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Okay you’ve spent the summer dance-floor orienteering in Ibiza, and now you know your dance music onions. It goes without saying that everyone has their own opinions on the Most Rated tracks of the summer. From DJs with their top 10’s, to clubbers endlessly debating about their favorite tunes, everyone makes their choice.

Here at Defected we totally get this… so we endeavor to find out as much as we can about the summers big underground tunes and put them together in one simple album every year.

This is Most Rated Ibiza 2010.

Source: Defected Media

Prolific DJ and producer Dave Lee (aka Joey Negro) has unveiled details for his next full-length, entitled ‘The Phuture Ain’t What It Used to Be’.

Lee has released his fair share of albums over the past two decades, most famously as Joey Negro and The Sunburst Band, but The Phuture… will be his first as Akabu, a guise he’s used off and on since 2000. According to Lee, the new LP shows him moving away from the organic and live sounds of his other monikers for something a bit more, well, futuristic. “After a year producing disco I wanted to do something more electronic and utilize some of the great modern studio technology that’s out there,” he says. “I’ve still tried to attempt to inject some of the excitement of live players and musicality into the electronic music I produce.”

Source: RA

Akabu – The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

The team behind the http://www.be-at.tv video coverage project is now featuring a four panel display experience of Riva Starr performing live at the recent Exit Festival 2010. The Exit Festival proclaims itself to be the biggest annual music festival in South Eastern Europe, and is now ten years strong in its history.

Riva Starr – Live @ Exit Festival

As insane as it even seems to type, electronic innovator and longtime homeboy of the Warp Records stable, Squarepusher, will be releasing his next record on the home of all things noisy and French, Ed Banger.

The curious convergence of worlds will be released on Ed Banger later this month bearing the title of Squarepusher presents Shobaleader One, with a track called Cryptic Motion, complete with a remix from reliable Ed Banger jammer Mr Oizo.

Source: ITM

Squarepusher + Ed Banger – Shobaleader One

Sammy Bananas busts out his trusty saxophone (last seen among the cameos here) and brings some welcome disco skronk to this remix of Adulture & OCD Automatic’s “Paper Cat.”

Source: Fool’s Gold

After successful releases on major dance labels including Salted and Drop Music, Joshua Heath proudly presents the first release from his new label – Golden State Recordings. “Copacetic” is the inaugural release by the boss himself. Featuring all the elements fans love about Heath’s Chuggin’ sound, this production features a groovy live bass line, well placed synths, funky guitar riffs and a catchy vocal hook. The track also features the debut performance by LA lyricist, Louis Hale. With remixes by Jay-J & Neighbour, this package appeals to all dance music fans. First up, Grammy® nominee Jay-J reworks the track in a minor mode with suspenseful changes in the Hammond b3 organ. With heavy drums, techy rhythmic elements and a deep, bouncing bass line, this remix sets the perfect dark & big room vibe. Rounding out the package is Canadian producer, Matt Dauncey’s (aka Neighbour) sexy, smooth and deep revision of Heath’s Original Mix. A funky rework of the bass line and intricate synth arrangement, coupled with a hint of grit, makes this mix a sure bet to heat up dance floors worldwide.

Source: Golden State Recordings News

Joshua Heath – Copacetic

We stumbled across Alex Metric’s new YouTube video page, and discovered this live video of the artist completely rocking out in Buenos Aires, Argentina at an event entitled ‘Hype’ – Kika Club. The killer portion of this segment comes in the last minute and hearing Alex’s recent bootleg remake of the Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’ as the crowd goes absolutely mad.

If Danny Tenaglia and Erick Morillo were to create a hybrid, dance music producing, lovechild robot – it would be Antranig. Scared by this bizarre albeit highly unlikely prospect? You should be, because now he’s been put in charge of the equally terrifying Sondos catalogue.

Sondos is the badly behaved offspring of Erick Morillo’s Subliminal label. Designed to be an outlet for Erick’s darker side with a more tribal, deep, techier and edgier flavour than its parent label. So it’s no surprise that they the label is championing a new talent Antranig, a DJ and producer who matches that very same ethos.

Source: Defected News

Antranig – Sondos Essentials