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2020-2024 Viral Electro Reset #10

Between 2020 and 2024, global lockdowns paused club culture, transforming tracks into lifelines. When dancefloors reopened, energy returned faster, harder, and hyper-connected-digital networks amplifying every beat.

The Club Reset saw breakbeats resurge, trance accelerate, and hyperpop collide with festival spectacle. From neo-trance anthems to melodic techno and viral house, this volume captures post-lockdown catharsis-its speed, discovery, and high-BPM momentum defining the sound of the moment.

Watch 22 essential Viral Electro Reset tracks. Use the "Watch" buttons to stream individual tracks, or play the complete playlist to experience all tracks in one session.

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22 defining tracks:

2020
Daniel Avery / Lone Swordsman
Industrial Ambient / Isolation Atmosphere
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Cover image of Daniel Avery song 'Lone Swordsman' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2020
Minor Science / For Want Of Gelt
HD-Bass / Kinetic-Techno / Poly-Rhythmic Reset
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Cover image of Minor Science song 'For Want Of Gelt' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2020
DJ Python / ADMSDP (feat. LA Warman)
Deep Reggaeton / Ambient-Club Fusion DNA
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Cover image of DJ Python song 'ADMSDP (feat. LA Warman)' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2020
Steffi & Virginia / Help Me Understand
Berlin Electro-Techno / Vocal Mutation DNA
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Cover image of Steffi & Virginia song 'Help Me Understand' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2021
Traumer / District
Micro-House / Minimal-Groove DNA
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Cover image of Traumer song 'District' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2021
Koreless / Black Sun
Glitch-Cerebral / Digital Minimalism DNA
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Cover image of Koreless song 'Black Sun' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2021
Overmono / So U Kno
UK Garage / Breakbeat Mutation
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Cover image of Overmono song 'So U Kno' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2021
Charlotte de Witte / Selected
Hard Minimal / Dark Techno Core
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Cover image of Charlotte de Witte song 'Selected' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2021
Amelie Lens / Drift
Driving Techno / Industrial Club DNA
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Cover image of Amelie Lens song 'Drift' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
Colyn / Resolve
Melodic-Techno / Emotional Peak-Time DNA
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Cover image of Colyn song 'Resolve' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
Anyma & Chris Avantgarde / Consciousness
Melodic Techno / Audio-Visual Spectacle DNA
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Cover image of Anyma & Chris Avantgarde song 'Consciousness' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
HAAi / Baby, We're Ascending
Psychedelic Techno / Club Transcendence
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Cover image of HAAi song 'Baby, We're Ascending' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
I Hate Models / Werewolf Disco Club
Hard Techno / Emotional Euphoria Core
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Cover image of I Hate Models song 'Werewolf Disco Club' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
Tale of Us / Nova
Deep Melodic / Berlin Techno DNA
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Cover image of Tale of Us song 'Nova' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2022
Two Shell / Home
UK Bass / UK Garage-Infused Breakbeat DNA
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Cover image of Two Shell song 'Home' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2023
Barker / Wick and Wax
Berlin Sound-Design DNA
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Cover image of Barker song 'Wick and Wax' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2023
DJ Koze / Wespennest (feat. Sophia Kennedy)
Avant-Garde House / Surrealist-Pop DNA
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Cover image of DJ Koze song 'Wespennest (feat. Sophia Kennedy)' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2023
Rrose / Spore
Deep-Experimental / Hypnotic Sound-Design DNA
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Cover image of Rrose song 'Spore' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2023
Brutalismus 3000 / Satan Was A Babyboomer
Industrial Rave / Hard Dance DNA
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Cover image of Brutalismus 3000 song 'Satan Was A Babyboomer' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2024
Joy Orbison / flight fm
UK Bass / Viral Underground Mutation DNA
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Cover image of Joy Orbison song 'flight fm' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2024
Skee Mask / Double Standard
Advanced Breakbeat Science DNA
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Cover image of Skee Mask song 'Double Standard' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
2023
Alarico / AF 97
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Cover image of Alarico song 'AF 97' from 'Electronic Music' Volume 10 playlist
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Defining artists:

Alarico • Amelie Lens • Anyma & Chris Avantgarde • Barker • Brutalismus 3000 • Charlotte de Witte • Colyn • Daniel Avery • DJ Koze • DJ Python • HAAi • I Hate Models • Joy Orbison • Koreless • Minor Science • Overmono • Rrose • Skee Mask • Steffi & Virginia • Tale of Us • Traumer • Two Shell

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Fast BPM Reset ›› Hard Dance Algorithmic Acceleration ›› UK Bass

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