Robag Wruhme, Innervisions, & Purple Disco Machine
Wednesday | August 13–19, 2026: Wednesday’s news highlights the last week’s nu-disco, classic reworks, disco edits, and refreshed 70s–early 2000s dance music!
// CULTURE & CONTEXT
Robag Wruhme Returns to Cocoon with Fumaxohn
Robag Wruhme’s new EP Fumaxohn lands on Cocoon Recordings on August 21. The four-tracker (Olahni, Ifthah, Fumaxohn, Pentho) continues the German producer’s precise, subtly evolving approach to minimal and house-leaning techno. Support has already come from a wide range of selectors. Cocoon’s ongoing output remains a reliable source of well-crafted club records.
Purple Disco Machine Keeps Pure Pacha Rolling with Classic Disco Guests
Purple Disco Machine’s Pure Pacha residency at Pacha Ibiza continues through the late summer with a run of Thursday nights that lean hard into disco and house lineage. Recent and upcoming lineups have featured or announced Cerrone, Armand Van Helden, Todd Terje, Kenny Dope, and others who bridge classic disco, house, and contemporary dancefloor energy. The residency remains one of the clearest high-profile platforms for the sound that FlashDance and quality house nights draw from, mixing modern production with records and artists that still move rooms the same way they did decades ago. It is a strong reminder that the biggest rooms can still prioritise groove and history when the right selector is given the keys.
Innervisions Brings Culoe De Song’s Webaba EP Back to Vinyl
Innervisions is repressing Culoe De Song’s 2010 Webaba EP for an August 21 release, available in both black and red vinyl editions. The South African producer’s early work on the label helped define a deep, hypnotic, Afro-inflected strain of house that still resonates. Webaba itself remains a standout, built around the late Busi Mhlongo’s vocals and a patient, rolling groove that rewards long mixes. A proper repress of a record this foundational is always welcome for selectors who still reach for it and for newer listeners discovering the Innervisions catalogue.
// House Releases Worth Noting
Nala – Warning EP (Diynamic)
Three new tracks from Nala dropped on Diynamic around August 14. A clean, recent addition from one of the StationWide priority labels that sits comfortably in quality house programming.
Culoe De Song – Webaba EP (Innervisions repress)
The 2010 classic returns on vinyl (black and red editions) August 21. Still one of the stronger deep, hypnotic house records in the Innervisions catalogue.
// FLASHDANCE ESSENTIALS
Classic anthems, disco-infused grooves, and timeless tracks from the 70s–early 2000s reworked and re-envisioned with a modern production edge. Nu-disco, disco edits, classic house reworks, and edit culture.
News
Hotmood Keeps the Nu-Disco Pipeline Active
Mexican producer Hotmood has been especially busy across late July and August with multiple singles and the Hotmood & Friends #7 package on Discoweey. Recent titles include It’s Saturday Night and continued activity on labels such as Pina Colada and others in the nu-disco and disco-house lane. His output remains one of the more consistent modern takes on funk, disco, and jackin’ house rhythms that sit comfortably in FlashDance sets.
Marco Dily – Home Alone (TRANSA RECORDS)
Released August 11, this nu-disco outing adds another solid entry to the recent wave of disco-leaning club records. TRANSA continues to feed the edit and contemporary disco conversation with tracks built for the floor rather than pure nostalgia.
Fernando Sadek – Disco Music (Hotmood Remix) on Spa In Disco
Spa In Disco issued Fernando Sadek’s Disco Music with a Hotmood remix in mid-August. The remix leans into the unmistakable nu-disco touch that has become Hotmood’s signature, giving the original a warmer, more club-ready sheen. Direct support for the kind of modern disco edits that define the FlashDance identity.
// Worth Your Time
New York Clubbing Around 1983/4 – The Tube (STHLDN)
An archival excerpt from the UK programme The Tube that captures Paradise Garage, Danceteria, The Roxy, and the emerging New York dance scene. Essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand the rooms, the sound systems, and the culture that still inform classic house, disco, and edit culture today. Worth the time because it shows the actual spaces and energy rather than later mythology.
She Sued Sega For $16,000... And Paid $600,000 (Guitar Meets Science)
A detailed look at Deee-Lite’s rise with Groove Is in the Heart, the internal dynamics, later commercial struggles, and Lady Miss Kier’s lawsuit against Sega. Useful cultural context for 90s dance, funk samples, and the way club records crossed into the mainstream. Worth watching for the full arc of a group that still gets edited and reworked.
When did the DJ become the Main Character? | Voltage Labs
A thoughtful examination of how DJs shifted from behind-the-scenes selectors to central performers and brands. It connects the change to venue architecture, festival economics, and social media, and asks what is lost when immersion gives way to visibility. Directly relevant to anyone programming or listening to long-form disco, house, and classic rework sets that still prioritise the dancefloor over the individual.
Acid House Legend DJ Pierre on Roland TB-303 & Origins of Acid Tracks (Reverb)
DJ Pierre recounts finding a second-hand TB-303, the creation of Acid Tracks with Spanky, and Ron Hardy’s patient introduction of the record at the Music Box. Clear, first-hand history of one of the foundational moments in house music. Worth the time for any selector who still reaches for acid, classic house, or the Chicago lineage that underpins so many modern reworks.
// LOOKING AHEAD
Next 7–14 days Wrap Up
Robag Wruhme – Fumaxohn arrives on Cocoon August 21.
Culoe De Song – Webaba EP Innervisions repress also lands August 21.
Continued Pure Pacha dates with Purple Disco Machine through early autumn, including further classic disco and house guests.
Watch for further Hotmood and related nu-disco activity on Discoweey, Spa In Disco, and affiliated labels as the late-summer release schedule continues.
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