCloud mix simply was quickly removed subsequently the ID began making the rounds back in December 2021. Interestingly enough, Desembra has played a hand in just most every comeback release from the Swedish trio over this final year and it remains to be seen where the ID actually ends up.

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